This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Standard Transportation Commodity Code Master Transaction Set (435) within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set is used to transmit Standard Transportation Commodity Codes and associated information.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To convey the Standard Transportation Commodity Code (STCC) and associated descriptions
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify pertinent dates and times
Code to transmit standard industry codes
To provide a free form format that would allow the transmission of text information.
To reference a line number in a transaction set.
To transmit identifying numbers and descriptive information as specified by the reference number qualifier
To specify the hazardous material shipping name and additional descriptive requirements.
To specify the hazardous classification, placard notation and endorsement information.
To uniquely identify the variable information required by government regulation covering the transportation of hazardous material shipments
To specify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) information relating to shipments of hazardous material
To specify additional Canadian Transport Goods Directorate requirements covering transportation of dangerous commodities in Canada.
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments).
