SIC 4731—Freight Transportation Arrangement

Where 4731 sits

1. E Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
2. 47 Transportation Services
3. 473 Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight and Cargo
4. 4731 Freight Transportation Arrangement

Description

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing shipping information and acting as agents in arranging transportation for freight and cargo. Also included in this industry are freight forwarders which undertake the transportation of goods from the shippers to receivers for a charge covering the entire transportation, and, in turn, make use of the services of other transportation establishments as instrumentalities in effecting delivery.

What 4731 includes

6-digit codes

• 473100 — Freight Transportation Arrangement
• 473101 — Transportation Agents and Brokers
• 473102 — Freight Forwarding
• 473199 — Freight Transportation Arrangement, NEC

8-digit codes

• 47310000 — Freight transportation arrangement
• 47310100 — Transportation agents and brokers
• 47310101 — Agents, shipping
• 47310102 — Brokers, shipping
• 47310103 — Customhouse brokers
• 47310104 — Truck transportation brokers
• 47310200 — Freight forwarding
• 47310201 — Domestic freight forwarding
• 47310202 — Foreign freight forwarding
• 47319900 — Freight transportation arrangement, nec
• 47319901 — Customs clearance of freight
• 47319902 — Freight consolidation
• 47319903 — Freight rate information service
• 47319904 — Railroad freight agency
• 47319905 — Shipping documents preparation
• 47319906 — Transport clearinghouse

Example activities

• agents, shipping
• auditors, freight rate
• brokers, shipping
• brokers, transportation
• consultants, tariff
• customhouse brokers
• customs clearance of freight
• domestic forwarding
• foreign forwarding
• freight agencies, railroad: not operated by railroad companies
• freight consolidation
• freight forwarding
• freight rate auditors
• freight rate information service
• shipping documents preparation
• tariff consultant
• tariff rate information service
• transport clearinghouse
• transportation rate services

4731 in other systems