"Grower” shall be (i) business entities that grow coffee, provided that the business entity does not, in any significant quantity, export, import, roast or sell coffee in any form at the retail level, (ii) “grower cooperatives” that have been formed by individual growers or a group of growers for the purposes, among other things, of growing, processing, and facilitating the sale of green coffee.

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Any business entity that sells coffee or coffee based beverages in any form (including roast, soluble, concentrates, or ready to drink beverages) either as a wholesaler or distributor, provided that the entity is not a coffee trader or roaster.

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Any business entity that roast green coffee or manufacture extracts, soluble coffee, concentrates or consumer coffee beverages, such as ready to drink coffee products. entities that roast incidental amounts of coffee for sampling, testing, or research and development purposes shall not be classified as “Roasters/Manufacturers” solely on the basis of that incidental roasting.

Roasters processing over 1 million bags annually shall be classified as either (a) contract/toll roasters, or (b) non-contract/non-toll roasters.

Contract/Toll Roasters are those organizations who roast at least 65% of their overall annual volume as contract/toll work for third parties (vs. for their own or affiliated brands). as a general matter, contract/toll manufacturing is understood to be an arrangement between unrelated parties whereunder the contract/toll manufacturer is sourcing, roasting, grinding and/or packaging coffee on behalf of a third party.

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Non-profit organizations with 501(c)(3) IRS status or its international equivalent, and non-governmental organizations that are engaged in activities related to the coffee industry.

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Please contact membership@ncausa.org for details.

All businesses not otherwise covered in any of the membership categories above, including include, but not necessarily be limited to, mills, warehouses, packers, shipping lines, ports, banking and financial services, machinery and parts, and paper goods and supplies.

The NCA Board of Directors may also make Allied membership available to other persons, partnerships or corporations performing a special service to the coffee industry.

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