Raw Dried Chillies and Peppers (Capsicum or Pimenta) at Primary Drying Gate

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR guides a foreground data package for unprocessed dried fruit of Capsicum spp. or Pimenta spp. under CPC 3.0 01652. The declared product is whole dried fruit after harvest, drying and first cleaning or grading, at the primary drying gate. The package must identify genus and species or cultivar; Pimenta dioica allspice berries and Capsicum chilli/paprika fruits require separate route records. Mixed genera require disaggregated inventories and outputs; no shared crop factor or moisture target is inferred. The boundary starts with managed cultivation or an explicitly identified sourced fruit input and ends with net accepted raw dried fruit. It includes harvest, first handling, natural/solar or mechanical drying, and first cleaning or sorting if performed before the gate. Purchased upstream inputs are linked to background datasets. Fresh green chillies and peppers (01231), Piper pepper (01651), crushed, ground or otherwise processed dried chilli (23922), blends, extracts, sterilization, retail packing and downstream distribution are outside this reference output. A purchased fresh-fruit drying-only foreground dataset must declare its upstream fruit dataset and cannot represent crop cultivation it did not collect. | un-cpc-3-exp-2025; codex-cxs-353-2022; codex-cxs-358-2024

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.chillies-and-peppers-dry-capsicum-spp-pimenta-spp-raw
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 01652, raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Whole raw dried chilli, paprika fruit, or allspice fruit, with genus, species, style and drying route declared
excluded_products	fresh green peppers; Piper pepper; crushed, powdered, blended, extracted or otherwise processed spice
representative_product	1 kg net accepted whole raw dried fruit at the declared primary drying gate
production_route	Annual or seasonal managed Capsicum crop, or perennial managed Pimenta fruit production, followed by harvest and route-specific drying
market_state	Whole dried unprocessed fruit, bulk or first transport container; target moisture and grade declared by applicable specification
Capsicum and Pimenta are alternative biological production parents, not interchangeable botanical inputs. Natural/solar and mechanical drying are alternative technologies under the same drying activity; concurrent pre-drying and finishing steps may coexist when recorded separately.	codex-cxs-353-2022; codex-cxs-358-2024; unece-ddp-24-2013

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Whole raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit at the primary drying gate
How much	1 kg net accepted dried fruit
How well	Declare genus/species, whole form, incoming and outgoing moisture, grade, drying route, geography and gate
How long or cycle	One declared harvest season and associated drying lots
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	whole raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit; UUID unresolved
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	genus and species; cultivar or commercial type; whole raw state; moisture; grade; natural/solar or mechanical drying; harvest season; geography; declared gate; bulk/container state
The reference amount excludes tare, free water removed, rejects, stems separated before the gate, and off-grade fruit. No CPC-specific product-flow UUID is claimed until Tiangong identity lookup succeeds.

The sole reference output is reference_product_at_declared_handoff at declared_reference_handoff, a mandatory measurement of the actual accepted product at the already declared gate. Process first_cleaning_grading remains conditional: omission of its physical activities does not remove this reference. Select the actual last included product handoff and record its process/output id; accept only the same species, physical state, grade, moisture basis and gate as Section 3. The prior accepted_dried_fruit row is the measured output of its actual operation when active, not an additional final sale. No bypass creates processing, a yield assumption, an extra burden or a change of product boundary.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_mass	accepted dried output	Mass	kg	Weigh net accepted whole dried fruit at the declared gate; exclude tare and rejects.
moisture_basis	harvested and dried fruit	Mass and moisture fraction	kg and % wet basis	Measure or document moisture for incoming and outgoing lots; convert by conserved dry matter with separately measured removals.
drying_water	drying output	Mass	kg	Calculate water removed as incoming water minus water retained in accepted and rejected solids, adjusted for added water if any.
crop_area_time	managed cultivation	Area-time	ha·season or ha·year	Use crop season for annual Capsicum and declared orchard year/fruit-bearing period for perennial Pimenta; record establishment attribution if included.
energy_carrier	drying and field energy	Energy, Mass or Volume	kWh, MJ, kg or L	Preserve carrier, fuel moisture, conversion basis, measured operation and batch linkage.
nutrient_basis	fertilizer and emissions	Mass	kg product and kg nutrient	Record formulated mass and nutrient composition separately; emission calculations use declared nutrient inputs.

5. System Boundary

The managed production node records the crop or fruiting-tree object, geography, planted area or orchard area, seedling or tree stock, irrigation, nutrient and pest-management inputs, field energy, land use and relevant direct emissions. Capsicum and Pimenta routes may have different planting periods, perennial infrastructure and establishment attribution; collect each route rather than applying one crop factor. Harvest is a distinct node because it creates a measured fresh-fruit hand-off with collection loss. Drying stabilizes this moist, perishable input to a measured whole dry state; first cleaning and grading hand off accepted, downgraded, rejected and waste streams separately. | codex-cxs-353-2022; codex-cxs-358-2024; ipcc-2019-managed-soils

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_raw_dried	reference product	Include drying and first cleaning needed for whole raw dried fruit; exclude crushing, milling, extraction, blending and later treatment.	un-cpc-3-exp-2025; codex-cxs-353-2022; codex-cxs-358-2024
boundary_route_identity	production	Keep Capsicum annual/seasonal and Pimenta perennial inventories separate; declare whether cultivation is collected or supplied as an upstream fruit dataset.	codex-cxs-353-2022; codex-cxs-358-2024
boundary_drying_delta	drying	Declare natural/solar and mechanical steps, their batch or continuous mode, energy and service inputs, moisture change and weather exposure; include all steps before the gate.	unece-ddp-24-2013; mass-balance-identity
boundary_output_states	harvest, drying, sorting	Separate accepted dry fruit, downgraded fruit, rejected fruit, stems/foreign material, other recoverable residues, evaporated water and unexplained loss by fate.	mass-balance-identity

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Identified managed crop/tree and planted area, or documented purchased fresh-fruit lot at drying intake
starting_condition_role	biological production input or purchased upstream product; never a second reference output
product_classification_scope	CPC 01652 whole raw dried Capsicum/Pimenta fruit; fresh 01231, Piper 01651 and processed 23922 excluded
recursive_input_rule	Same-category dried fruit used for re-drying or blending is separately sourced and measured; do not recursively treat it as this harvest's new output.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Planting stock, fertilizers, water supply, fuels, electricity, equipment, purchased fresh fruit and treatment services need representative background datasets or documented exclusion.
disclosure	genus/species, route, season/site, fruit input source, moisture and grade before/after drying, drying technology, batch yield, rejects/fate, gate and attribution decisions

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
managed_fruit_production	Managed Fruit Production	conditional	when cultivation is inside the foreground	foreground	crop or orchard season
fruit_harvest	Fruit Harvest and Collection	conditional	when cultivation is inside the foreground	foreground	fresh fruit collected
primary_drying	Primary Fruit Drying	required	all included natural/solar and mechanical drying steps	foreground	dried fruit at measured moisture
first_cleaning_grading	First Cleaning and Grading	conditional	when cleaning or grading occurs before the declared gate	foreground	accepted whole dried fruit
declared_reference_handoff	Accepted-product measurement at declared handoff	required	Every actual selected route, including bypass of conditional conditioning/packing/storage	Measurement and reconciliation only; no added physical processing	1 kg net accepted product at the same declared gate

Process: Managed Fruit Production (managed_fruit_production)

Inputs

Product flows

Planting stock and propagation material (planting_stock)

Declare seed or planting stock for Capsicum and seedlings or tree maintenance for Pimenta.

• Selected flow: named planting material

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measure by named operation and lot, then normalize to 1 kg net accepted raw dried fruit

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

• Sources: codex-cxs-353-2022

• Range: Provisional non-negative screening interval

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen per 1 kg accepted fruit; replace with route data
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Fertilizer, urea input (managed_fruit_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, urea is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, urea

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, urea used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (managed_fruit_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_monoammonium_phosphate)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (managed_fruit_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, potassium chloride is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, potassium chloride

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, potassium chloride used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Cattle manure, as applied input (managed_fruit_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Include this conditional card only when Cattle manure, as applied is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure, as applied

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Cattle manure, as applied used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Agricultural limestone input (managed_fruit_production_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_agricultural_limestone)

Include this conditional card only when Agricultural limestone is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Agricultural limestone

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Agricultural limestone used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Required crop-protection records: before completing the foreground package, enumerate every actually applied formulated product separately, retaining trade name, active ingredient, salt or chemical form, concentration, density where needed, application quantity, date and treated area. Select one physically specific product identity per exchange. Derive active-substance releases separately by substance and receiving compartment. Missing formulation identity is a completeness gap; do not replace it with a generic pesticide, invented example, or assumed zero.

Irrigation water input (field_water_energy)

Include this conditional card only when Irrigation water is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Irrigation water used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Electricity, medium voltage input (field_water_energy_electricity)

Include this conditional card only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Electricity, medium voltage used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Diesel fuel input (field_water_energy_diesel)

Include this conditional card only when Diesel fuel is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Diesel fuel used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_crop_records

Waste flows

No waste input is presumed; any returned compost is recorded with origin and burden treatment.

Elementary flows

Record land occupation, source-specific water withdrawal and managed-soil emissions from collected crop inputs; do not infer zero emissions from missing records. | ipcc-2019-managed-soils

Outputs

Product flows

Standing fruit crop transferred to harvest (standing_fruit)

Record the managed fruit state at the production-to-harvest hand-off by genus and season.

• Selected flow: standing Capsicum or Pimenta fruit crop

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measure by named operation and lot, then normalize to 1 kg net accepted raw dried fruit

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_records

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Provisional non-negative screening interval

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: kg/kg
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen per 1 kg accepted fruit; replace with route data
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Record field residues and rejected fruit separately, with retained, removed, recovered or disposal fate.

Elementary flows

Direct crop emissions are calculated only from documented inputs and methods.

Process: Fruit Harvest and Collection (fruit_harvest)

Inputs

Product flows

Electricity, medium voltage (harvest_services)

Include this exchange only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_records
• Sources: mass-balance-identity

Diesel fuel (harvest_services_diesel)

Include this exchange only when Diesel fuel is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured Diesel fuel supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_records
• Sources: mass-balance-identity

Waste flows

No generic waste input is presumed.

Elementary flows

Record direct exhaust where measured; fuel upstream burdens remain in background datasets.

Outputs

Product flows

Collected fresh fruit sent to drying (fresh_fruit_handoff)

Weigh fresh whole fruit and record moisture, botanical identity, harvest date and lot.

• Selected flow: fresh Capsicum or Pimenta fruit

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measure by named operation and lot, then normalize to 1 kg net accepted raw dried fruit

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_records

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Provisional non-negative screening interval

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: kg/kg
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen per 1 kg accepted fruit; replace with route data
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Record uncollected fruit, field rejects and incidental material separately with destination.

Elementary flows

No new elementary output is presumed.

Process: Primary Fruit Drying (primary_drying)

Inputs

Product flows

Fresh fruit to drying (drying_fruit_input)

Record the fresh-fruit hand-off or purchased lot, incoming mass and moisture.

• Selected flow: whole fresh Capsicum or Pimenta fruit

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measure by named operation and lot, then normalize to 1 kg net accepted raw dried fruit

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Provisional non-negative screening interval

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: kg/kg
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen per 1 kg accepted fruit; replace with route data
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity, medium voltage (drying_energy)

Include this exchange only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_lot
• Sources: unece-ddp-24-2013

Diesel fuel (drying_energy_diesel)

Include this exchange only when Diesel fuel is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured Diesel fuel supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_lot
• Sources: unece-ddp-24-2013

Purchased steam (drying_energy_steam)

Include this exchange only when Purchased steam is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Purchased steam
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured Purchased steam supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_drying_lot
• Sources: unece-ddp-24-2013

Waste flows

If a recovered heat or waste-derived fuel enters drying, record source and burden treatment; none is presumed.

Elementary flows

Record direct combustion emissions if fuel burns within the foreground.

Outputs

Product flows

Whole dried fruit before grading (dried_fruit_handoff)

Weigh the stabilized whole dried fruit at measured moisture before first grading.

• Selected flow: whole raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measure by named operation and lot, then normalize to 1 kg net accepted raw dried fruit

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_drying_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Provisional non-negative screening interval

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 2
  • Unit: kg/kg
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen per 1 kg accepted fruit; replace with route data
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Record damaged, mouldy or otherwise rejected fruit and its recovery, treatment or disposal route; re-dried fruit remains linked to its original batch.

Elementary flows

Evaporated water is calculated from measured water balance and reported as moisture removed where the inventory convention requires it.

Process: First Cleaning and Grading (first_cleaning_grading)

Inputs

Product flows

Dried fruit entering sorting (sorting_input)

Record the whole dried fruit hand-off without counting it as newly harvested product.

• Selected flow: whole dried fruit before sorting

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measure by named operation and lot, then normalize to 1 kg net accepted raw dried fruit

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grade_records

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Provisional non-negative screening interval

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 2
  • Unit: kg/kg
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen per 1 kg accepted fruit; replace with route data
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity, medium voltage (sorting_inputs)

Include this exchange only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_grade_records
• Sources: mass-balance-identity

Paperboard packaging (sorting_inputs_paper)

Record Paperboard packaging only when this material crosses the declared process boundary. Retain lot, physical state, composition where relevant, and actual destination. Record other materials independently rather than treating this card as a selector or material bundle. This is a conditional material example, not a packaging requirement. Measure reuse and replacement and allocate the material once across its documented uses. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Paperboard packaging
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Paperboard packaging, reconciled to the linked lot and process balance, then normalized once to the declared reference output; retain moisture and any density conversion evidence.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_grade_records
• Sources: mass-balance-identity

Polyethylene packaging film (sorting_inputs_film)

Record Polyethylene packaging film only when this material crosses the declared process boundary. Retain lot, physical state, composition where relevant, and actual destination. Record other materials independently rather than treating this card as a selector or material bundle. This is a conditional material example, not a packaging requirement. Measure reuse and replacement and allocate the material once across its documented uses. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1 kg accepted raw dried fruit.

• Selected flow: Polyethylene packaging film
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net quantity of Polyethylene packaging film, reconciled to the linked lot and process balance, then normalized once to the declared reference output; retain moisture and any density conversion evidence.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: process_output
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_grade_records
• Sources: mass-balance-identity

Waste flows

No waste input is presumed.

Elementary flows

Record dust releases if measured; do not treat separated soil or stems as accepted product.

Outputs

Product flows

Accepted whole raw dried fruit (accepted_dried_fruit)

Record the measured accepted output of first_cleaning_grading only when that operation actually occurs. Preserve species, condition, grade, moisture, lot and its real outgoing gate. This stable row id identifies an actual route output; the sole final reference is reference_product_at_declared_handoff. Retain raw output and link the selected final lot without counting it as another final product. Any UUID shown is usable only for its independently confirmed physical state/gate; an incompatible upstream/intermediate state needs a separately verified or explicit unresolved identity. Preserve the original stage measurement and collection records.

• Selected flow: whole raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit; UUID unresolved

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Weigh the accepted net lot output of the actual operation under cp_grade_records, retain gross/tare, rejects, stocks, moisture and matched onward lot records, and reconcile before final normalization.

• Amount rule: measured accepted net output from the actual operation under cp_grade_records; retain raw lot quantity and actual stage throughput, then normalize once under the final-handoff normalization in Section 8; never prescribe a fixed intermediate yield

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: measured actual operation/lot output and throughput, retained before one final-reference normalization.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grade_records

• Sources: codex-cxs-353-2022

• Range: Provisional non-negative screening interval

  • Range role: Default estimate (default_estimate)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1.1
  • Unit: kg/kg
  • Basis: broad first-pass screen per 1 kg accepted fruit; replace with route data
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Record downgraded but usable fruit, rejects, separated stems/foreign material and dust separately. State whether each is reworked, sold, recovered or discarded; only a justified co-product receives allocation.

Elementary flows

No generic elementary flow is presumed.

Process: Accepted-product measurement at declared handoff (declared_reference_handoff)

This measurement adds no processing, waste generation or emission. Preserve all real upstream operations and losses; bypass only operations demonstrated absent. Select one actual terminal product lot and cancel its paired internal transfer once when aggregating the system. Do not sum inactive routes, co-products or both source and handoff as accepted final output.

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted actual-route product at the same handoff (actual_route_product_for_handoff)

Measure only accepted product at the existing declared gate. Match one actual terminal source record; internal paired transfer and this reference represent the same event, not two sales. Verify identity for the actual species/state/gate independently; an identifier confirmed only for fresh farm-gate goods cannot represent an incompatible conditioned or independent pack-house state. Missing identity remains explicit and is not resolved by copying an adjacent output UUID.

• Selected flow: whole raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit; UUID unresolved (UUID unresolved)
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured accepted net mass at this same handoff, normalized as R/R * 1 kg; paired input equals accepted output, with raw R retained
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Reference product at declared handoff (reference_product_at_declared_handoff)

Measure only accepted product at the existing declared gate. Match one actual terminal source record; internal paired transfer and this reference represent the same event, not two sales. Verify identity for the actual species/state/gate independently; an identifier confirmed only for fresh farm-gate goods cannot represent an incompatible conditioned or independent pack-house state. Missing identity remains explicit and is not resolved by copying an adjacent output UUID.

• Selected flow: whole raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit; UUID unresolved (UUID unresolved)
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff

Waste flows

Actual waste remains at the operation that generates it; no duplicate here.

Elementary flows

Actual releases remain at their responsible physical operation; no duplicate here.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_primary	crop and drying lots	Attribute measured operations to botanical route, site, season and batch first; normalize all burdens to net accepted whole dried output.	mass-balance-identity
allocation_offgrade	downgraded fruit	Keep off-grade but marketable fruit distinct. Prefer subdivision by grade; if a genuine co-product cannot be subdivided, document the chosen physical or economic allocation and prices/quantities.	mass-balance-identity
allocation_rework	re-dried or resorted fruit	Link rework energy and losses to the original batch; count the accepted mass only at final exit and never double count shared-run or changeover burdens.	mass-balance-identity
allocation_residue	stems, rejects, residues	Record fate and any recovery credit explicitly; do not assign product burden or avoided burden by default.	mass-balance-identity
Annual Capsicum and perennial Pimenta output years cannot share an undeclared denominator. For Pimenta, document bearing years and any establishment or shared orchard burden attribution. A batch dryer must record run-level input, output, cleaning and changeover; continuous drying must record period mass balance and stable operating window.

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_residual_precedence	remaining common burden with no specified primary branch	Resolve any study-specific joint-product instruction in this PCR that has no specified primary branch using this precedence; retain an already explicitly prescribed category-specific primary method. First directly assign separable output-specific activities. For the remaining common burden B, use a physical driver d_i only when measured operation or biological-service records demonstrate the causal consumption represented by that driver. A product being weighable, valuable or lower grade alone is insufficient; do not switch arbitrarily between area, time, mass and revenue. For comparable grades receiving the same common handling, measured processed mass is applicable only with the same service demand, state and moisture basis demonstrated. Share a_i=d_i/sum(d_j); B_i=Ba_i. If no defensible causal physical driver exists for that common operation, use gate- and period-matched economic shares a_i=(q_ip_i)/sum(q_j*p_j), with the complete independently intended output set, compatible quantity/price units, currency, representative prices and values before output-specific downstream processing. Missing price or denominator evidence makes the allocated result incomplete, not a zero-priced product or a single-output system. Report shares summing to one and sensitivity to a material alternative; an alternative is not an interchangeable primary result. Waste, retained residues and internal transfers receive no co-product share, while their attributable production/handling burdens remain with the producing saleable route. Retain unallocated physical quantities and mass balances separately. This branch gives no automatic substitution credit; any separately scoped substitution analysis retains the gross inventory and its actual displaced-function evidence.	ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Inventory completeness: conditional named cards are examples of individual exchanges, not an exhaustive recipe or a requirement to use those products. Before completing a foreground package, enumerate every actual planting stock, nutrient, crop-protection formulation, asset material, operating service, carrier, packaging material, waste stream and applicable elementary substance separately, using its physical identity, state, native property/unit, origin or receiving compartment, and measured or method-calculated quantity. Missing identity or quantity remains a completeness gap, never an assumed zero. Preserve the actual lot and phase basis; do not sum intermediate transfers as additional final output or duplicate burdens included in purchased services.

Retain raw site, lot, cycle and stage quantities and denominators in each collection protocol. Reconcile stocks, losses, moisture and co-product attribution first, then normalize: normalized exchange = attributable raw exchange × declared reference quantity / accepted hand-off product quantity on the same boundary and measurement basis. Apply perennial-establishment and shared-operation attribution before this normalization. Never set an internal-transfer quantity equal to the final reference quantity. Per declared reference flow means the amount, unit and product state in section 3; the data package must declare its actual route and gate.

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_crop_records	managed_fruit_production	cultivation inputs	farm records	genus; species; field; area; season; stock; fertilizer; nutrient; pesticide; water; energy	invoices, field logs and meters; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by botanical route and season	kg; ha; m3; kWh	each operation	full declared crop season or Pimenta orchard year	each site	per declared reference flow	dated records and meter calibration
cp_harvest_records	fruit_harvest	fresh fruit hand-off	harvest tickets	lot; date; fresh mass; moisture; field; losses; machinery fuel	weighbridge and harvest logs; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum measured lots; retain losses	kg; %; L	each lot	full harvest	each source field	per declared reference flow	tare and scale checks
cp_drying_lot	primary_drying	drying mass and energy	drying run log	lot; start/end; input/output mass and moisture; route; fuel; electricity; rejects; rework	calibrated scale, moisture test and meter; Raw aggregation and attribution: dry-matter and water balance by lot	kg; %; kWh; MJ	each run or continuous period	all declared drying	each dryer	per declared reference flow	calibration, moisture method and run linkage
cp_grade_records	first_cleaning_grading	accepted and off-grade outputs	grade log	lot; accepted grade mass; moisture; downgraded; rejects; stems; destination; energy	calibrated scale and grade records; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum accepted grades only	kg; %; kWh	each lot	all gate output	each sorter	per declared reference flow	grade specification and reconciliation
cp_phase1_environment_coverage	managed_fruit_production	managed environmental coverage by actual node	site/activity/method ledger	actual production nodes; soil/substrate route; climate/soil; nutrient product mass and composition; residue fate/N; relevant mineralisation/organic-soil/excreta activity; method/tier/equation/version; pathway factors and units; lime/urea; actual fuels; substance/compartment; supplier coverage	Collect original records by the actual responsible production node and matched lot/period; retain provenance, method applicability and uncertainty. Reconcile with existing protocols and provider coverage, do not add duplicate events. Explicitly document inapplicability; absent evidence is a gap.	native activity units; kg N or substance; area/time as applicable	event and annual/lot reconciliation	matched production/cohort period	all actual managed-production nodes	apply applicable coverage calculations then final normalization once	original records, method worksheets and applicability evidence

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_dry_matter	drying lot	incoming dry matter = incoming mass × (1 − incoming wet-basis moisture); reconcile with all dried solids and losses	masses and moisture tests	dry-matter balance	mass-balance-identity
calc_water_removed	drying lot	incoming water − water retained in all dry outputs − separately measured liquid exits, adjusted for added water	masses and moisture tests	water removed, kg	mass-balance-identity
calc_normalize	complete package	divide attributed input/emission by net accepted dried kg at the declared gate	attributed totals and accepted mass	inventory per kg	mass-balance-identity

Environmental Coverage Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_managed_environment_coverage	actual managed-production nodes	For the actual owned managed-production node(s), require an applicability ledger for direct soil N2O, volatilisation/deposition-derived indirect N2O, leaching/runoff-derived indirect N2O, NH3/NOx and nutrient losses, plus actual liming/urea-use CO2. Primary calculation precedence is a representative pathway measurement, then a validated site/national method applicable to the crop, soil and management; otherwise use the compatible 2006 IPCC/2019-refined managed-soil equations and climate/input-specific factor selection for N2O and lime/urea CO2. Retain the exact edition, equation, tier, activity and factor units, climate and management applicability; no universal dose or emission factor is prescribed. Non-soil/protected routes need a method valid for their actual medium; do not force soil factors onto an inapplicable route. Use the same period/field N ledger for synthetic and organic additions, residues, actual relevant mineralisation/organic-soil and excreta pathways; demonstrate absent pathways rather than infer zero. Calculate direct and each indirect component separately, then assign each once to matching existing or new concrete cards; never add a total to its components. Convert N2O-N to molecular N2O by 44/28 once. NH3, NOx and nutrient/pesticide loss require an applicable measured or documented substance/fate model; total N/P or an unexplained balance residual is not a compound release. Keep actual receiving compartments and molecular versus elemental/reporting bases explicit; indirect formation does not remove the same N from the source ledger twice. Include actual local combustion releases separately using fuel-specific combustion-only methods; purchased electricity/heat/services retain upstream coverage once. Add one identity-specific exchange only for a supported release and reuse an existing matching card, with verified UUID or explicit unresolved identity. Missing applicable method/activity/factor/identity blocks completeness; it is not a justified zero. Attribute raw activity/release totals and normalize once to the matched accepted reference output.	cp_phase1_environment_coverage	attributed native environmental quantities per matched final reference	review-ipcc-soils-2019

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	all lots	Botanical identity, whole raw form and route must be traceable to each accepted output.	source lot and grade records
dq_moisture	drying	Incoming and outgoing moisture must be measured or documented with method and sampling plan; no universal cross-genus target is assumed.	moisture test and specification
dq_balance	harvest through gate	Reconcile accepted, downgraded, rejected and lost mass by lot; explain differences.	signed mass-balance sheet

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_declared_reference_handoff	declared_reference_handoff	actual accepted terminal product and paired transfer	scale/lot/acceptance records	species; state; grade; moisture/basis; gate; actual_terminal_process_id; actual_terminal_output_row_id; lot/transfer_id; gross/tare/net mass R; raw stage totals/throughputs; stocks, rejects and destinations	Weigh accepted net R at the existing gate; match exactly one actual terminal source of the same lot/state and reconcile all earlier losses and stocks. If conditional preparation is absent use the last actual included eligible product output, without inventing that preparation. Preserve original activity records and all required qualifiers.	kg and native activity units	each accepted lot	matched production and handoff period	existing declared producer/primary gate	per declared reference flow	calibrated weighing, acceptance/grade records, lot chain, activation/bypass evidence and closed balances

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_final_handoff_normalization	all foreground quantities and actual route outputs	Let R be positive measured accepted final mass in kg for one matched species/state/grade/gate/period, excluding tare, rejects, co-products and held stock. Physical ledger = raw physical quantity/R * 1 kg, without burden-allocation scaling. Attributable inventory contribution = attributable raw quantity/R * 1 kg, preserving native numerator units and the existing output/period attribution. A local intensity q_i=Q_i/O_i first reconstructs Q_i=q_iactual linked O_i; do not divide by R again after final normalization. Both handoff sides are the same measured event R/R1 kg, not another physical yield. Include only actual active operations; record and substantiate bypass. Missing/nonpositive R or an unlinked terminal record blocks a normalized complete result, not zero. Preserve original stage data and cancel paired internal transfers once.	cp_declared_reference_handoff; original linked collection protocols	native quantities per declared final reference	declared-handoff-measurement-definition

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validation_scope	product identity	Reject green fresh fruit, Piper pepper, and crushed/ground or otherwise processed dried spice as this reference product.	un-cpc-3-exp-2025
validation_route	process map	Verify Capsicum/Pimenta route, cultivation inclusion, sun/solar or mechanical stages, and batch or continuous attribution against current records.	codex-cxs-353-2022; codex-cxs-358-2024
validation_moisture	drying	Check measured incoming/outgoing moisture and applicable product specification separately by species and market; do not apply one generic threshold.	codex-cxs-353-2022; codex-cxs-358-2024
validation_balance	drying and sorting	Reconcile dry matter and water; accepted output must exclude rejected, downgraded and reworked-in-process mass until final exit.	mass-balance-identity
validation_identity_gap	reference flow	A dataset may not claim a fixed Tiangong reference flow while its UUID remains unresolved.	un-cpc-3-exp-2025

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_final_handoff_bypass	selected actual route and all conditional bypass states	Check both presence and absence of optional conditioning/packing/storage against actual records: exactly one required handoff reference persists, its source product/state/gate matches Section 3, active physical rows retain measured throughput, and inactive physical activities add no exchange. Require raw accepted mass, upstream closure, unique transfer pairing and single final normalization; an unexplained state or missing identity is not an assumed valid branch.	declared-handoff-measurement-definition

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground raw dried fruit production package
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset after route and identity review
allowed_use	Whole raw dried Capsicum or Pimenta fruit as an input to declared downstream processing or sale
excluded_use	Fresh green pepper, Piper pepper, powdered spice, blends or extract production as the same output
required_metadata	species; cultivation source; site; season; drying route; batch mode; moisture; grade; gate; reference-flow UUID when resolved
required_quality_disclosure	measurement coverage; moisture method; missing flows; provisional ranges; dry-matter balance; allocation and reject treatment
update_trigger	change in botanical route, drying technology, target moisture/grade, gate, allocation or representative records

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
un-cpc-3-exp-2025	official_guidance	UN Statistics Division, CPC Version 3.0 Explanatory Notes, 30 June 2025, https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Download/In%20Text/CPC_Ver_3.0_Exp_Notes_30Jun2025.pdf	CPC 01652 raw dried fruit boundary and exclusions
codex-cxs-353-2022	standard	Codex Alimentarius, CXS 353-2022, Standard for Dried or Dehydrated Chilli Pepper and Paprika, https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/standards/en/	Capsicum dried-product styles and route-specific quality specification
codex-cxs-358-2024	standard	Codex Alimentarius, CXS 358-2024, Standard for Spices Derived from Dried or Dehydrated Fruits and Berries, https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/standards/en/	Pimenta dioica allspice identity and dried-product specification
unece-ddp-24-2013	standard	UNECE, DDP-24 Whole Dried Chilli Peppers, https://unece.org/trade/documents/2013/02/standards/chilli-peppers-whole-dried	Whole dried Capsicum form and drying route
ipcc-2019-managed-soils	official_guidance	IPCC, 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 4, Chapter 11, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/vol4.html	Managed-soil emission accounting inputs
mass-balance-identity	method_factor	Conservation of dry matter and water across measured harvest, drying, and sorting stages	Drying mass balance and reconciliation
ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011	standard	WRI/WBCSD, Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), Chapter 9, https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	General allocation hierarchy and comparable-gate economic basis. Applicability conditions and the explicit residual branch are this PCR's method convention; no product-specific causal coefficient, price or output quantity is prescribed by this source.
review-ipcc-soils-2019	official_guidance	IPCC 2019 Refinement, Volume 4, Chapter 11, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch11_Soils_N2O_CO2.pdf	Managed-soil direct/indirect N2O and lime/urea CO2 method context; factors require actual applicability and site activity, not a product default.

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
declared-handoff-measurement-definition	method_factor	This PCR Sections 3, 6 and 8: matched accepted handoff mass divided by itself times the declared reference amount; physical transfer pairing and dimensional normalization identity, not an empirical yield or new physical operation.	single accepted reference and measured route-throughput linkage