7 CFR § 981.18 - Settlement weight.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s981.18"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 981.18 - Settlement weight."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "981.18"
section_name: "Settlement weight."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "981"
part_name: "ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 11372, July 16, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "981"
---
# 981.18 Settlement weight.
*Settlement weight* means the actual gross weight of any lot of almonds received for his own account by any handler, less adjustments as follows:
(a) For weight of containers,
(b) For excess moisture,
(c) For trash or other foreign material of any kind, and
(d) For inedible kernels as defined in § 981.8.
[35 FR 11372, July 16, 1970, as amended at 61 FR 32920, June 26, 1996]