Platts proposes to begin utilizing 3-Character Market Data Category Code

Anticipating new products in the near future, Platts will start utilizing 3-character Market Data Category codes for FTP/CSV in addition to the current 2-character Market Data Category Codes.

The use of the 3-character data category code is listed on page 21 of the Platts Market Data User Guide (September 2012).

The guide is available on Platts.com via link: http://plts.co/MDUGd Platts will continue to use 2-character Market Data Category Codes. To test if the 3-character categories will affect your system or program, please go to the following link for test files and instructions: http://plts.co/3MDCinstrux The test files should not be processed in lieu of current production files.

If you have any comments or questions regarding this announcement, please contact your local Platts Customer Care representative, or email support@platts.com and copy pl_DataQA@platts.com.