The unit of measure that applies to the invoiced quantity. Codes for unit of packaging from UNECE Recommendation No. 21 can be used in accordance with the descriptions in the "Intro" section of UN/ECE Recommendation 20, Revision 11 (2015): The 2 character alphanumeric code values in UNECE Recommendation 21 shall be used. To avoid duplication with existing code values in UNECE Recommendation No. 20, each code value from UNECE Recommendation 21 shall be prefixed with an “X”, resulting in a 3 alphanumeric code when used as a unit of measure.

Data type
Code
Example value
EA
Business terms
BT-130
Code lists
Recommendation 20, including Recommendation 21 codes - prefixed with X (UN/ECE)
Rules
Identifier/Error message Flag
BR-23
[BR-23]-An Invoice line (BG-25) shall have an Invoiced quantity unit of measure code (BT-130).
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