7 min read
Understanding Pulse Purity
What a purity percentage actually measures, why 98% and 99.5% describe different cleaning processes rather than different levels of care, and how purity relates to every other parameter in a contract.
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How This Trade Actually Works
Guides to the parameters, processes and documents that decide whether a pulse shipment arrives as contracted — written for procurement managers rather than for search engines.
- Guides
- 18 published
- Topics
- 6
- Focus
- Quality · Processing · Logistics · Documentation
Most disputes in the pulses trade are not caused by dishonesty. They are caused by two parties using the same words to mean different things: what counts as discoloured, whether moisture is assessed at loading or at discharge, whether “Sortex” means a light pass or an aggressive one, whether crop year was ever actually agreed.
These guides exist to close that gap. Each one takes a single parameter, process or document and explains what it means commercially, how it is measured or performed, what it does not cover, and what to put in a contract so both sides are describing the same thing. They are the reference material behind every specification published on this site.
Quality & Specification
What the parameters in a contract mean and how a lot is actually assessed.
8 min read
Moisture Requirements for Export Pulses
Why moisture is the only specification parameter that cannot be corrected after loading, how transit conditions change the right ceiling, and how moisture is controlled at origin.
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Foreign Matter in Pulses
What counts as foreign matter, why it is different from admixture, which cleaning stages remove which contaminants, and why stone tolerance is usually the tightest number in a contract.
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Pulse Grading Explained
Why pulses are traded on contract specifications rather than numbered grades, how a lot is assessed in practice, and where the disagreements come from.
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Understanding Bean Count and Size
How count per 100 g works, why a lower number means a larger bean, what size uniformity does in a canning process, and why size availability cannot be promised in advance.
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Commodity Sampling Methods
How representative samples are drawn from bagged cargo, why sampling decides most quality arguments, and how to reduce a composite without biasing the result.
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Processing & Cleaning
How pulses are cleaned, graded and sorted, and what each stage can and cannot do.
9 min read
How Pulses Are Cleaned for Export
The cleaning sequence stage by stage, what physical property each separation exploits, and why the order of operations matters as much as the equipment.
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Machine Cleaned vs Sortex Pulses
The commercial difference between mechanical cleaning and optical colour sorting, what each removes, what the premium pays for, and how to decide which one a contract needs.
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Packaging
Choosing between bag formats, liners and bulk packing.
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PP Bags vs FIBC Packaging
How to choose between 25 kg bags, 50 kg bags and bulk FIBCs: handling at discharge, cost per tonne, moisture protection and what each option demands of the receiver.
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Logistics
Container loading, stowage and moving cargo from origin to port.
8 min read
Container Loading for Dry Pulses
How planned net weight is decided, why weight rather than volume is the binding constraint, container preparation, stowage, sealing and the arithmetic behind bag counts.
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Documentation & Inspection
Export documents, plant health requirements and third-party inspection.
8 min read
Pulse Inspection Before Shipment
What pre-shipment inspection covers, who appoints and instructs the inspector, how to write a useful inspection instruction, and what an inspection certificate does and does not prove.
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SGS Inspection for Agricultural Commodities
What buyers mean when they ask for SGS inspection, how third-party inspection companies are engaged, what services they typically offer and how to compare an instruction across providers.
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Phytosanitary Requirements for Pulse Exports
What a phytosanitary certificate is, who issues it, how the international framework works, and why current import conditions must always be confirmed rather than assumed.
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Fumigation Requirements for Pulses
Why dry pulses are fumigated, who carries it out, how the certificate works, when it is required and what it does not achieve.
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Certificate of Origin Explained
What a certificate of origin certifies, who issues it, the difference between non-preferential and preferential certificates, and why the details must match every other document.
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Export Documentation for Pulses
The complete document set for a pulse shipment, which documents are standard and which are conditional, who issues each, and why reconciliation across documents matters.
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Seasonality & Sourcing
Crop year, harvest windows and how season shapes availability and price.
6 min read
Crop Year Explained
What crop year means in a pulse contract, how age changes colour, cooking behaviour and insect load, and why it is a commercial parameter rather than an administrative detail.
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How Harvest Seasons Affect Pulse Pricing
How the shape of a harvest window moves price and quality availability through the season, why unimodal and bimodal origins behave differently, and how to time a purchase.
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