Change in Tare Weights

NOTICE TO THE TRADE

ATTENTION ALL COOPERATING SPONSORS, FREIGHT
FORWARDERS, AND OCEAN CARRIERS

CHANGE IN TARE WEIGHTS FOR PACKAGED FOOD AID
COMMODITIES

EFFECTIVE WITH CARGO BOOKED FROM INVITATION NO. 019
 

Effective with cargo booked from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's International Procurement Division's Invitation for Bid No. 019, the following revised tare weights are to be used for packaged food aid commodities.  Tare Weight is the weight of a package without its contents.

Pack Size Net Weight in Pounds Cross Weight in Pounds Tare Weight
25 kg. bags 55.1150 55.825 0.7100
50 kg. bags 110.230 110.480 0.2500
6/4-liter cans 48.600 54.2562 5.6562
6/4-liter plastic bottles 48.600 53.182 4.5820
20-liter pails 40.700 45.2096 4.5096
208-liter drums 429.000 475.8128 46.8128

 

Tare Weight Comparison (23.5 KB)

Attached above is a spreadsheet comparing the revised tare weights shown above to the tare weights originally reflected in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Notice to the Trade
EOD-10 dated April 17, 1996.

Please direct any questions concerning this notice to Nicholas Kharabadze, Foreign Agricultural Service, Intrenational Food Assistance Division, telephone (202) 720-0143.