MT 710 Field Specifications

31. Field 45A: Description of Goods and/or Services

FORMAT

Option A

100*65x

(Narrative)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field contains a description of the goods and/or services.

USAGE RULES

Terms such as FOB, CIF, etc. should be specified in this field.

To cater for lengthy documentary credits, up to three MT 711s may be sent in addition to an MT 710. However, field 45a may appear in only one message, ie, either in the MT 710 or in one MT 711.

This means that in any documentary credit, there is a limit of 100 lines of 65 characters to specify the description of goods and/or services.

Some examples of valid combinations:

• MT 710 contains field 45A, 46A, and 47A.

• MT 710 contains field 45A; the subsequent MT 711 contains fields 46B and 47B.

• MT 710 contains field 46A; the subsequent MT 711 contains fields 45B and 47B.

• MT 710 contains field 46A; the first MT 711 contains field 45B; the second MT 711 contains field 47B.

• MT 710 does not contain fields 45A, 46A or 47A; the first MT 711 contains field 45B; the second MT 711 contains field 46B; the third MT 711 contains field 47B.

Some examples of invalid combinations:

• MT 710 contains field 45A; the first MT 711 contains fields 45B and 46B; the second MT 711 contains field 47B (INVALID because there are two fields 45a).

• MT 710 contains field 45A; the first MT 711 contains field 45B; the second MT 711 contains fields 45B, 46B and 47B (INVALID because there are three fields 45a).

The specification of each new item should begin on a new line, preceded by the sign '+'.