Format Specifications

12.3.8.1 Format Specifications

Field Tag	Field Name	Format	Mandatory /Optional
27	Sequence of Total	1!n/1!n	M
40B	Form of Documentary Credit	24x 24x	M
20	Transferring Bank's Reference	16x	M
21	Documentary Credit Number	16x	M
31C	Date of Issue	6!n	M
40E	Applicable Rules	30x[/35x]	M
31D	Date and Place of Expiry	6!n29x	M
52a	Issuing Bank of the Original Documentary Credit	A or D	O
50B	Non-Bank Issuer of the Original Documentary Credit	4*35x	O
50	First Beneficiary	4*35x	M
59	Second Beneficiary	[/34x] 4*35x	M
32B	Currency Code, Amount	3!a15d	M
39A	Percentage Credit Amount Tolerance	2n/2n	O
39C	Additional Amounts Covered	4*35x	O
41a	Available With .... By ...	A or D	M
42C	Drafts at...	3*35x	O
42a	Drawee	A or D	O
42M	Mixed Payment Details	4*35x	O
42P	Negotiation/Deferred Payment Details	4*35x	O
43P	Partial Shipments	11x	O
43T	Transhipment	11x	O
44A	Place of Taking in Charge/Dispatch from .../Place of Receipt	1*65x	O
44E	Port of Loading/Airport of Departure	1*65x	O
44F	Port of Discharge/Airport of Destination	1*65x	O
44B	Place of Final Destination/For Transportation to .../Place of Delivery	1*65x	O
44C	Latest Date of Shipment	6!n	O
44D	Shipment Period	6*65x	O
45A	Description of Goods and/or Services	100*65z	O
46A	Documents Required	100*65z	O
47A	Additional Conditions	100*65z	O
49G	Special Payment Conditions for Beneficiary	100*65z	O
49H	Special Payment Conditions for Receiving Bank	100*65z	O
71D	Charges	6*35z	O
48	Period for Presentation in Days	3n[/35x]	O
49	Confirmation Instructions	7!x	M
58a	Requested Confirmation Party	A or D	O
78	Instructions to the Paying/Accepting/Negotiating Bank	12*65x	O
57a	'Advise Through' Bank	A, B, or D	O
72Z	Sender to Receiver Information	6*35z	O

Parent topic: MT 720 Transfer of a Documentary Credit