| Date Trading Began |
May 7, 1952 |
| 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 Month |
January, March, May, July, September and November within a fourteen-month period |
| Price Quotation |
Yen per 1,000 kilograms |
| Minimum Fluctuation |
10 yen per 1,000 kilograms (100 yen per contract) |
| Position Limits |
Members: 6,000 contracts gross in any contract month.
Non-Members: 1,500 contracts net in any contract month, 5,000 contracts gross in any
month.
Managed Funds: 4,000 contracts gross in any month.
Omnibus Accounts: 6,000 contracts gross in any contract month.
*Non-domestic customers who trade through omnibus accounts should contact their FCM
for position limits. |
| Last Trading Day |
The last business day two months prior to the delivery month. |
| First Delivery Day |
15th calendar day of the preceding month of the delivery month; if not a business day, the
first delivery day is moved up to the nearest business day. |
| Last Delivery Day |
The last day of the delivery month |
| Delivery System |
Physical delivery against delivery documents (CIF Japan) |
| Standard Grade |
Raw centrifugal cane sugar of a polarization of 96 degrees from Australia, Brazil, Cuba,
Fiji, Philippines, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of South Africa and Thailand. |
| Deliverable Grades |
Raw centrifugal cane sugar of other polarizations from the preceding countries (at a
premium or a discount). Allowances for polarization are established by the Exchange. |
| Delivery Points |
The berths of Tokyo, Chiba, Yokohama, Shimizu, Kinuura, Nagoya, Izumisano, Sakai,
Osaka, Kobe, Uno, Moji, Hakata and Hosojima ports. |
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