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English
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ExecGuide_UNEDIFACT_Eng.pdf (application/pdf, 1.49 MB)
French
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ExecGuide_UNEDIFACT_Fre.pdf (application/pdf, 1.38 MB)
Russian
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ExecGuide_UNEDIFACT_Rus.pdf (application/pdf, 1.47 MB)
United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT) is the global Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standard developed and maintained by the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). EDI is defined as “computer to computer interchange of data according to a message standard with a minimum of human intervention”. Differently said, it allows for business documents such as purchase orders, invoices and customs declarations to be exchanged and processed electronically.
UN/EDIFACT development started at the end of the 1980s and the standard currently contains 209 business messages. Updated versions are published twice a year.