GA Canadian Grain Information

To transmit the transportation and distribution requirements of grain at Canadian ports.

Position: GA-01 · Element: 23 · Name: Commodity Code Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the commodity coding system used for Commodity Code.

If either GA01 or GA02 is present, then the other is required.

Position: GA-02 · Element: 22 · Name: Commodity Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

Code describing a commodity or group of commodities. See Data Element 23.

If either GA04 or GA05 is present, then the other is required.

Position: GA-03 · Element: 187 · Name: Weight Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code defining the type of weight.

Position: GA-04 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Number Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code qualifying the Reference Number.

Position: GA-05 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Reference number or identification number as defined for a particular Transaction Set, or as specified by the Reference Number Qualifier. Also see Reference Number Qualifier, (128).

GA05 is used for Grain Block Number.

Position: GA-06 · Element: 642 · Name: Week · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Week expressed as an integer between 1 and 52, inclusive.

GA06 is used for Loading Week.