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Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424590 · United States · 2022 edition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of farm products (except grain and field beans, livestock, raw milk, live poultry, and fresh fruits and vegetables).
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For Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers, the saved research highlights cargo and inland marine, products liability, live animal liability. Confirm how these arise in the actual operation, what controls are used and whether additional services change the proposed coverage.
Questions to ask
- What specific commodities are distributed — live animals, tobacco, cotton, hides, hemp, or a mix?
- Are any live animals handled, and if so, what species and in what volumes?
- What are the peak inventory values held in storage at any given time?
- Does the operation own or lease warehouse or cold storage facilities?
- Are commodities transported using owned vehicles, or primarily via third-party carriers?
- Is hemp any part of the commodity mix, and if so, what is the regulatory status in the states of operation?
- For Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers, what should the underwriter know about hemp distribution operations, which may face admitted market declinations due to regulatory complexity?
- For Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers, what should the underwriter know about prior cargo spoilage or contamination losses involving perishable commodities?
Activities described by this code
- Chicks, live, merchant wholesalers
- Hemp merchant wholesalers
- Mules merchant wholesalers
- Hides merchant wholesalers
- Raw cotton merchant wholesalers
- Horses merchant wholesalers
- Nuts, unprocessed or shelled only, merchant wholesalers
- Raw pelts merchant wholesalers
- Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers
- Sod merchant wholesalers
Other activities to examine
- Merchant wholesale distribution of raw milk: 424430 — Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers
- Merchant wholesale distribution of live poultry (except chicks): 424440 — Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers
- Merchant wholesale distribution of grain, dry beans, and soybeans and other inedible beans: 424510 — Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers
- Merchant wholesale distribution of livestock (except horses and mules), such as cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats: 424520 — Livestock Merchant Wholesalers
- Merchant wholesale distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables: 424480 — Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers;
- Merchant wholesale distribution of leaf tobacco that also engage in stemming tobacco: 424940 — Tobacco Product and Electronic Cigarette Merchant Wholesalers
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Establishments in this class purchase farm-origin raw materials from producers and resell them to processors, manufacturers, or other wholesalers without significant transformation. Day-to-day operations may involve receiving, grading, storing, and shipping commodities such as leaf tobacco, raw cotton, unprocessed nuts, animal hides, raw pelts, sod, or live animals including horses, mules, and chicks. Storage conditions, transit logistics, and commodity-specific handling requirements vary considerably by product type.
Questions to investigate
- What specific commodities are distributed — live animals, tobacco, cotton, hides, hemp, or a mix?
- Are any live animals handled, and if so, what species and in what volumes?
- What are the peak inventory values held in storage at any given time?
- Does the operation own or lease warehouse or cold storage facilities?
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