Category 6
Category 6 MT messages: commodities and reference data
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Category 6 covers the over-the-counter precious metals and commodities business between banks and dealers: trade and option confirmations (MT600, MT601), transfers and delivery orders (MT604), notices to receive (MT605), debit and credit advices (MT606, MT607), statements of a metal account (MT608) and fixed loan and deposit confirmations (MT620).
It also holds the standing settlement instruction update messages MT670 and MT671, used to tell counterparties about changes to settlement instructions.
Swift names the category Commodities and Reference Data. Swift’s MT and MX equivalence table lists no ISO 20022 equivalent for any category 6 message, and the category was not part of the November 2025 payments migration. Types retired from the category are listed at the end of this page where a public source confirms them.
17 message types in the current standard (0 with a full page), 5 retired.
Category 6 messages
- MT600Commodity Trade Confirmation
Confirms the terms and settlement of a spot or forward commodity trade, typically in precious metals.
Catalogue - MT601Commodity Option Confirmation
Confirms the terms of an option on a commodity, such as a gold call or put.
Catalogue - MT604Commodity Transfer/Delivery Order
Instruction to the commodity account servicer to transfer or deliver a quantity of a commodity.
Catalogue - MT605Commodity Notice to Receive
Notice to the commodity account servicer that a transfer or delivery of a commodity is on its way.
Catalogue - MT606Commodity Debit Advice
Advice from the account servicer that a commodity account has been debited.
Catalogue - MT607Commodity Credit Advice
Advice from the account servicer that a commodity account has been credited.
Catalogue - MT608Statement of a Commodity Account
Statement of all bookings on a commodity account, with balances in commodity units.
Catalogue - MT620Commodity Fixed Loan/Deposit Confirmation
Confirms a fixed term loan or deposit of a commodity, for example a gold deposit.
Catalogue - MT670Standing Settlement Instruction Update Notification Request
A bank’s request to Swift to distribute its standing settlement instructions as an MT671.
Catalogue - MT671Standing Settlement Instruction Update Notification
Notice from Swift carrying another institution’s standing settlement instructions.
Catalogue - MT690Advice of Charges, Interest and Other Adjustments
Advises charges, interest or other adjustments booked to an account (commodities).
Catalogue - MT691Request for Payment of Charges, Interest and Other Expenses
Asks another institution to pay charges, interest or expenses (commodities).
Catalogue - MT692Request for Cancellation
Asks the receiver to cancel an earlier commodities message.
Catalogue - MT695Queries
Asks a question about an earlier commodities message.
Catalogue - MT696Answers
Answers a query or cancellation request about a commodities message.
Catalogue - MT698Proprietary Message
Envelope for bilaterally agreed content (commodities).
Catalogue - MT699Free Format Message
Free-format correspondence about commodities.
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Retired message types
No longer sent on the Swift network. Listed for people reading old messages or documentation.
- MT609Statement of Commodity Contracts
Retired 2017. Listed the outstanding commodity contracts between two parties at a date.
Retired 2017 - MT643Notice of Drawdown/Renewal
Retired 2017. Syndicated loan notice of a borrower’s drawdown or renewal.
Retired 2017 - MT644Advice of Rate and Amount Fixing
Retired 2017. Syndicated loan advice of the interest rate for the next period.
Retired 2017 - MT646Payment of Principal and/or of Interest
Retired 2017. Syndicated loan advice of principal or interest payments.
Retired 2017 - MT649General Syndicated Facility Message
Retired 2017. Free format message about a syndicated loan facility.
Retired 2017
Category 6 questions
- What does category 6 cover?
- Precious metals and commodities trading between institutions: confirmations, transfers, advices and statements, plus standing settlement instruction updates.
Other categories
- Category 1: Customer payments and cheques
- Category 2: Financial institution transfers
- Category 3: Foreign exchange, money markets and derivatives
- Category 4: Collections and cash letters
- Category 5: Securities markets
- Category 7: Documentary credits, guarantees and standby letters of credit
- Category 8: Travellers cheques
- Category 9: Cash management and customer status
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