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An Example of a Contract for the International Sale of Coffee
OVERLAND COFFEE IMPORT CONTRACT
1 OF THE
GREEN COFFEE ASSOCIATION
OF 504617
Contract Seller’s No.: ________________
2 NEW YORK CITY, P9264
INC.* Buyer’s No.: _______________________
10/11/26 Date: _____________________________
SOLD BY: XYZ Co.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Starbucks
TO: _________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Bags
QUANTITY: Five Hundred
______________________ 500 Tons of ______________________________________________
(____) Mexican coffee

weighing 152.117 lbs.
about__________________________ per bag.
PACKAGING: Coffee must be packed in clean sound bags of uniform size made of sisal, henequen, jute, burlap, or similar
4 woven material, without inner lining or outer covering of any material properly sewn by hand and/or machine.
Bulk shipments are allowed if agreed by mutual consent of Buyer and Seller.
DESCRIPTION:   High grown Mexican Altura
_________________________________________________________________________________________
5 _________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
PRICE: At _____________________________________U.S.
Ten/$10.00 dollars lb.
Currency, per _______________net, (U.S. Funds)
delivery in Bonded Public Warehouse at ____________________________________________________
Upon Laredo, TX
(City and State)
Cash against warehouse receipts
PAYMENT: _________________________________________________________________________________________
6 _________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Bill and tender to DATE when all import requirements and governmental regulations have been satisfied, and
coffee delivered or discharged (as per contract terms). Seller is obliged to give the Buyer two (2) calendar
days free time in Bonded Public Warehouse following but not including date of tender.
7 ARRIVAL: December
During truck
_________________ via _______________________________________________________________
(Period) (Method of Transportation)
____________________________________
from Mexico Laredo, TX, USA
for arrival at ______________________________________
(Country of Exportation) (Country of Importation)
Partial shipments permitted.
8 ADVICE OF Advice of arrival with warehouse name and location, together with the quantity, description, marks and place of
ARRIVAL: entry, must be transmitted directly, or through Seller’s Agent/Broker, to the Buyer or his Agent/ Broker. Advice
will be given as soon as known but not later than the fifth business day following arrival at the named warehouse.
Such advice may be given verbally with written confirmation to be sent the same day.
9 WEIGHTS: (1) DELIVERED WEIGHTS: Coffee covered by this contract is to be weighed at location named in tender.
Actual tare to be allowed.
(2) SHIPPING WEIGHTS: Coffee covered by this contract is sold on shipping weights. Any loss in
1/2
weight exceeding ________ percent at location named in tender is for account of Seller at contract price.
(3) Coffee is to be weighed within fifteen (15) calendar days after tender. Weighing expenses, if any, for
Seller
account of ______________________________________________________________(Seller or Buyer)
MARKINGS: Bags to be branded in English with the name of Country of Origin and otherwise to comply with laws
10 and regulations of the Country of Importation, in effect at the time of entry, governing marking of import
merchandise. Any expense incurred by failure to comply with these regulations to be borne by
Exporter/Seller.
RULINGS: The “Rulings on Coffee Contracts” of the Green Coffee Association of New York City, Inc., in effect on the
11 date this contract is made, is incorporated for all purposes as a part of this agreement, and together herewith,
constitute the entire contract. No variation or addition hereto shall be valid unless signed by the parties to
the contract.
Seller guarantees that the terms printed on the reverse hereof, which by reference are made a part hereof, are
identical with the terms as printed in By-Laws and Rules of the Green Coffee Association of New
York City, Inc., heretofore adopted.
Exceptions to this guarantee are:
ACCEPTED: COMMISSION TO BE PAID BY:
XYZ Co.
_____________________________________ Seller
_________________________________________
Seller
BY__________________________________
12 Agent
Starbucks
_____________________________________
Buyer

BY__________________________________ ABC Brokerage
_________________________________________
Agent Broker(s)
13 When this contract is executed by a person acting for another, such person hereby represents that he is
fully authorized to commit his principal.
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Source: The Green Coffee Association of New York City, Inc.

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