7 CFR § 1423.3 - Definitions.

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title: "7 CFR § 1423.3 - Definitions."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1423.3"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1423"
part_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION APPROVED WAREHOUSES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 35773, June 22, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1423.3 Definitions.

*Active shipping order* means an early shipping order or shipping order, as defined in this section, scheduled for a current cotton warehouse reporting week or for a prior reporting week, but not picked up.

*Agreement* means agreements covering storage and handling of any such commodity CCC may determine appropriate for storage.

*Early shipping order* means a list of bale tag numbers sent to a cotton warehouse operator without transfer of warehouse receipts.

*Shipping order* means a list of bale tag numbers sent to a cotton warehouse operator accompanied by transfer of warehouse receipts.

*Warehouse* means a building, structure, or other protected enclosure, in good state of repair, and adequately equipped to receive, handle, store, preserve, and deliver the applicable commodity.

*Warehouse operator* means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity engaged in the business of storing or handling for hire, or both, the applicable commodity.

[71 FR 35773, June 22, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 50849, Aug. 18, 2010; 84 FR 29033, June 21, 2019]