EDIFACT, short for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport, was established by the United Nations in 1987 as an international standard for electronic business communication. Designed to promote global interoperability, EDIFACT provides a unified framework for exchanging business documents like invoices, shipping details, and payment instructions across diverse industries and countries. This glossary highlights key EDIFACT message types, offering insights into how this standard simplifies and streamlines global trade operations.
The function of this message is: a) to inform a message issuer that his message has been received by the... [Read More]
An Authorization Message is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) or... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Availability Requestis sent by a customer or his agent, to a service provider to... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Availability Response is sent by a service provider in response to an availability request... [Read More]
A message used to exchange enterprise related balances between the enterprise and whoever may use them for the purpose of... [Read More]
A BANSTA message is sent by a financial institution to its customer and/or vice versa and among financial institutions. It... [Read More]
A message to transmit information about equipment and goods on a means of transport, including their location on the means... [Read More]
A message to transmit information about the total numbers of equipment and quantity of goods on a means of transport. ... [Read More]
The Berth management message is a message from a carrier, its agent or means of transport to the authority responsible... [Read More]
A message from an inspection company to bulk cargo buyers and sellers, ship and barge owners, agents, or customs, identifying... [Read More]
The Bank transactions and portfolio transactions report message (BOPBNK) can be sent by banks to the BOP compiler for reporting... [Read More]
The Balance of payments customer transaction report message (BOPCUS) is sent by banks to the Balance of payments (BOP) compiler... [Read More]
The Direct balance of payments declaration message (BOPDIR) can be sent by non-bank residents to report directly to the Balance... [Read More]
The Balance of payment information from customer message is sent from a customer to the customer’s bank in order to... [Read More]
The Business credit report message is used by credit reporting agencies to provide business credit information about a company to... [Read More]
Notice from a liner agent to a stevedore providing information concerning the expected arrival of a vessel and the expected... [Read More]
A request for lodgement of data to commence or enforce a civil proceeding. [Read More]
A legal response (CASRES) to a request for lodgement of data to commence or enforce a civil proceeding. [Read More]
This message deals with the communication of charts of accounts between an organization and whoever may use them for the... [Read More]
The Classification information set message is designed to exchange tree structure or code lists and the links between them. These... [Read More]
A message sent by a customer to a supplier and other interested parties providing the contractual conditions of a previously... [Read More]
A commercial account summary message enables the transmission of commercial data concerning payments made and outstanding items on an account... [Read More]
A message by which a terminal, depot, etc. confirms that the containers specified have been delivered or picked up by... [Read More]
Notice specifying the cargo for which either the validity of the permits/Customs documents expires at short notice or for which... [Read More]
A message to report transport equipment that is either in stock by the sending party (i.e. a terminal, depot or... [Read More]
Order to perform a specified special handling and/or service on containers. This message is part of a total set of... [Read More]
The message is sent by the Principal to the Remitting Bank and is used to request the Remitting Bank to... [Read More]
A notice of commercial dispute against one or more invoices is usually raised by the buyer to notify the seller... [Read More]
Typically, this message is to enable a contractor who intends to start works to advise public authorities and water, gas,telephone,... [Read More]
This message is the instruction by the contractor to the party responsible for payments, to pay the subcontractors for work... [Read More]
The message will be used for the administration of each exchange of a set of engineering/CAD files. It will give... [Read More]
The message CONDRO is intended to describe the general(project) organization and structure, valid for a whole projector environment. The whole... [Read More]
Upon completion of the tendering process, there is a requirement for the client or his representative to formally establish and... [Read More]
At the pre-construction stage of a construction project, the Client will wish to appoint a contractor to execute the works. ... [Read More]
Typically this message will be used between a contractor and the client’s representative, during the process of approving the value... [Read More]
Typically, this message will be used for a contractor to submit progress details to a client or his representative. The... [Read More]
This message is a reply to a CONAPW message and enables service providers to respond to a contractor giving details... [Read More]
Following the receipt of an invitation to tender (ITT), a Main Contractor or subcontractor will submit a tender which is... [Read More]
Typically this message will be used between a contractor and the client’s representative or other partners within the construction process,... [Read More]
The message contains an order to release, to make available, to accept or to call down containers or to announce... [Read More]
A message from an enterprise to provide information that this enterprise has to declare for the payment of its social... [Read More]
A message by which an inland carrier notifies of the delivery or pick-up of containers. This message is part of... [Read More]
A message to order to the container terminal that the containers specified have to be discharged from a seagoing vessel... [Read More]
Order to release containers, and giving permission for them to be picked up by or on behalf of a specified... [Read More]
Confirmation that specified goods/consignments have been stuffed into or stripped from LCL-containers. This message is part of a total set... [Read More]
Order that specified goods/consignments are to be stuffed into (already or still to be delivered) or stripped from LCL-containers. This... [Read More]
A Credit Advice is sent by the Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner to inform the Account Owner... [Read More]
An Extended Credit Advice is sent by the Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner to inform the Account... [Read More]
A Multiple Credit Advice message is sent by an Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner or to a... [Read More]
This message permits the transfer of data from a carrier to a Customs administration for the purpose of meeting Customs... [Read More]
This Customs Declaration Message (CUSDEC) permits the transfer of data from a declarant to a customs administration for the purpose... [Read More]
This message permits the transfer of express consignment data to a Customs Administration for the purpose of combining all three... [Read More]
This Periodic Customs Declaration Message (CUSPED) permits the transfer of data from a declarant to a customs administration for the... [Read More]
This Customs Conveyance Report Message (CUSREP) permits the transfer of data from a carrier to a Customs administration for the... [Read More]
This Customs Response Message (CUSRES) permits the transfer of data from a customs administration: To acknowledge the receipt of the... [Read More]
A Debit Advice is sent by the Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner to inform the Account Owner... [Read More]
A DEBMUL message is sent by an Account Servicing Financial Institution to the Account Owner or to a third party,... [Read More]
A message to exchange detailed information relating to debts recovery cases between appropriate parties (principal, enacting party). This message may... [Read More]
DELFOR is a message which is sent from a party who is planning the use or consumption of products to... [Read More]
This message provides the ability for a customer to convey precise delivery sequence and Just In Time schedule requirements to... [Read More]
A message specifying details for goods despatched or ready for despatch under agreed conditions. The United Nations Despatch Advice Message... [Read More]
A message for use by the container repair, shipping and leasing industry. It may be used by a container equipment... [Read More]
A message to specify recapitulations pertaining to the dangerous goods on board of a means of transport, e.g. a vessel. [Read More]
Prior to the Direct Debit procedure, some agreement(s) would usually have been concluded with: – Agreement between the Creditor and... [Read More]
This Directory definition message (DIRDEF) permits the transfer of the contents of a UN/EDIFACT or American National Standards Institute (ANSI)... [Read More]
This Data maintenance request definition message (DMRDEF) permits the transfer of a data maintenance request action among parties involved in... [Read More]
The Data maintenance status report/query message (DMSTAT) permits the transfer of status for any Data Maintenance Request (DMR) action among... [Read More]
The Documentary Credit Advice message is used to indicate to the Beneficiary the terms and conditions of a documentary credit... [Read More]
The Advice of an Amendment of a Documentary Credit message is originated by the Advising Bank, or Intermediary Advising Bank,and... [Read More]
The Documentary Credit Amendment Information message is used to indicate the terms and conditions of an amended documentary credit from... [Read More]
A message from a party requesting the issuance of a documentary credit to the party providing such a service. In... [Read More]
The Response to an Amendment of a Documentary Credit originated by the Beneficiary and sent to the parties involved in... [Read More]
The Documentary Credit Issuance Information message is used to indicate the terms and conditions of an issued documentary credit from... [Read More]
A message used to exchange accounting entries between an enterprise and whoever may use them for the purpose of accounting,... [Read More]
A Financial Cancellation Message is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer)... [Read More]
A Multiple interbank funds transfer message is sent between financial institutions to request the transfer of funds in settlement of... [Read More]
This message can be used to cater for various communication functions between financial institutions and their customers. The most frequent... [Read More]
A message to enable the transmission of textual information. [Read More]
The compilation of statistics is a continuous chain starting with raw data collection, followed by a number of harmonization and... [Read More]
This message includes two functionalities: 1. A message from a party to a warehouse/distribution center identifying the handling services and... [Read More]
The Insurance claim assessment and reporting message is exchanged between all parties involved in the claims handling process. Claims handling... [Read More]
The Insurance claim solicitor’s instruction message is exchanged between insurers and solicitors acting on behalf of the insurer during claim... [Read More]
A message to be used for consolidation purposes from a party arranging forwarding and transport services to the party for... [Read More]
The function of this message is to request the calculation of the transport charges of a specific shipment and to... [Read More]
The International Forwarding and Transport Dangerous Goods Notification message is a message from the party responsible to declare the dangerous... [Read More]
A message specifying freight, handling and transport costs and other related charges between transport service providers and their customers. [Read More]
The International Forwarding and Transport Dangerous Cargo List Message is a message: from the party acting on behalf of the... [Read More]
This paper provides the definition of the Cargo insurance claims message to be used in fulfilling the requirements of trading... [Read More]
A message from the party providing forwarding and/or transport services to the party such as has been indicated in the... [Read More]
A message from the party providing forwarding and/or transport services to the party booking those services giving the confirmation information... [Read More]
A message from a party definitely booking forwarding and/or transport services for a consignment to the party providing those services. ... [Read More]
A message from a party requesting space and/or giving brief details of a planned consignment for forwarding and/or transport services... [Read More]
A message conveying prior notification of a consignment delivery, including non-hazardous and hazardous consignment details, for subsequent shipment and/or consolidation,... [Read More]
A message from the party providing the transport/forwarding services to the party that issued the instructions for those services stating... [Read More]
At the time of publication of this version and release of the framework, six functional messages have been derived from... [Read More]
A message from the party issuing an instruction regarding forwarding/transport services for a consignment under conditions agreed, to the party... [Read More]
The function of this message is to request transport rate information and to answer to such a request. [Read More]
The function of this message is to request transport schedule or availability information and to answer to such a request. [Read More]
A message to report the transport status and/or a change in the transport status (i.e. event) between agreed parties. [Read More]
A message to request an International multimodal status report message (IFTSTA) in order to provide details relating to transport status... [Read More]
The IHCEBI message is sent from institutional or individual health care providers or those providing related administrative services to a... [Read More]
This message is to support interactive submittal and response of health care claims or encounters for the point of sale... [Read More]
The EDI implementation guideline definition message (IMPDEF) permits the exchange of implementation details of an EDI message, including its usage... [Read More]
The Infrastructure condition message is sent by a responsible party to other interested parties regarding the condition of a component... [Read More]
A message used to exchange enterprise related accounting information between enterprises, public or private bodies and whoever may use it... [Read More]
A message from a party to another party who has control over ordered goods, providing instructions to put on hold... [Read More]
The Insurance Premium message is used by communicating parties to notify the recipient about premiums due from a client. All... [Read More]
A message sent by a supplier to inform a customer that items are ready for inspection prior to despatch. [Read More]
A message sent by a customer’s inspection service, or their agent, informing a supplier and other interested parties of the... [Read More]
A message claiming payment for goods or services supplied under conditions agreed between the seller and the buyer. The United... [Read More]
A message specifying information relating to held inventories. The Inventory report message is intended to be used in either direction... [Read More]
The Insurance policy administration message is exchanged between insurers, insurance intermediaries, clients and third parties for the purpose of policy... [Read More]
A motor insurance policy message is exchanged between insurers, intermediaries and clients to transfer details related to the proposal, confirmation,... [Read More]
The Intermediary system enablement or disablement message is a multi-functional message designed specifically for insurance intermediary systems administration allowing trading... [Read More]
A message specifying to a delivery party, the details of goods within grouped consignments despatched by the delivering party. This... [Read More]
A message specifying decisions of an employer related to job applications and interviews and employment or rejections and,when necessary, reasons... [Read More]
A message sent by a governmental agency to an employer in response to a work grant request. This message asks... [Read More]
A message specifying detailed information of proposals for one or more job applicants from an employment agency to an employer. ... [Read More]
The message intent is to confirm the receipt of information of a Job Order Message related to a vacancy or... [Read More]
A message specifying modifications of a previously sent Job Order Message of one or more offered jobs or vacancies in... [Read More]
This message may be sent by an accounts payable service or equivalent to a payment service or equivalent to request... [Read More]
The LEDGER message deals with the communication of accounting ledgers between an organization and whoever may use them for the... [Read More]
The LREACT message is used by companies to exchange insured and policy coverage detail for reinsurance purposes. The message will... [Read More]
The LRECLM message is used by companies to exchange information regarding a claim or claims on a policy or policies... [Read More]
The message is used to pass detailed information on persons from, for instance, health insurance agencies to local government in... [Read More]
The MEDPRE message is sent from a prescriber (issuer) of prescriptions (healthcare professionals, i.e. physician,dentist, or veterinarian) to a dispensing... [Read More]
A Medical Service Request message is sent from a service requester to the service provider to order investigations, to modify... [Read More]
A Medical Service Report message is sent from a service provider to the service requester to report new results on... [Read More]
The MEDRUC message is sent from a party providing medical and related administrative services to a funding institution, allowing evaluation... [Read More]
A message containing the position of a means of transport (e.g. a vessel or truck) and/or equipment related to a... [Read More]
A Stowage instruction message contains details of one means of transport vehicle, giving instructions regarding the loading, discharging and restowage... [Read More]
A metered services consumption report is a communication between trading parties, or their agents, providing consumption and where associated technical,... [Read More]
A message from the buyer to the seller, specifying details of the buyer’s request to change a purchase order. [Read More]
A message specifying details for goods or services ordered under conditions agreed between the seller and the buyer. [Read More]
A message from the seller to the buyer, responding to a purchase order message or a purchase order change request... [Read More]
A message between a buyer or buyer’s agent and a seller or seller’s agent for information on the current status... [Read More]
A message between a buyer or buyer’s agent and a seller or seller’s agent reporting status information on the current... [Read More]
A message to enable the transmission of basic information regarding locations and the related operational, administrative, financial, manufacturing, confirmation of... [Read More]
The Travel, tourism and leisure product application status request message is sent by either a service supplier to a product... [Read More]
The Travel, tourism and leisure product application status response message is sent in response to a product application status request... [Read More]
This Passenger List Message (PAXLST) permits the transfer of passenger/crew data from a Customs, Immigration or other designated authority in... [Read More]
The Payroll Deductions Advice is sent by a party (usually an employer or its representative) to a service providing organization,... [Read More]
An Extended Payment Order is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer)... [Read More]
A Multiple Payment order is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer)... [Read More]
A Payment Order is sent by the Ordering Customer (or Payor or Agent on behalf of the Ordering Customer) to... [Read More]
A message to enable the transmission of information regarding pricing and catalogue details for goods and services offered by a... [Read More]
A message furnishing the Pricing History and related information of goods previously ordered under conditions agreed to between a seller... [Read More]
The Project cost reporting message is used in various industry sectors when there is a requirement for all parties involved... [Read More]
A message to submit master data – a set of data that is rarely changed – to identify and describe... [Read More]
The Product Exchange Message is a communication between two trading partners with agreements for the loan of products to each... [Read More]
A message enabling the sender to inquire on a product or a group of products from a master product catalogue... [Read More]
A message providing the information and details to enable servicing and repair centers to report to manufacturers on repairs and... [Read More]
The Project Tasks Planning message is used in various industry sectors when there is a requirement for all parties involved... [Read More]
The Insurance Premium Payment message is used by communicating parties to notify the recipient about premium or claim amounts to... [Read More]
A message to enable the transmission of the results of tests performed to satisfy a specified product or process requirement. ... [Read More]
A message which provides potential sellers with the ability to provide price, delivery schedule, and other conditions for potential sales... [Read More]
A Raw data reporting message (RDRMES) is sent in response top redefined and identified questions. Raw data are collected by... [Read More]
A reinsurance bordereau message is made of individual policy data and their impact on a reinsurance contract. More specifically, the... [Read More]
This message is to address the business needs related to the goods receipt. This message is used to report the... [Read More]
RECALC is a generic message used in reinsurance environment to show various types of calculation that are either based on... [Read More]
Factoring companies provide their clients (the seller) protection against the risk of credit losses on sales to the buyers. Credit... [Read More]
A reinsurance claims message is exchanged between insurers,professional intermediaries, reinsurers to send information concerning a loss and/or to request settlement... [Read More]
The RECORD message will convey to partners involved in the placing of a reinsurance contract or endorsement in a structured... [Read More]
This message is designed to transmit legal, administrative and statutory information concerning the creation, change or cessation of a business... [Read More]
The RELIST provides partners involved in the placing of are insurance contract or endorsement structured details on individual items to... [Read More]
The Remittance Advice is a communication between trading partners, e.g. seller, buyer, financial institutions, which provides a detailed accounting relative... [Read More]
The Reinsurance Premium Message (REPREM) allows to support the technical entries for any premium or brokerage adjustment amount. For this... [Read More]
A message to enable a party request the sending, or re-sending, of data, either as a document or message, or... [Read More]
A message which provides potential buyers with the ability to solicit price, delivery schedule, and other conditions from potential sellers... [Read More]
A reinsurance settlement message is exchanged by insurers, reinsurers, bureaux, brokers and professional reinsurance intermediaries to send all information that... [Read More]
A Reservation message is sent by a tourism operator to one or more service providers in order to request desired... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Reservations Request is sent by a customer or his agent, to a service provider... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Reservations Response is sent by a customer or his agent, to convey the results... [Read More]
The RETACC is used by the sender to report to the receiver the latter’s position in the sender’s books with... [Read More]
A message by which a party announces to another party details of goods for return due to specified reasons (e.g.... [Read More]
A message by which a party informs another party whether and how goods shall be returned. [Read More]
A message sent by a manufacturer or a call center with information addressed to servicing and repair centers with details... [Read More]
The Safety and hazard data message is to enable the communication of safety data and advice on relevant materials supplied... [Read More]
The SANCRT message permits a commercial operator to apply to a national agency for the issue of a certificate, permit,authorization... [Read More]
The message is used to request travel service schedule update information aimed to update the schedule data base of the... [Read More]
A message containing information about travel service schedules. This message is sent by a travel service provider to other service... [Read More]
A message to enable the transmission of forecast data related to products or services, such as corresponding location, period, product... [Read More]
A message to enable the conveyance of product activity related to the sale of products or services, such as the... [Read More]
A message is sent by an employer to an organization to report information regarding to person(s) who get wages or... [Read More]
The SSIMOD message is sent to communicate to the country of first registration the modification of identity details which took... [Read More]
The SSRECH message is sent by a designated body in one State to the equivalent body in another State giving... [Read More]
The SSREGW message is exchanged between designated bodies to enable interchange and registration of a worker’s social security number. The... [Read More]
A Statement of Account is a communication from a Seller or their agent to a Buyer or their agent, providing... [Read More]
A Settlement transaction reporting message is exchanged between participants in the Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) to report transaction data... [Read More]
The Superannuation Contributions Advice is sent by a party to an organization administering a superannuation scheme, to detail contribution payments... [Read More]
The Superannuation Maintenance Message is sent by a party to an organization administering a superannuation scheme, to specify membership maintenance... [Read More]
A Reservation message is sent by a tourism operator to one or more service providers in order to request desired... [Read More]
A message from a vessel to the ship planning department of a shipping line and vice versa (e.g. via satellite),... [Read More]
A Tax control message is used to enable the transmission of summary and control data for tax purposes. It is... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, Tourism and Leisure Information Inquiry Request is sent by a customer or their agent, to a service... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, tourism and leisure inquiry response is sent by a service provider in response to an information request... [Read More]
The Terminal performance message is a message to transmit information relating to the operations carried out by terminal operators such... [Read More]
A TSDUPD message provides static data complementary to travel schedule information conveyed by a SKDUPD – schedule update interactive message,... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, tourism and leisure data update request is sent by a supplier of a product or service to... [Read More]
An interactive Travel, tourism and leisure data update response is sent by a global distribution system (GDS) to respond to... [Read More]
The Utilities master data message is sent between responsible parties in a utilities infrastructure for the purpose of exchanging characteristics... [Read More]
The Utilities time series message is sent between responsible parties in a utilities infrastructure for the purpose of reporting time... [Read More]
This VAT Declaration Message (VATDEC) permits the transfer of data from a declaration to a national VAT collecting authority for... [Read More]
A message from a stevedore to a liner agent or from a liner agent to a local authority (e.g. port... [Read More]
A message to convey information on last inspection and/or on waste and cargo residues on board of a means of... [Read More]
A message specifying details of decisions of the governmental agency to an employer relating to a work grant request or... [Read More]
A message specifying details of requests to a governmental authority from an employer for workers who need a work grant... [Read More]