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Other Qualities

Other qualities

Pricing adjustments (premiums or discounts) may be made for other undesirable quality characteristics including (but not limited to):

  • Grass or bark in the sample.

  • Contamination.

  • Sugars (honeydew).

  • Neps.

A number of other fibre characteristics measured by HVI™ instruments which, whilst of increasing importance to spinners, currently do not have a
direct impact on price, include:

  • Length uniformity Index.

  • Elongation.

  • Short fibre (fibres shorter than 12.7 mm or 0.5 inch).

  • Maturity.