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The Commodities section includes four levels of entering and categorising cargo ranging from basic overall group divisions into the more and more specific: Commodity Class, Commodity Group, Commodity and Sub Commodity. The Commodity Class is the most basic category dividing cargo into “overall groups”, for example, drybulk, wetbulk, agriculture products, etc. and can hold a set of commodity groups. Commodity Groups is Group is a subcategory of Commodity Class and categorises categorising cargo in more detail, for example, palm oil, coconut oil, grains, etc. and can be linked to a commodity class and hold a set of commodities. The next level is Commodity which is a subcategory of Commodity Group and can hold a set of sub commodites. This is the ONLY MANDATORY level of cargo categorisation to be completed when entering cargo information and further specifies the cargo type of cargo, for ex. palm Nut Oilexample, palm nut oil, wheat, rye, etc. The most final and most specified level is Sub Commodity - its purpose is to provide the most specified information regarding type of cargo for ex. for chemicals – listing the specific chemicalsexample, chemicals: 2.3-Butanediol, 2.3-Butylene glycol, etc.
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