Prunes sold to Vienna, Budapest or Rissau are often sold f .o.b. 
shipping point in dinars. Prunes sold in Holland, Belgium or Germany are 
often sold in guidons, francs or marks although freq.uoid^rthe deals in 
Hamburg arc made in dollars. Drafts are payable upon arrival accompanied 
by necessary documents but as quality, count and weight is determined after 
arrival it cannot be said that the transaction is closed until goods are 
accepted or until the arbitration board has made its decision. As a practice, 
prunes from Yugoslavia are not consigned, trade factors fearing storage charges 
at delivery points. Sales to such distant points as Hamburg or the Scandi- 
navian countries are c.i.f. but to such nearby points as Vienna and Budapest 
they --.re often f.'o.b. 
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Export cla ssification 
In making sales for expert, the twrm "garniture" is generally used 
i prunes 'ire offered in large quantities. The usual "garniture" con- 
sists of 1 car of 80/85' s, 1 car of 90/95* s and 1 car of 110/120* s. This 
is sometimes called the "male" -or small garniture. As one car contains 10 
metric tons the lot in the aggregate consists of 30 metric tons (66,150 lbs.). 
It is wrong to assume that all sales ccme under this term, as assortments, 
parti cuj.ir.y to nearby markets, may entirely ignore this classification. 
The " ■■/oliki", "gross" or large garniture, consists of 1 car of 70/75's, 
1 car of 60/85*8, 1. car of 90/95' s, and 1 car of 110/120*8. This lot con- 
tains 40 metric tons (68,200 lbs.). The "ober" or over garniture, used 
before the war consisted of 1 car of 70/75' s, 1 car of 80/85* s and 1 car of 
9C/95*s. The "garniture wagon" consists of one car of 10 metric tons 
(22,050 lbs.) and contains 1/3 - 8C/S5's, 1/3 - 90/95's and 1/3 - 110/l20*s, 
Prunes smeller than 120' s are known as Mercantile. 
Before the war the count might have been any/here between zero and 
five, but it is nor.' as near as possible or exactly on the five point. In 
the trade the five point is ignored so that an 80/85 is known as an 80 end 
a 9C/95 as a 9f . Size marks on the boxes correspond to this. Unprocessed 
prunes are sold in ba s containing 5C to 10C kilos, (110 to 220 lbs.), gross 
for net, bag free. Boxed prunes are offered net. C.i.f. sales are figured, 
price f .o.b. packing plant plus freight, commissions, discount and insurance. 
ngth of ship ping season 
The earliest shipments for export are determined by the growers' 
delivery date as set by the Government each season. Under normal conditions 
this date falls on September 14. Allowing for assembling, grading and pack- 
ing, the shipping season starts about September twentieth and continues until 
the end of the year. Shipments by months show that 'Yugoslavia ships heavily 
until the first of the year arith relatively small quantities the first quarter 
of the new year. This is due to the fact that the trade looks upon Yugoslav 
prunes as a winter article lacking the hooping quality for summer consumption. 
For this sane reason, Yugoslavia has no surplus or carryover problem. The 
fruit will not stand a sec. aid season so that any dried stock that cannot be 
moved out is turned into brandy. In determining market pro*?pei?t/3 or supplies 
on hand, the carryover feature in Yugoslavia can be ignored. 
