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Notes on the terms this trade actually runs on — grading, packaging, documentation and the seasons behind a lead time. Written for buyers who need the detail rather than the adjectives.
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- Rice
- Green coffee
- Saffron
- Trade terms
Documentation
What travels with a consignment
The paperwork a shipment carries, what each document is for, and why the specification on it has to match the one that was agreed.
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The five pieces below are placeholders: they show what this section looks like populated, and each headline is a subject rather than a statement. Nothing here has been written yet, and nothing here states a grade, a price, a certification or a shipping term. Real articles are authored in the CMS and will replace these entirely.
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Rice
Grading rice: what a specification pins down
Length, broken percentage, moisture, sortex — the fields a rice specification covers, and what each one changes for a buyer.
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Green coffee
Green coffee before the roast
How an unroasted lot is assessed, what screen size and defect count describe, and why two lots from one origin are not one product.
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Saffron
Saffron by the gram
Why packaging is specified as carefully as grade for a product measured in grams, and what that means for a first order.
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Trade terms
Incoterms in plain terms
Who pays for what, where responsibility passes, and which questions to settle before a quotation means anything.
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