15 CFR § 241.1 - Capacities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s241.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 241.1 - Capacities."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "241.1"
section_name: "Capacities."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS FOR BARRELS"
part_number: "241"
part_name: "BARRELS FOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER DRY COMMODITIES, AND FOR CRANBERRIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 3, 38 Stat. 1187; 15 U.S.C. 236."
regulatory_source: "13 FR 8373, Dec. 28, 1948, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "241"
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# 241.1 Capacities.
(a) The capacities of the standard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and other dry commodities, other than cranberries, and its subdivisions, are as follows:
| Size | Cubic inches | Bushels | Quarts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Barrel | 7,056 | 3.281 | 105 |
| ⁄ barrel | 5,292 | 2.46 | 78⁄ |
| ⁄ barrel | 3,528 | 1.641 | 52⁄ |
| ⁄ barrel | 2,352 | 1.094 | 35 |
| Struck measure. | | | |
(b) The capacities of the standard cranberry barrel and its subdivisions are as follows:
| Size | Cubic inches | Bushels | Quarts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cranberry barrel | 5,826 | 2.709 | 86⁄ |
| ⁄ cranberry barrel | 4,369.5 | 2.032 | 65⁄ |
| ⁄ cranberry barrel | 2,913 | 1.355 | 43⁄ |
| ⁄ cranberry barrel | 1,942 | .903 | 28⁄ |
| Struck measure. | | | |
(Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186; 15 U.S.C. 234)