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Beans – Chapter 19
Official Grain Grading Guide



Export shipments

Shipments can be commercially clean or not commercially clean.

Commercially clean (CC)

Shipments are considered commercially clean when they contain no dockage material.

Not commercially clean (NCC)

Shipments that do not meet the standards for commercial cleanliness are referred to as not commercially clean. Such shipments are permitted only with the permission of the CGC.

For samples representing not commercially clean shipments approved by the CGC for shipment from terminal and transfer elevators, dockage is reported to the nearest

  • 0.1% for samples representing commercially clean shipments loaded from a single terminal or transfer elevator
  • 0.01% for composite samples representing shipments loaded from more than one terminal or transfer elevator
  • less a deduction of up to 0.2% to take into account the buildup of attritional material.

Grading

Beans on export are graded in accordance with primary standards and specifications.