| NCHN | AGRICULTURE | Landwirtschaft | Specifies a trade channel for sale of products to agricultural holdings and farms, horticulture, home and garden. | | | NOTE: This codes shall only be assigned to specify the item as AGRO item (with AGRO attributes and AGROvalidations!)
ACHTUNG: Dieser Code muss (und darf nur) für AGRO-Artikel verwendet werden. Damit werden die AGRO-Attribute ausgesteuert und die AGRO Validierungen angewendet. | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | CASH_AND_CARRY | Cash and carry - Abholgroßhandelsmarkt (Selbstbedienung oder Warenmuster) | Cash and carry is a form of trade in which goods are sold from a wholesale warehouse operated either on a self-service basis, or on the basis of samples or a combination of the two. This is sometimes referred to as club in some markets. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | CHILD_NUTRITION_FOOD_PROGRAMS | Ernährungsprogramme für Kinder | Trade channel where food products are approved for sale as part of a child nutrition program (for schools, nurseries, daycare, etc.) such as the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS). | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | CONSIGNMENT | Konsignation - Verkauf durch den Einzelhändler, der das Produkt selbst erst erwirbt, wenn er es an den Verbraucher verkauft hat | Consignment is a form of trade where a product is offered for sale by the retailer, but owned by the supplier, whereby the retailer doesn’t buy the product from the supplier until it is sold to the consumer. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | CONVENIENCE | Convenience - Kleine Bedarfsartikelgeschäfte, oft an eine Tankstelle angeschlossen | Small format retail store often outside or annexed to a gas/fuel station. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | DRUG | Einzelhandelspharmazien - Rezeptfreie und rezeptpflichtige Medikamente und Arzneimittel | Organisations or departments engaged in retailing prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines. This is otherwise known as Retail Pharmacy. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | DRUG_STORE | Drogerien - Körperpflegeprodukte, Toilettenartikel und nicht-verschreibungspflichtige Medikamente | Establishment that offers personal care goods, toiletries and non-controlled drugs which can be obtained without a prescription. Within the Netherlands this establishment is a different than a retail pharmacy (referred to in the code list as DRUG). | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | DUTY_FREE | Duty Free-Läden - steuerfrei beim Verkauf an Reisende, die die Ware aus dem Lande bringen | Duty-free shops (or stores) are retail outlets that are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods sold will be sold to travellers who will take them out of the country. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | FOOD_SERVICE | Zubereitete Speisen - Restaurants, Hotels, Clubs | Trade channel that sells prepared food, for example restaurants, hotels, clubs. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | GROCERY | Lebensmittelgeschäfte | Organisations or departments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food products. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | HARD_LINES | Haushalts- und Eisenwaren, z.B. Werkzeuge und Handwerkerbedarf | Organisations or departments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of hardware items, such as tools and builders’ hardware. | | | NOTE: This codes shall only be assigned to specify the item as DIY item (with DIY attributes and DIY validations!)
ACHTUNG: Dieser Code muss (und darf nur) für DIY-Artikel verwendet werden. Damit werden die DIY-Attribute ausgesteuert und die DIY Validierungen angewendet. | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | HEALTHCARE | Gesundheitswesen - Medikamente, Medizinische Geräte, u.a. zur Direktlieferung im Gesundheitswesen (keine Produkte wie Papierwaren, Reiniger, Nahrungsergänzung, die an Krankenhäuser verkauft werden) | Trade channel where products such as medicines, medical devices and healthcare consumables are used for the direct delivery of healthcare services. It specifically excludes products such as stationery, detergents, carrier bags etc. that may be sold to hospitals. | | | NOTE: This codes shall only be assigned to specify the item as Healthcare item (with Healthcare attributes and Healthcare validations!)
ACHTUNG: Dieser Code muss (und darf nur) für Healthcare-Artikel verwendet werden. Damit werden die Healthcare-Attribute ausgesteuert und die Healthcare-Validierungen angewendet. | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | HOME_GOODS | Dekor- und Einrichtungsgegenstände, Möbel, Möbelzubehör | Organisations or departments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of domestic goods, such as furniture and furnishings, home décor, home accessories. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | HOSPITAL | Klinik- oder Krankenhausprodukte - Verbrauch innerhalb der Klinik, nicht immer durch Krankenhausapotheke erhältlich | The distribution and use of this trade item is ‘intramural’ (within the walls of a clinic or hospital). These products may not be always supplied through a hospital pharmacy and may be used directly at the clinic. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | HOSPITAL_PHARMACY | Krankenhaus-Apothekenbedarf - Medikamente und Medizinprodukte, spezielle, seltene Medikamente, subventionierte oder finanzierte Rückvergütungsprodukte | Drug or medical device can be dispensed from a hospital pharmacy. Can be related to government funded/subsidized reimbursement list/agency. Can also apply to orphan drugs, special drugs. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | INDUSTRIAL | Industrie-Zwischenhandel - Industrieprodukte in großen Mengen zum Weiterverkauf an andere Industrieverbraucher | A marketing intermediary, roughly equivalent to a wholesaler in consumer markets, who purchases industrial products in bulk from manufacturers for resale to other industrial users | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | INSTITUTIONAL | Verkauf an Institutionen - z.B. Bildungsministerien, Hochschulen, Schulen, Forschungsinstituten | Trade channel where the trade item is sold to institutions, such as, education departments, colleges, schools, research centres, etc. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | MASS_MERCHANDISING | Massenhandel - Riesige Einzelhandelsgeschäfte zahlreicher Produktkategorien, z.B. Haushaltsgeräte, Kleidung, Möbel etc. | Trade channel, which is a huge retail store offering a very wide range of product categories such as accessories, appliances, clothing, furniture, office equipment and stationery, and shoes. Large retail organized into separate departments. All departments are housed under the same roof to facilitate buying, customer service, merchandising, and control. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | MILITARY | Militär - Verkauf an das Militär | Sale of items to the military. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | ONLINE | Online Verkauf übers Internet | A trade channel where the trade item is sold through the internet. The consumer purchases the trade item online and the trade item is shipped either directly to the consumer or to a designated pick-up location. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | SPECIALTY_RETAIL | Spezial-, Fachhandel - Verkauf einer Produktlinie (z.B.: Bio-Branche, Kosmetik) | Retailer concentrating on selling one merchandise line of goods for a particular and usually selective clientele. Examples are stores selling electronics, bagels, leather goods, organic foods, imported china, cosmetics, etc. Specialty retailers have a narrow but deep selection in their specialty. | | | NOTE: Is handled as separate attribute in FMCG, see "Is trade item sold in specialty retail (Organic)"
ACHTUNG: Wird in FMCG als separates Attribut gepflegt: Verkauf in Spezialhandel (Bio) | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | UNSPECIFIED | Nicht spezifiziert - unbekannt oder irrelevant | Trade Channel unknown or not relevant. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | VENDING | Automaten - Einzelhandel durch Automaten | The retailing merchandise through vending machines. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| NCHN | VENDOR_LEASED_SPACE | Regal-(Groß-)händler, die Verkaufsfläche in bestehenden Geschäften anmieten (Rack Jobber) | A trade channel where the trade item is sold through a retailer within a retailer for example a rack jobber. | | | | | | | 23.05.2025 | relevant | relevant | relevant |
| ADD | UDI_REGISTRY | UDI-Registry | Handelskanal, bei dem Medizinprodukte für eine UDI-Datenbank in Frage kommen, z. B. EUDAMED, swissdamed. | | | | | | | 26.09.2025 | relevant | irrelevant | irrelevant |
