The SWIFT MT700 format specifications as available in the SWIFT Category 7 – Message Reference Guide. Links to pages with detailed description of fields will be provided later. Back to the payment messages page.
The SWIFT MT700 format specifications you find on the table below contains the fields that are found in the Block 4 or Text block of a SWIFT message. So it is only part of the information that is exchanged between senders and receivers over the SWIFT network. Here is the link to the whole structure of a SWIFT message (Blocks 1 to 5).
| Status | Tag | Field Name | Content/Options | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 27 | Sequence of Total | 1!n/1!n | 1 |
| M | 40A | Form of Documentary Credit | 24x | 2 |
| M | 20 | Documentary Credit Number | 16x | 3 |
| O | 23 | Reference to Pre-Advice | 16x | 4 |
| M | 31C | Date of Issue | 6!n | 5 |
| M | 40E | Applicable Rules | 30x[/35x] | 6 |
| M | 31D | Date and Place of Expiry | 6!n29x | 7 |
| O | 51a | Applicant Bank | A or D | 8 |
| M | 50 | Applicant | 4*35x | 9 |
| M | 59 | Beneficiary | [/34x] 4*35x | 10 |
| M | 32B | Currency Code, Amount | 3!a15d | 11 |
| O | 39A | Percentage Credit Amount Tolerance | 2n/2n | 12 |
| O | 39C | Additional Amounts Covered | 4*35x | 13 |
| M | 41a | Available With ... By ... | A or D | 14 |
| O | 42C | Drafts at ... | 3*35x | 15 |
| O | 42a | Drawee | A or D | 16 |
| O | 42M | Mixed Payment Details | 4*35x | 17 |
| O | 42P | Negotiation/Deferred Payment Details | 4*35x | 18 |
| O | 43P | Partial Shipments | 11x | 19 |
| O | 43T | Transhipment | 11x | 20 |
| O | 44A | Place of Taking in Charge/Dispatch from .../Place of Receipt | 65x | 21 |
| O | 44E | Port of Loading/Airport of Departure | 65x | 22 |
| O | 44F | Port of Discharge/Airport of Destination | 65x | 23 |
| O | 44B | Place of Final Destination/For Transportation to .../Place of Delivery | 65x | 24 |
| O | 44C | Latest Date of Shipment | 6!n | 25 |
| O | 44D | Shipment Period | 6*65x | 26 |
| O | 45A | Description of Goods and/or Services | 100*65z | 27 |
| O | 46A | Documents Required | 100*65z | 28 |
| O | 47A | Additional Conditions | 100*65z | 29 |
| O | 49G | Special Payment Conditions for Beneficiary | 100*65z | 30 |
| O | 49H | Special Payment Conditions for Receiving Bank | 100*65z | 31 |
| O | 71D | Charges | 6*35z | 32 |
| O | 48 | Period for Presentation in Days | 3n[/35x] | 33 |
| M | 49 | Confirmation Instructions | 7!x | 34 |
| O | 58a | Requested Confirmation Party | A or D | 35 |
| O | 53a | Reimbursing Bank | A or D | 36 |
| O | 78 | Instructions to the Paying/Accepting/Negotiating Bank | 12*65x | 37 |
| O | 57a | 'Advise Through' Bank | A, B, or D | 38 |
| O | 72Z | Sender to Receiver Information | 6*35z | 39 |
| M = Mandatory, O = Optional - Network Validated Rules may apply |
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