| Date Trading Began |
May 18, 2000 |
| Contract Unit |
10,000 kilograms (10 metric tons) |
| 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 |
February, April, June, August, October and December within a twelve-month period |
| Price Quotation |
Yen per 1,000 kilograms |
| Minimum Fluctuation |
10 yen per 1,000 kilograms (100 yen per contract) |
| Position Limits |
Maximum long or short positions for each contract month:
|
Members |
Non-Members |
Managed Funds |
Omnibus
Accounts |
| Spot month |
300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
| 1 month prior to nearby month |
600 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
| 2nd month |
1,500 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
| 3rd month |
3,000 |
3,000 |
3,000 |
6,000 |
| 4th and onward months |
3,000 |
3,000 |
6,000 |
9,000 |
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* Non-domestic customers who trade through omnibus accounts should contact their FCM for position limits. |
| Last Trading Day |
Two business days prior to the delivery day. |
| Delivery Day |
One business day prior to the last business day of the delivery month. December 24th for 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 |
<Effective from April 2009 and onward months>
Identity preserved non-genetically modified organism (non-GMO) No. 2 yellow soybeans of the
growths of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas in the U.S.A. (Stored in silo, without screening
and sorting processing). |
| Deliverable Grades |
Identity preserved yellow soybeans produced in Canada and the People's Republic of China that
satisfy the terms and conditions stipulated in the Exchange rules (Stored in silo, without screening
and sorting processing). |
| Delivery Points |
Designated warehouses in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba
and Saitama. |
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