Damage to baled or bagged cargo (e.g. cotton, coffee) caused by dirt, mud, excessive moisture from damp ground or weather, etc., occurring before the goods are actually shipped.
***
Cotton in bales (fully pressed) may be damaged by sand, grit, mud, oils, rain etc. When these bales are rolled from place to place in course of normal handling such damage may also arise from exposure to weather when baled cotton is stacked in the open awaiting shipment. This type of damage is known as country damage.