diff --git a/library/rules_shipping_framework.php b/library/rules_shipping_framework.php
index 42ad51ce6a514019959460f968a3e32251c3d756..0107373174ba7ae363687b017752a3cdea3e4825 100644
--- a/library/rules_shipping_framework.php
+++ b/library/rules_shipping_framework.php
@@ -210,7 +210,12 @@ class RulesShippingFramework {
 	 */
 	/** Functions to calculate all the different variables for the given cart and given (sub)set of products in the cart */
 	protected function getOrderCounts ($cart, $products, $method) {
-		return array('articles' => 0, 'products' => count($products));
+		return array(
+			'articles' => 0, 
+			'products' => count($products),
+			'minquantity' => 9999999999,
+			'maxquantity' => 0,
+		);
 	}
 
 	protected function getOrderDimensions ($cart, $products, $method) {
diff --git a/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php b/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php
index d812deedfd5a17d93e9d25c4b6e379e795126699..0c7f75c6a8d0837cdcfe7fa11fda4a48af49b1d1 100644
--- a/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php
+++ b/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php
@@ -98,13 +98,21 @@ class RulesShippingFrameworkJoomla extends RulesShippingFramework {
 	 *   - getOrderDimensions
 	 */
 	/** Functions to calculate all the different variables for the given cart and given (sub)set of products in the cart */
-	protected function getOrderCounts ($cart, $products, $method) {
-		$counts = array('products' => count($products));
-		$articles = 0;
+	protected function getOrderCounts (VirtueMartCart $cart, $products, $method) {
+		$counts = array(
+			'articles' => 0,
+			'products' => count($products),
+			'minquantity' => 9999999999,
+			'maxquantity' => 0,
+		);
+		
 		foreach ($products as $product) {
-			$articles += $product->quantity;
+			$counts['articles']   += $product->quantity;
+			$counts['maxquantity'] = max ($counts['maxquantity'], $product->quantity);
+			$counts['minquantity'] = min ($counts['minquantity'], $product->quantity);
 		}
-		$counts['articles'] = $articles;
+		$counts['quantity'] = $counts['articles'];
+		
 		return $counts;
 	}