1. SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
The Seller shall be hereby obligated to deliver and sell to the Buyer wheat having quality indices in accordance with Items 2.1. and 2.2. of the present contract, while the Buyer shall be hereby obligated to pay a specified base price f.c.o. the Seller’s or the Buyer’s warehouse.
2. QUALITY CHARACTERISTIC
2.1. As regards its quality, the wheat shall be ready to be used in production as of the very moment of its receipt from the Seller, in good condition, regular, good in terms of commerce, free from diseases and living pests.
2.2. Base quality indices:
- dampness – 13 %;
- hectoliter weight – 76 kg;
- culture (grain) foreign material – 3 %,
including: germinated grains shall not be permitted;
- foreign material – 1.5 %,
including: harmful – shall not be permitted;
- gauge baking quality (GBQ) in conventional units, wet gluten yield (WGY)
in % and total hyaline quality (THQ) in %, as follows:
| GBQ | WGY % | THQ % | |
| first grade quality = | over 65 | over 28 | over 50 |
| second grade quality = | 52-65 | 22-28 | over 40 |
The indices under Item 2.2. shall be applied to both grade qualities.
3. PRICES. PRICE BONIFICATION OR DISCOUNTS
3.1. For departures from the base indices of both grade qualities, a quantity or value bonification shall be applied, as follows:
3.2.1. For departures from the hectoliter weight base indices, a value bonification shall be applied while the base price shall be increased or decreased by 1% per each percentage departure. For hectoliter weight exceeding 80 kg, the base prices shall be increased by 0.5% per each percentage of departure.
3.2.2. For departures from the grain (culture) foreign material’s base indices, a value bonification shall be applied, while per each percentage foreign material, the base price shall be decreased by 1%.
3.2.3. For departures form the base dampness indices, a quantity bonification shall be applied while increasing or decreasing the weight of the separate consignments by the percentage of the departure.
3.2.4. For content of foreign material (weeds, inert and harmful), a quantity price bonification shall be applied while in all cases the weight of the consignments shall be decreased by the percentage of the foreign material.
3.2.5. The base price value bonification for departures from the base hectoliter weight indices, as well as for content of grain (culture) foreign material, shall be applied after correcting the consignments’ weight for the departures from the base dampness and content of foreign material indices.
3.2.6. When in a milling wheat consignment there are damaged grains or different fungus diseases (alternaria, dust-brand, fuzarium), a permission is required by the Ministry of Health, and in the aforesaid cases the wheat shall be paid on the base price for second grade quality with the respective quantity bonification in compliance with Item 3.2.4.
3.2.7. When milling wheat consignments are offered, and these consignments meet the standards of first or second grade quality, but have a high percentage of grain foreign material or foreign material that exceed the permissible values under the standard, the base prices shall be decreased in accordance with the rate of the expenses incurred for purifying the wheat.