Dried Coconut (Copra)
Copra is the dried meat or kernel of the coconut. Coconut oil is extracted from copra, making it an important agricultural commodity for many coconut-producing countries. Copra is sun dried or dried using various special copra dryers. The available forms of Copra are (a) Edible Copra which is dried half cup of the kernel, (b) Milling Copra, consists of non-uniform dried pieces of coconut and (c) Ball Copra, the dried whole of the kernel
Specifications
| Parameters | Edible Copra | Milling Copra |
| Moisture | 5% max | 5% max |
| Broken, Wrinkled or Germinated Cups | 1%max | - |
| Mouldy Cups | Nil | 2% max |
| Discolored Cups | 2% max | - |
| Oil Content | 69% min | 69% min |
| Free Fatty Acid | 0.3% max | 0.3% |
| Crude Protein | - | - |
| Crude Fiber | - | - |
| Fat | - | - |
Loading
| Container Capacity |
| Milling or Edible Copra |
| 1 x 20’ FCL = 12 MT (50 Kg PP / Gunny sack) |
| 1 x 40’ FCL = 23 MT (50 Kg PP or Gunny sack) 1 x 40' HC = 25 MT (50 Kg PP or Gunny sack) |
| Container Capacity |
| Ball Copra |
| 1 x 20’ FCL = 10.00 MT (43 Kg PP or Gunny sack) |
| 1 x 40’ FCL = 20.00 MT (43 Kg PP or Gunny sack) 1 x 1 x 40' HC = 21.50 MT (50 Kg PP or Gunny sack) |