Determining the freight code is carried out in two steps:

Automatic freight code determination uses the following criteria:

• Country of origin
• Shipping type (truck, rail, etc.)
• Forwarding agent (forwarding agent freight group in the vendor master)

If an external transportation planning system is being used, then the freight code set can also be defined by the route.

Automatic freight code determination uses the following criteria:

• Freight code set
• Material (material freight group in the material master)

This allows you to determine the freight codes of all materials in a shipment.

The following illustration shows an example of freight code determination.