Approved Delivery Facility

What Does Approved Delivery Facility Mean?
An exchange authorized facility used as a location for the delivery of commodities tendered upon future contracts.

Investopedia explains Approved Delivery Facility
These are generally banks, storehouses, grain elevators, livestock exchanges, or other depositories where the actuals can be transferred between the different parties in a futures contract.

Also referred to as delivery points.

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