UN/CEFACT (UN) Common Codes and ANSI X12 Unit of Measure (UOM) codes are distinct standards used to quantify goods in electronic data interchange (EDI). X12 is primarily used in North America, while UN codes (Recommendation 20) are international. Below are commonly used units of measure and their corresponding codes.


Description

X12 UOM

UN UOM

Common Units Of Measure

100-Pack

4F

CNP

20 Foot Container

20

20

20-Pack

4E

4E

40 Foot Container

21

21

50 Pound Bag

47

47

Bag

BG

BG

Bale

BA

BL

Basket

BS

BK

Bin

2W

2W

Bottle

BO

BO

Box

BX

BX

Bulk

BN

VQ

Bulk Pack

AB

AB

Bushel

BU

BUA

Bushel, Dry Imperial

BV

BUI

Carton

CT

CT

Case

CA

CS

Cask

Z3

Z3

Catchweight

31

31

Crate

CP

CR

Cubic Feet

CF

FTQ

Cubic Inches

CI

INQ

Cubic Meter

CR

MTQ

Cubic Meters (Net)

CO

D90

Dozen

DZ

DZN

Each

EA

EA

Gallon

GA

GLL

Gram

GR

GRM

Half Dozen

HD

HD

Hundred Cubic Feet

HH

HH

Hundred Cubic Meters

FF

FF

Liter

LT

LTR

Peck, Dry Imperial

PZ

PZ

Peck, Dry U.S.

PY

PY

Pint

PT

PT

Pint U.S. Dry

Q2

PTD

Pint, Imperial

PX

PTI

Pound

LB

LBR

Pound

PJ

LBR

Quart

QT

QT

Quart, Dry U.S.

QS

QTD

Quart, Imperial

QU

QTI

Square Foot

SF

FTK

Square Inch

SI

INK

Square Yard

SY

YDK

10 Kilogram Drum

97

97

Additional UOM Codes

10,000 Gallon Tankcar

96

96

100 Board Feet

BP

BP

100 Lineal Yards

YL

YL

100 Pound Drum

17

17

1000 Cubic Feet

FC

FC

1000 Meters

MQ

MQ

1000 Pounds Per Square Inch

KS

KS

115 Kilogram Drum

16

16

15 Kilogram Drum

98

98

20,000 Gallon Tankcar

95

95

25 Kilogram Bulk Bag

46

46

300 Kilogram Bulk Bag

45

45

500 Kilogram Bulk Bag

44

44

55 Gallon Drum

18

18

Access Lines

AL

AL

Acre

AC

ACR

Actual Tons

26

26

Additional Minutes

AH

AH

Air Dry Metric Ton

MD

MD

Aluminum Pounds Only

AP

AP

Ampere

68

AMP

Ampere Turn Per Centimeter

73

73

Amperes Per Meter

AE

AE

Ampoule

AM

AM

Anti-Hemophilic Factor (Ahf) Units

AQ

AQ

Assembly

AY

AY

Assortment

AS

AS

Atmosphere

AT

ATM

Average Minutes Per Call

AI

AI

Ball

AA

AA

Band

BJ

D92

Bar

BI

BR

Barge

NB

NB

Barrel

BR

BLL

Barrel, Imperial

B4

B4

Barrels Per Day

B1

B1

Barrels Per Minute

5A

5A

Base Box

BB

BB

Base Weight

BW

BW

Batch

5B

5B

Batt

B9

B9

Batting Pound

B3

B3

Beam

BE

D79

Becquerel

R2

BQL

Belt

BT

E2

Billet

B5

B5

Block

BL

D64

Board

B8

BD

Board Feet

BF

BFT

Bobbin

4A

4A

Bolt

BM

BT

Book

BK

D63

Brake Horse Power

BQ

BHP

British Thermal Unit (Btu)

BY

BTU

British Thermal Units (Btus) Per Cubic Foot

B0

B0

British Thermal Units (Btus) Per Hour

2I

2I

British Thermal Units (Btus) Per Pound

AZ

AZ

Brush

BH

BH

Bucket

BC

BJ

Bulk Car Load

48

48

Bun

B6

B6

Bundle

BD

BE

Bunks

B2

B2

Bytes

AD

AD

Caboose Count

1D

1D

Caboose Mile

1H

1H

Cake

KA

KA

Calls

C0

C0

Calorie

R4

R4

Calories Per Cubic Centimeter

92

92

Calories Per Gram

93

93

Can

CN

CA

Cap

4B

4B

Capsule

AV

AV

Car

NC

NC

Car Count

1B

1B

Car Mile

1A

1A

Carboy

CB

CO

Card

CG

CG

Carload

C4

C4

Carset

C2

C2

Cartridge

CQ

CQ

Cassette

CS

D66

Cell

C6

C6

Centigrade, Celsius

CE

CEL

Centigram

AF

CGM

Centiliter

C3

CLT

Centimeter

CM

CMT

Centimeters Per Second

2M

2M

Centipoise (Cps)

C7

C7

Centistokes

4C

4C

Chains (Land Survey)

X1

X1

Chest

Z2

Z2

Coil

CX

CL

Coil Group

C9

C9

Column-Inches

II

II

Combo

CZ

CZ

Composite Product Pounds (Total Weight)

C1

C1

Cone

CJ

CJ

Conference Points

Z6

Z6

Connector

CK

CK

Container

CH

CH

Cop

AJ

AJ

Cost

C5

C5

Coulomb

65

COU

Count Per Minute

5K

5K

Counts Per Centimeter

IT

IT

Counts Per Inch

IC

IC

Cover

CV

CV

Cubic Centimeter

CC

CMQ

Cubic Centimeters Per Second

2J

2J

Cubic Decimeter

C8

DMQ

Cubic Feet Per Hour

2K

2K

Cubic Feet Per Minute

2L

2L

Cubic Feet Per Minute Per Square Foot

36

36

Cubic Meter Per Hour

4V

MQH

Cubic Yard

CY

YDQ

Cup

CU

CU

Curie

4D

CUR

Curl Units

94

94

Cycles

B7

B7

Cylinder

CL

CY

Data Records

DQ

DQ

Days

DA

DAY

Deal

DE

DE

Decagram

DJ

DJ

Deci Newton-Meter

DN

DN

Decibels

2N

2N

Decigram

DG

DG

Deciliter

DL

DLT

Deciliter Per Gram

22

22

Decimeter

DM

DMT

Degree

DD

DD

Directory Books

DY

DY

Disk (Disc)

DC

DC

Dispenser

DI

DI

Display

DS

DS

Dollars Per Hours

A8

D67

Dozen Pair

DP

DPR

Draize Score

D8

D8

Dram

DF

DRA

Drum

DR

DR

Dry Pounds

DB

DB

Dry Ton

DT

DT

Dyne

DU

DU

Dyne Per Square Centimeter

D9

D9

Dynes Per Centimeter

DX

DX

Each Per Month

EC

EC

Eight-Pack

P8

P8

Electron Volt

79

A53

Electronic Mail Boxes

EB

EB

Eleven Pack

EP

EP

Empty Car

1E

1E

Envelope

EV

EV

Equivalent Gallons

EQ

EQ

Fahrenheit

FA

FAH

Failure Rate In Time

63

63

Farad

83

FAR

Fathom

AK

AK

Feet Per Minute

FR

FR

Feet Per Second

FS

FS

Fibers Per Cubic Centimeter Of Air

F9

F9

Fields

FB

FB

Five-Pack

P5

P5

Fixed Rate

1I

1I

Flake Ton

FL

FL

Fluid Ounce

FO

OZA

Fluid Ounce (Imperial)

FZ

OZI

Foot

FT

FOT

Foot Pounds

85

85

Four-Pack

P4

P4

Fuel Usage (Gallons)

1G

1G

Gage Systems

GZ

GZ

Gallons Per Thousand

5C

5C

Gallons Per Thousand Cubic Feet

GW

GW

Gallons/Day

GB

GB

Gauss

76

76

Gigabecquerel

G4

GBQ

Gigajoules

GV

GV

Gill (Imperial)

G5

GII

Grain

GX

GRN

Grams Per 100 Grams

GC

GC

Grams Per Cubic Centimeter

23

23

Grams Per Kilogram

GK

GK

Grams Per Liter

GL

GL

Grams Per Milliliter

GJ

GJ

Grams Per Sq. Meter

GM

GM

Grams Per Square Centimeter

25

25

Great Gross (Dozen Gross)

GG

GGR

Gross

GS

GRO

Gross Barrels

GD

GD

Gross Gallons

GN

GN

Gross Kilogram

GT

E4

Gross Ton

TG

GT

Gross Yard

GY

GY

Group

10

10

Half Gallon

GH

GH

Half Hour

HT

HT

Half Liter

H2

H2

Half Pages - Electronic

H1

H1

Half Pint

PV

PV

Hank

HA

HA

Heat Lots

8

8

Hectogram

HG

HGM

Hectoliter

H4

HLT

Henry

81

81

Hertz

HZ

HTZ

Hogshead

Z4

Z4

Horsepower

HJ

HJ

Horsepower Days Per Air Dry Metric Tons

30

30

Hours

HR

HUR

Hundred

HU

CEN

Hundred Boxes

HB

HBX

Hundred Count

HC

HC

Hundred Feet

HF

HF

Hundred Feet - Linear

HL

HL

Hundred Kilograms

HK

HK

Hundred Pounds (Cwt)

CW

CWA

Hundred Sheets

HI

HI

Hundred Square Feet

HS

HS

Hundred Troy Ounces

HO

HO

Hundred Weight (Long)

HW

CWI

Hundred Yards

HY

HY

Hundredth Of A Carat

HE

HE

Hydraulic Horse Power

5J

5J

Imperial Gallons

GI

GLI

Imperial Gallons Per Minute

G3

G3

Impressions

IM

IM

Inch

IN

INH

Inch Pound

IA

IA

Inches Of Water

IF

IF

Inches Per Minute

IL

IL

Inches Per Second (Linear Speed)

IU

IU

Inches Per Second Per Second (Acceleration)

IV

IV

Insurance Policy

IP

IP

Jar

JR

JR

Joint

JO

JO

Joule Per Gram

JG

D95

Joule Per Kelvin

JE

JE

Joule Per Kilogram

J2

J2

Joules

86

JOU

Jug

JU

JG

Jumbo

JB

JB

Keg

KE

KG

Kelvin

KV

KEL

Kilo Pounds Per Square Inch (Ksi)

84

84

Kilobecquerel

2Q

2Q

Kilobyte

2P

2P

Kilocharacters

KB

KB

Kilocurie

2R

2R

Kilogauss

78

78

Kilogram

KG

KGM

Kilogram Per Square Centimeter

D5

D5

Kilograms Decimal

KD

KD

Kilograms Per Air Dry Metric Tons

32

32

Kilograms Per Cubic Meter

KC

KMQ

Kilograms Per Kilogram Of Product

3H

3H

Kilograms Per Liter Of Product

3F

B35

Kilograms Per Millimeter

KW

KW

Kilograms Per Piece Of Product

3I

3I

Kilograms Per Square Meter

28

28

Kilograms/Meter

KL

KL

Kilograms/Millimeter Width

KI

KI

Kiloliter

K6

K6

Kiloliter Per Hour

4X

4X

Kilometers

DK

KMT

Kilometers Per Hour

KP

KMH

Kilopackets

KF

KF

Kilopascal

KQ

KPA

Kilopascal Square Meters Per Gram

33

33

Kilopascals Per Millimeter

34

34

Kiloroentgen

KR

KR

Kilosegments

KJ

KJ

Kilovolt Amperes

K4

KVA

Kilovolt Amperes Reactive

K5

K5

Kilovolt Amperes Reactive Demand

K2

K2

Kilovolt Amperes Reactive Hour

K3

K3

Kilowatt

K7

KWT

Kilowatt Demand

K1

K1

Kilowatt Hour

KH

KWH

Kit

KT

KT

Labor Hours

LH

LH

Large Spray

LJ

LJ

Layer(S)

LR

LR

Length

LN

LN

Lift Van

Z1

Z1

Lifts

5

5

Linear Centimeter

LC

LC

Linear Foot

LF

LF

Linear Inch

LI

LI

Linear Meter

LM

LM

Linear Yard

LY

LY

Linear Yards Per Pound

LX

LX

Link

LK

LK

Liquid Pounds

LP

LP

Lite

LE

LE

Liters Per Day

LQ

LD

Liters Per Minute

L2

L2

Load

NL

NL

Locomotive Count

1C

1C

Locomotive Mile

1K

1K

Long Ton

LG

LTN

Lot

LO

LO

Lug

Z5

Z5

Lump Sum

LS

LS

Machine/Unit

MA

MA

Magnetic Tapes

M0

M0

Manmonth

3C

3C

Mass Pounds

PU

D98

Mat

M3

MT

Meal

Q3

Q3

Mega Joule Per Kilogram

JK

JK

Mega Pascals

M8

MPA

Megabecquerel

4N

4N

Megabyte

4L

4L

Megagram

2U

2U

Megagrams Per Hour

2V

2V

Megahertz

N6

MHZ

Megajoule

3B

3B

Megajoule/Cubic Meter

JM

JM

Mesh

57

57

Message Hours

NH

NH

Messages

NF

NF

Meter

MR

MTR

Meters Per Minute

2X

2X

Meters Per Second

4I

MTS

Meters Per Second Per Second

4J

MSK

Metric Long Ton

MT

E5

Metric Net Ton

MN

NT

Metric Ton

MP

TNE

Mho

NQ

NQ

Micro Inch

M7

M7

Micro Mho

NR

NR

Microcurie

M5

M5

Microfarad

4O

4O

Microfiche Sheet

G7

G7

Microgram

MC

MC

Micrograms Per Cubic Meter

GQ

GQ

Microliter

4G

4G

Micrometer

4H

4H

Micromolar

FH

FH

Mil

77

77

Miles Per Hour

HM

HM

Milli Pascals

74

74

Milliamperes

4K

4K

Millibar

M6

MBR

Millicurie

MU

MCU

Milligram

ME

MGM

Milligram Per Sq. Ft. Per Side

MF

MF

Milligrams Per Cubic Meter

GP

GP

Milligrams Per Hour

4M

4M

Milligrams Per Kilogram

NA

NA

Milligrams Per Liter

M1

M1

Milligrams Per Square Inch

MK

MK

Milligrams Per Square Meter

GO

GO

Milliliter

ML

MLT

Milliliter Per Minute

41

41

Milliliter Per Second

40

40

Milliliters Of Water

WW

WW

Milliliters Per Kilogram

KX

KX

Milliliters Per Square Centimeter Second

35

35

Millimeter

MM

MMT

Millimeter H20

HP

HP

Millimeters Of Mercury

HN

HN

Million British Thermal Units Per One Thousand Cub

M9

M9

Million Btu'S

BZ

BZ

Million Cubic Feet

FM

FM

Million Particles Per Cubic Foot

FD

FD

Million Units

UM

UM

Milliroentgen

2Y

2Y

Millivolts

2Z

2Z

Minutes

MJ

MIN

Mmscf/Day

5E

5E

Monetary Value

M4

M4

Months

MO

MON

Mutually Defined

ZZ

ZZ

Nautical Mile

NM

NMI

Net Barrels

ND

ND

Net Gallons

NG

NG

Net Imperial Gallons

NI

NI

Net Kilograms

58

58

Net Liters

NE

NE

Net Ton (2,000 Lb).

TN

STN

Newspaper Agate Line

Z8

Z8

Newton

NW

NEW

Newton-Meter

NU

NU

Newtons Per Meter

4P

4P

Nine Pack

P9

P9

Number Of Lines

N2

N2

Number Of Mults

MV

MV

Number Of Screens

NJ

NJ

Oersteds

66

66

Ohm

82

OHM

Ounce - Av

OZ

OZ

Ounce Foot

4R

4R

Ounce Inch

4Q

4Q

Ounces Per Square Foot

37

37

Ounces Per Square Foot Per 0.01 Inch

38

38

Ounces Per Square Yard

ON

ON

Outfit

11

11

Overtime Hours

OT

OT

Package

PK

PK

Packet

12

PA

Pad

PD

PD

Page

ZP

ZP

Pages - Electronic

P0

P0

Pages - Facsimile

QA

QA

Pages - Hardcopy

QB

QB

Pages Per Inch

PQ

PQ

Pail

PA

PL

Pair

PR

PR

Pair Inches

PB

PB

Pallet (Lift)

PF

PF

Pallet/Unit Load

PL

D97

Panel

OA

OA

Parts Per Billion

61

61

Parts Per Million

59

59

Parts Per Thousand

NX

NX

Pascal

4S

PAL

Pen Calories

N1

N1

Pen Grams (Protein)

N4

D23

Pennyweight

WP

DWT

Percent

P1

P1

Percent Per 1000 Hours

62

62

Percent Weight

60

60

Person

IE

IE

Pica

R1

R1

Picofarad

4T

4T

Pitch

PI

PI

Plate

PP

PG

Poise

89

89

Pounds Equivalent

PE

PE

Pounds Gross

PG

D96

Pounds Net

PN

PN

Pounds Per 1000 Square Feet

29

29

Pounds Per Air-Dry Metric Ton

NY

NY

Pounds Per Cubic Foot

87

87

Pounds Per Cubic Inch

LA

LA

Pounds Per Foot

P2

P2

Pounds Per Gallon

GE

GE

Pounds Per Hour

4U

4U

Pounds Per Inch Of Length

PO

PO

Pounds Per Inch Of Width

PW

PW

Pounds Per Piece Of Product

3G

3G

Pounds Per Pound Of Product

3E

3E

Pounds Per Ream

RP

RP

Pounds Per Sq. Ft.

FP

FP

Pounds Per Sq. Inch

PS

PS

Pounds Per Square Inch Absolute

80

80

Pounds Per Square Inch Gauge

64

64

Pounds Per Thousand

5F

5F

Pounds-Percentage

PM

PM

Powder-Filled Vials

AW

AW

Print Point

N3

N3

Pump

5G

5G

Quarter (Time)

Q1

QAN

Quarter Dozen

QD

QD

Quarter Hours

QH

QH

Quarter Kilogram

QK

QK

Quarter Mile

1X

1X

Quire

QR

QR

Rack

RA

RA

Radians Per Second

2A

2A

Radians Per Second Squared

2B

2B

Ration

13

13

Ream

RM

RM

Ream-Metric Measure

RN

RN

Reel

RE

RL

Resets

RS

RS

Revenue Ton Miles

RT

RT

Revolutions Per Minute

R3

RPM

Ring

RG

RG

Rod (Length) - 5.5 Yards

RD

RD

Roentgen

2C

2C

Roll

RL

RO

Roll-Metric Measure

RK

RK

Round

RO

D65

Run

RU

RU

Running Or Operating Hours

RH

RH

Sack

SJ

SA

Sandwich

SA

D7

Saybold Universal Second

90

90

Seconds

3

SEC

Section

SE

SE

Segment

SG

SG

Seismic Level

5P

5P

Seismic Line

5Q

5Q

Sessions

S6

S6

Set

ST

SET

Seven Pack

P7

P7

Sheet

SH

ST

Sheet-Metric Measure

SS

SS

Shelf Package

SP

SP

Shipment

SX

SX

Shot

14

14

Siemens

67

SIE

Sitas

56

56

Six Pack

P6

P6

Sixty-Fourths Of An Inch

S5

S5

Skein

SW

SW

Skid

SV

SV

Sleeve

SL

D99

Slip Sheet

S9

SL

Small Spray

4

6

Solid Pounds

SD

SD

Split Tanktruck

SK

SK

Spool

SO

SO

Square

SQ

SQ

Square Centimeter

SC

CMK

Square Decimeter

D3

DMK

Square Feet Per Second

S3

S3

Square Meter

SM

MTK

Square Meters Per Second

S4

S4

Square Mile

SB

MIK

Square Millimeter

MS

MMK

Square Rod

SN

SN

Stage

5H

5H

Standard Advertising Units (Saus)

S8

S8

Standard Cubic Foot

5I

5I

Statute Mile

2

SMI

Stick

15

15

Stokes

91

91

Storage Units

S7

S7

Strip

SR

SR

Super Bulk Bag

43

43

Suppository

AR

AR

Tablet

U2

U2

Tank

TK

TK

Tank Truck

19

19

Telecommunications Lines In Service

T0

T0

Telecommunications Lines In Service - Average

UB

UB

Telecommunications Ports

UC

UC

Ten Square Feet

TR

TR

Ten Square Yards

TF

TF

Ten Thousand Yards

UH

UH

Ten Yards

YT

YT

Ten-Pack

TP

TP

Tenth Cubic Foot

TA

TA

Tenth Hours

UE

UE

Tenth Minutes

UD

UD

Test Specific Scale

69

69

Theoretical Kilograms

53

53

Theoretical Pounds

24

24

Theoretical Tonnes

54

54

Theoretical Tons

27

27

Therms

TD

TD

Thousand

TH

MIL

Thousand Bags

T4

T4

Thousand Casings

T5

T5

Thousand Cubic Feet Per Day

F1

F1

Thousand Cubic Meters

R9

R9

Thousand Feet

TQ

TQ

Thousand Feet (Board)

TM

MBF

Thousand Feet (Linear)

TL

TL

Thousand Gallons

T6

T6

Thousand Impressions

T7

T7

Thousand Kilograms

TV

TV

Thousand Kilowatt Hours

T9

MWH

Thousand Linear Inches

T8

T8

Thousand Linear Meters

TT

TT

Thousand Linear Yards

TU

D14

Thousand Pieces

T3

T3

Thousand Pounds Gross

T1

T1

Thousand Sheets

TW

TW

Thousand Sq. Centimeters

TJ

TJ

Thousand Square Feet

TS

TS

Thousand Square Inches

TI

TI

Three Pack

P3

P3

Ton Miles

1J

1J

Ton Per Hour

4W

4W

Torr

UA

UA

Total Car Count

1L

1L

Total Car Mile

1M

1M

Tote

TE

TE

Track Foot

FE

FE

Trailer

NT

E3

Train

NN

NN

Train Mile

1F

1F

Transdermal Patch

FG

FG

Tray

TY

PU

Treatments

U1

U1

Troy Ounce

TO

APZ

Troy Pound

TX

LBT

Truckload

TC

TC

Tube

TB

TU

Two Pack

OP

OP

U.S. Gallons Per Minute

G2

G2

Unit

PC

C62

Unit

UN

C62

Usage Per Telecommunications Line - Average

UF

UF

Vehicle

NV

NV

Vial

VI

VI

Visit

VS

VS

Volt

70

VLT

Volt-Ampere Per Kilogram

VA

VA

Volt-Ampere Per Pound

71

71

Watts Per Kilogram

WA

WA

Watts Per Pound

72

72

Week

WK

WEE

Weight Per Square Inch

WI

WI

Wet Kilo

W2

W2

Wet Pound

WB

WB

Wet Ton

WE

WE

Wheel

WH

WH

Wine Gallon

WG

WG

Working Months

WM

WM

Wrap

WR

WR

Yard

YD

YRD

Years

YR

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