Goods Item. Description.Text
1993 name: Description of goods
Plain language description of the nature of a goods item sufficient to identify it for customs, statistical or transport purposes.
1993 edition
- Data element name
- Description of goods
- Business term
- Nature of goods
Superseded by the 2005 name above.
Locations & bridges
- CIMlines 28–38,positions 9–49
- CIMP(708):an..15
- CMRlines 29–52,positions 34–60(CMR 9)
- MARIMO/FAL 7
- SWIFTan..65x4 (an..65x24)
- UNLKan..26xn;lines 28–50,positions 34–60
- SAD(SAD 31)
All elements on CIM · CIMP · CMR · MAR · SWIFT · UNLK · SAD — see the bridge glossary.
Referenced by UNCL code values
Section 4.1.5 of the publication: a qualifier code whose combined meaning equals this element carries its tag in brackets. Vintage D.01B (one release before the edition's D.02A). See the alignment guide.
- UNCL 4451AAAGoods descriptionequals
[7002] Plain language description of the nature of the goods sufficient to identify them at the level required for banking, Customs, statistical or transport purposes, avoiding unnecessary detail (Generic term).
- UNCL 4451ADWCharacteristics of goodsrelated
Description of the characteristics of goods in addition to the description of the goods [7002].
On the UN layout key
lines 28–50, positions 34–60
The standard A4 form of ISO 6422 — the same data realized as a printed document. See the full reconstruction.