Regulations last checked for updates: May 21, 2024

Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade last revised: May 14, 2024
§ 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 1 Quarts 1
Barrel7,0563.281105
3/4 barrel5,2922.4678 3/4
1/2 barrel3,5281.64152 1/2
1/3 barrel2,3521.09435

1 Struck measure.

(b) The capacities of the standard cranberry barrel and its subdivisions are as follows:

Size Cubic inches Bushels 1 Quarts 1
Cranberry barrel5,8262.70986 45/64
3/4 cranberry barrel4,369.52.03265 1/64
1/2 cranberry barrel2,9131.35543 11/32
1/3 cranberry barrel1,942.90328 29/32

1 Struck measure.

(Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186; 15 U.S.C. 234)
authority: Sec. 3, 38 Stat. 1187; 15 U.S.C. 236.
source: 13 FR 8373, Dec. 28, 1948, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 15 CFR 241.1