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523100 Intermediation service activities for freight transportation

Information: This code has a codification rule

This type includes the intermediation of freight transport, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the freight transport services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including face-to-face, door-to-door, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the freight transport service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space).

This type includes:

  • rail, road, ship and aircraft freight brokerage
  • operation of platforms for intermediation of freight transport services

This type excludes:

  • freight transport, see divisions 49, 50 et 51
  • brokerage of passenger seats in ships and aircraft space, see 523200

Services such as warehousing, storage, and other support activities, when provided solely to assist transportation activities within the same unit, are considered ancillary. These services should be classified under transport, with the unit assigned to the relevant code in Section H.