| Date Trading Began |
October 10, 1952 |
| Contract Unit |
2,400 kilograms (80 bags) |
| Trading Hours |
(Continuous Trading)
Day Session (8:30 〜 ) 9:00 〜 15:30
Night Session (16:45 〜 ) 17:00 〜 23:00
The time in the parenthesis is when orders are accepted.
* 〜 15:30 on the last trading day of the spot month. |
| Contract Months |
6 consecutive months |
| Price Quotation |
Yen per bag (net weight 30 kilograms) |
| Minimum Fluctuation |
10 yen per bag (800 yen per contract) |
| Position Limits |
Maximum long or short positions for each contract month:
|
Members |
Non-Members |
Managed Funds |
Omnibus
Accounts |
| Spot month |
50 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| 2nd month |
100 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
| 3rd month |
200 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
| 4th month |
300 |
300 |
600 |
900 |
| 5th and onward months |
500 |
500 |
1,000 |
1,500 |
|
* Non-domestic customers who trade through omnibus accounts should contact their Broker for position limits. |
| Last Trading Day |
Two business days prior to the delivery day. |
| Delivery Day |
The business day prior to the last business day of the delivery month. December 24th for the December contract; if not a business day, the delivery day is moved up to the nearest business day. |
| Delivery System |
Physical delivery against designated warehouse receipt |
| Standard Grade |
Grading standards No. 2 Azuki produced in Hokkaido. |
| Deliverable Grades |
Other grades and classes of Azuki produced in Hokkaido and other parts of Japan are
deliverable at a premium or a discount. Red beans of the growths of Heibei, Shangdong,
Shaanxi, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces in the People's Republic of China
are deliverable at a discount. |
| Delivery Points |
Designated warehouses in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the prefectures of Kanagawa,
Chiba, Saitama and Hokkaido. |
