GA Canadian Grain Information
To transmit the transportation and distribution requirements of grain at Canadian ports
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
Code indicating whether product has been fumigated and/or cleaned
Code describing a commodity or group of commodities
GA02 is required on the first occurrence of the segment and for each new occurrence of a different commodity code.
GA02 contains the Canadian Grain Commission Commodity Code for terminal elevator accounting.
Code indicating whether product has been inspected and/or weighed
Code identifying the Reference Identification
P0405: If either GA-04 or GA-05 is present, then the other is required
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
GA05 is used for grain block number.
Week expressed as year/week (CCYYWW), where week is a number between 01 and 53 inclusive
GA06 is used for crop week.
Code specifying the unloading terminal elevator at grain exporting terminals
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD where CC represents the first two digits of the calendar year
GA08 is used for the unload date.
A generic number
GA09 will contain the number of cars being claimed for incentive rate.
Code specifying the Canadian Grain Commission code identifying the type of grain that must be separated
Code identifying the Canadian Wheat Board market class of the grain
Code identifying Canadian Wheat Board market class type
Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response
If GA13 is equal to "Y" then this is a direct hit to departure wharf for vessel loading. If "N" this is to be unloaded at terminal and GA14 is required to identify the terminal or staging area prior to vessel loading.
Code which identifies a specific location
P1415: If either GA-14 or GA-15 is present, then the other is required
GA14 is the terminal or staging area name.
Code specifying the Standard State/Province as defined by appropriate government agency
Code specifying the percent qualifier
P1617: If either GA-16 or GA-17 is present, then the other is required
Percentage expressed as a decimal (e.g., 0.0 through 1.0 represents 0% through 100%)
Code indicating a Yes or No condition or response
GA18 indicates whether a Canadian Wheat Board Performance car is involved. If GA18 is equal to "Y", then this indicates a Performance Car is involved. If GA18 is equal to "N" a Performance car is not involved. The default value is "N" if absent.