| Date Trading Began |
March 1, 1984 |
| 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 |
|
Members |
Non-Members |
Managed Funds |
Omnibus
Accounts |
| Spot month |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
| 1 month prior to nearby month |
2,000 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
| 2nd month |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
| 3rd month |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
| 4th and onward months |
10,000 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
30,000 |
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* Non-domestic customers who trade through omnibus accounts should contact their FCM for position limits. |
| Last Trading Day |
Fifteenth calendar day of the delivery month; if that day is not a business day, then the last trading
day is moved up to the nearest business day. |
| First Delivery Day |
Three business days following the last trading day. |
| Last Delivery Day |
The last business day of the delivery month. For December contract, the last delivery day is three business days prior to the last business day of December. |
| Delivery System |
Physical delivery against designated warehouse receipt. |
| Standard Grade |
GMO, GMO mixed and GMO non-segregated No. 2 or better yellow soybeans produced in the
U.S.A. (Stored in silo, without screening and sorting processing). |
| Deliverable Grades |
GMO, GMO mixed and GMO non-segregated No. 2 yellow soybeans produced in the U.S.A. and
yellow soybeans produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Paraguay 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
Saitama and Ibaraki. |
| (NOTE) The first trading day for the October 2009 contract month will commence on October 16, 2008. |
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