601 Customs Export Shipment Information (006040)

This is the standard X12 006040 spec, with 4 loops and 21 segment positions, as OpenEDI JSON, an ediFabric C# template and an ediFabric Native model. To change it for a trading partner, customize it in the EDI Spec Builder.

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The spec as an OpenAPI 3 schema with x-openedi-* extensions, for ediFabric Native, ediFabric Cloud and the EDI Spec Builder. Download OpenEDI (85 KB) Generate classes

The ediFabric .NET template, class TS601. It needs the common segments, composites and codes of X12 006040, one download for every transaction in the version. Download C# (1 KB) Common files (229 KB)

The intermediary model ediFabric Native loads with set_map. Download Native (63 KB)

Use the 601 spec in your code

ediFabric .NET

Add the C# template and its common files to your project, or reference the template NuGet package, and read 601 files into TS601 objects. See ediFabric .NET.

ediFabric Native

Map version 006040 to the Native model with set_map, then parse 601 files to JSON from Python, Java, C or C#. See Convert between EDI and JSON.

OpenEDI

Select Customize in Spec Builder to copy the spec under your own name, change it for your partner, and parse files against it in EdiNation, ediFabric Native or ediFabric Cloud. Read about OpenEDI.

Generate 601 classes in Python, Java, Node.js, Go, Rust or C

ediFabric Native returns each 601 as JSON, with the property names of the OpenEDI schema. To work with that JSON as typed objects, generate classes from the OpenEDI file in your language and deserialize the JSON into TS601. Serialize the objects back to JSON to build EDI with ediFabric Native. The classes keep the loops, segments, lengths and code lists, but not the EDI data formats, so validate files with ediFabric Native. Read more in Generate a class from OpenEDI.

Python: datamodel-code-generator. Node.js: openapi-typescript. Java, Go, Rust and C: OpenAPI Generator.

601 structure

Loops and segments of the standard 601, with their usage and maximum repeats.

ID	Name	Usage	Max use
ST	Transaction Set Header	Mandatory	1
Loop BA1	BA1	Mandatory	999
BA1	BA1	Mandatory	1
YNQ	YNQ	Optional	10
V5	V5	Optional	1
DTM	DTM	Optional	1
P5	P5	Optional	2
REF	REF	Optional	9
M12	M12	Optional	1
VID	VID	Optional	999
Loop N1	N1	Mandatory	10
N1	N1	Mandatory	1
N2	N2	Optional	2
N3	N3	Optional	2
N4	N4	Optional	1
Loop L13	L13	Optional	999
L13	L13	Mandatory	1
MAN	MAN	Optional	999
X1	X1	Optional	1
VEH	VEH	Optional	9999
Loop N1	N1	Optional	10
N1	N1	Mandatory	1
N2	N2	Optional	2
N4	N4	Optional	1
SE	Transaction Set Trailer	Mandatory	1