# 15 CFR § 241.1: Capacities

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.1

## Section

- **Citation:** 15 CFR § 241.1
- **Heading:** Capacities
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER II—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBCHAPTER D—STANDARDS FOR BARRELS > PART 241—BARRELS FOR FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND OTHER DRY COMMODITIES, AND FOR CRANBERRIES

## Text

(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
Barrel
7,056
3.281
105
3⁄4 barrel
5,292
2.46
783⁄4
1⁄2 barrel
3,528
1.641
521⁄2
1⁄3 barrel
2,352
1.094
35
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 barrel
5,826
2.709
8645⁄64
3⁄4 cranberry barrel
4,369.5
2.032
651⁄64
1⁄2 cranberry barrel
2,913
1.355
4311⁄32
1⁄3 cranberry barrel
1,942
.903
2829⁄32
1 Struck measure.
(Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 1186; 15 U.S.C. 234)

## Nearby sections

- [15 CFR § 240.1 § 240.1 Title of act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-240.1.md)
- [15 CFR § 240.2 § 240.2 Application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-240.2.md)
- [15 CFR § 240.3 § 240.3 Permissible sizes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-240.3.md)
- [15 CFR § 240.4 § 240.4 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-240.4.md)
- [15 CFR § 240.5 § 240.5 Required marking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-240.5.md)
- [15 CFR § 240.6 § 240.6 Tolerances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-240.6.md)
- [15 CFR § 241.1 § 241.1 Capacities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.1.md)
- [15 CFR § 241.2 § 241.2 Legal standard barrels.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.2.md)
- [15 CFR § 241.3 § 241.3 Application of tolerance for “distance between heads.”](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.3.md)
- [15 CFR § 241.4 § 241.4 Application of tolerance for “diameter of head.”](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.4.md)
- [15 CFR § 241.5 § 241.5 Standard dimensions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.5.md)
- [15 CFR § 241.6 § 241.6 Classes of barrels for tolerance application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.6.md)
- [15 CFR § 241.7 § 241.7 Tolerances to be allowed.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-241.7.md)

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