Recommendation No. 20 is maintained on behalf of UN/CEFACT by the UN/CEFACT Information Content Management Group (ICG). Proposals for updating this Recommendation should be addressed to the Global Trade Solutions Section, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland or by email ([email protected]).
Recommendation 20 Provides three character alphabetic and alphanumeric codes for representing units of measurement for length, area, volume/capacity, mass (weight), time, and other quantities used in international trade. The codes are intended for use in manual and/or automated systems for the exchange of information between participants in international trade.
Facilitates use of Recommendation 20. The code list is presented in three separate annexes:
Annex I – Code elements listed by quantity category; Annex II – Code elements listed by unit of measure name; and Annex III – Code elements listed by common code.
Source of information is from the UNECE website: http://www.unece.org/ro/tradewelcome/un-centre-for-trade-facilitation-and-e-business-uncefact/outputs/cefactrecommendationsrec-index/code-list-recommendations.html
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