What the buyer specifies
- Malting, feed or processing end use
- Variety and crop year where material
- Protein, germination, screening and moisture for malting use
- Test weight, foreign matter and contaminant limits
- Quantity, bulk or bagged format and shipment window
- Destination, delivery rule, inspection and payment structure
The live offer and final contract set the binding quality parameters. A brewery, maltster or feed mill should provide its own intake specification.
Origin and delivery planning
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.
Inspection and destination requirements
Documents may include a certificate of analysis, phytosanitary certificate, fumigation evidence where required, certificate of origin, weight evidence, independent inspection and transport documents.
Product, import, inspection, customs and documentation requirements are confirmed for the actual destination, importer and declared end use.