Navy Beans
Ethiopia · Tanzania
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Great Northern Beans
Great Northern beans are a medium white class, flatter and larger than a navy bean and smaller than a white kidney, contracted where neither of those sizes suits the pack.
The class exists commercially because size decides the application: a navy bean is too small for some prepared dishes and a white kidney too large. Great Northern sits between them and is contracted on that basis.
- Origin
- Ethiopia · Tanzania
- Processing
- Whole, dried · Machine cleaned
- Crop year
- Stated on contract
- Packing
- 25 / 50 kg PP · FIBC
- Quantity
- Container quantities
- Incoterms
- FOB · CFR · CIF
- HS code
- 0713.33
- Availability
- On request
Specification
Typical export specification
Indicative contract parameters, not laboratory results. The specification that applies is the one written into the contract.
Great Northern Beans
Medium white bean, machine cleaned
- Product
- Great Northern beans, Phaseolus vulgaris
- Origin
- Stated on offer
- Crop year
- Stated on contract
- Moisture
- 14% max
- Purity
- 99.5% min
- Foreign matter
- 0.5% max
- Size
- Against buyer requirement
- Discoloured seed
- Against buyer requirement
- Colour
- As per approved sample
- GMO status
- Not genetically modified
Notes on specific parameters
- Crop year — Contract on a specific crop year; it materially affects colour, cooking behaviour and insect load.
- Purity — Tighter than for coloured beans: defects are visible in a pale product.
- Size — Contracted as count per 100 g, between navy and white kidney.
- GMO status — There are no commercially cultivated genetically modified varieties of this crop.
- Contracted explicitly against navy and white kidney, since the class exists because of size.
Grades and forms
Available grades
Commercially distinct types, each contracted separately.
Great Northern beans
Flattened oval white bean, contracted on size band and colour brightness.
- Size
- Between navy and white kidney
Packing and supply
Packing and container supply
Standard formats below, and buyer-specific packing where it can be supported. Planned net weight per 20ft container is indicatively 19 MT, confirmed against packing, density and destination.
Packing
- 25 kg PP woven bag
- 50 kg PP woven bag
- Buyer-branded bags
- Jumbo bag / FIBC
Container
- 20ft FCL — standard for bagged pulses
- 40ft FCL where the density suits it
- ~19 MT indicative net per 20ft
Terms
- FOB
- CFR
- CIF
- FCA on request
Loading
- Net weighed and marked to contract
- Container inspected before stuffing
- Final payload confirmed against density and destination
Packing is confirmed in writing before bagging begins. Packing formats and marking in full.
Quality and trade
Quality and export documentation
What decides quality in great northern
- Colour brightness
- A pale bean shows every defect. Discoloured and off-variety seed is the first thing a buyer counts.
- Size band
- The reason the class exists. Contracted explicitly against navy and white kidney.
- Skin integrity
- Split skins cloud brine in canning and are penalised.
Third-party inspection can be nominated at the loading point — sampling, analysis, weight verification and loading supervision. Quality and processing in full.
Typical export documents
- Commercial Invoice
- Packing List
- Bill of Lading
- Certificate of Origin
- Phytosanitary Certificate
- Fumigation Certificate
- Weight Certificate
Final documentation depends on the commodity, origin, destination and buyer requirements. Not every document listed is required on every shipment.
Origin and sourcing
Where this commodity is sourced
Sourced through established growers, aggregators and processors, with origin, crop and lot confirmed on each offer.
More on great northern
Purity tolerances are tight, as they are for every pale bean, because discoloured or foreign seed is immediately visible. Availability is confirmed per offer.
Also traded as great northern · medium white beans · GNB. These are trade names for the same commodity and are covered by this page rather than split across separate listings.
Destination markets
Typical destinations for this commodity. Import duty, quotas and phytosanitary conditions are set by the importing country — confirm the current position with your own broker.
End uses
- Canning
- Prepared foods
- Retail packing
Frequently asked questions
Size and shape. Great Northern is larger and flatter; navy is a small oval. They are contracted separately because the pack and the cooked result differ, and substituting one for the other is a claim.
Yes, where the crop supports it. The achievable band is confirmed against the offered lot.
Catalogue
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- Specification
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