ISO 4217 currency code
CLF: Unidad de Fomento
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CLF is the ISO 4217 code of the Unidad de Fomento, used in Chile. Its numeric code is 990 and it has 4 decimals.
- Alphabetic code
- CLF
- Numeric code
- 990
- Minor units
- 4
- Type
- Fund code
What to know about CLF
ISO 4217 marks CLF as a fund code: a unit used for a specific purpose, such as settlement or an index-linked unit of account, rather than the everyday currency of a country.
CLF has four decimals, which is rare: check that your systems keep amounts in CLF at that precision.
Where CLF is used
- Chile
CLF in financial messages
| Standard | How it is written | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Swift MT, field 32A | Value date, currency code and amount with a comma as the decimal mark and no separators | :32A:261022CLF1250,7500 |
| ISO 20022 | The Ccy attribute of the amount element; a dot as the decimal mark | <IntrBkSttlmAmt Ccy="CLF">1250.7500</IntrBkSttlmAmt> |
| FIX | Tag 15 Currency (and 120 SettlCurrency), with the amounts in their own tags | 15=CLF |
See how to read field 32A, the MT103 and pacs.008 pages, or paste a message into the parser to check its amounts against the currency.
Questions
- What is the currency code of the Unidad de Fomento?
- CLF, with the numeric code 990 (ISO 4217).
- How many decimals does CLF have?
- 4. An amount in CLF can have up to 4 digits after the decimal mark.
- Which country uses CLF?
- Chile, according to ISO 4217 list one.
- What is currency code 990?
- 990 is the ISO 4217 numeric code of CLF (Unidad de Fomento). Numeric codes are often the same as the ISO 3166 numeric code of the country.
Other currencies with 4 decimals
GCC currencies
Source: ISO 4217 list one, published 17 September 2026 by SIX Group as the ISO 4217 maintenance agency. ISO is a trademark of the International Organization for Standardization; ZagTrader is not affiliated with ISO or SIX Group.