MT 750 Field Specifications

3. Field 32B: Principal Amount

FORMAT

Option B

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(Currency) (Amount)

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

This field contains the currency code and amount to be deducted from the outstanding balance of the documentary credit.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Currency must be a valid ISO 4217 currency code (Error code(s): T52).

The integer part of Amount must contain at least one digit. The decimal comma ',' is mandatory and is included in the maximum length. The number of digits following the comma must not exceed the maximum number allowed for the specified currency (Error code(s): C03).

Currency in fields 32B and 34B must be the same (Error code(s): C02).