What the buyer specifies
- Required ICUMSA colour and polarisation
- Moisture, ash, reducing sugars and granulation limits
- Food, beverage, bakery, confectionery or packing end use
- Quantity, bag format, palletisation and container or breakbulk preference
- Preferred origin, destination and delivery rule
- Shipment window, inspection, food-safety documents and payment structure
ICUMSA 45 identifies a traded refined-white sugar specification; it is not a guarantee of availability or performance. The live offer and final contract confirm every binding parameter.
Origin and delivery options
Suitable origins are assessed against the buyer’s specification, quantity, shipment window, destination and landed economics. The live offer identifies the proposed producer or seller, country of origin, load point, quantity and route.
Each proposed transaction is reviewed using the actual origin, counterparties, banks, vessel or carrier, route and destination.
The parties select the appropriate Incoterms® 2020 rule only after confirming the transport mode and exact named port or place. FOB, CFR or CIF may suit sea or inland-waterway movements; FCA, CPT or CIP may suit containerised or multimodal movements. Packing and vessel format depend on quantity, food-safety controls and receiving capability.
Inspection and destination requirements
The document set may include a certificate of analysis, certificate of origin, weight evidence, independent inspection, food-safety records and transport documents.
Product, import, inspection, customs and documentation requirements are confirmed for the actual destination, importer and declared end use.