Fair average quality at the time and place of loading shall be assessed upon the basis of London Corn Trade Associations officials F. A. Q. standard.

Grains Council forecasts China will import four million to five million tons this year, equivalent to 5% of the global corn trade at a time of low stocks.

The potato promoted free trade by contributing to the abolition of Britain's Corn Laws—the cause which prompted the founding of The Economist in 1843.