"Bushel" means sixty pounds avoirdupois. "Carrying charges" means the costs incurred for storage, interest and insurance in holding wheat. "C. & f." means cost and freight. "Council" means the International Wheat Council established by Pot, p. 2188 . Article XIII. "Crop-year" means the period from August 1 to July 31, except Post, p. 2185 . that in Article VII it means in respect of Australia and Uruguay the period from December 1 to November 30 and in respect of the United States of America the period from July 1 to June 30. "Executive Committee" means the Committee established under Pot, p. 2190. Article XIV. "Exporting country" means, as the context requires, either (i) the Po, p. 2178 Government of a country listed in Annex B to Article III which has accepted or acceded to this Agreement and has not withdrawn there- from, or (ii) that country itself and the territories in respect of which the rights and obligations of its Government apply under Article Po, p. 2195 . XXIII. "F.a.q." means fair average quality. "F.o.b ." means free on board ocean vessel. "Guaranteed quantity" means in relation to an importing country its guaranteed purchases for a crop-year and in relation-to an export- ing country its guaranteed sales for a crop-year. "Importing country" means, as the context requires, either (i) the Pot, p. 2177 . Government of a country listed in Annex A to Article III which has accepted or acceded to this Agreement and has not withdrawn there- from, or (ii) that country itself and the territories in respect of which the rights and obligations of its Government apply under Article Pot, p. 2195. XXIII. "International Trade Organization" means the Organization pro- vided for in the Havana Charter, dated March 24, 1948,[1] or, pend- ing the establishment of that Organization, the Interim Commission ['] established by a resolution adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment held in Havana from November 21, 1947 to March 24, 1948. "Marketing costs" means all usual charges incurred in procurement, marketing, chartering, and forwarding. "Metric ton" means 36.74371 bushels. "Old crop wheat" means wheat harvested more than two months prior to the beginning of the current crop-year of the exporting country concerned. "Territory" in relation to an exporting or importing country includes any territory in respect of which the rights and obligations under this Agreement of the Government of that country apply under Article XXIII. "Transaction" means a sale for import into an importing country of wheat exported or to be exported from an exporting country, or the quantity of such wheat so sold, as the context requires. Where ' Department of State publication 3117. 2174 [63 STAT. TREATIES
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