UNSPSC 50426703: Dried chinese yams

The variety of yams known as chinese yams that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426703 Dried Chinese yams, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The ten most recent opportunities tagged under this code span fresh produce, dried beans, cafeteria food products, and grocery items for school nutrition programs and correctional facilities—none of which involve dried yams specifically. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate bids for dried pinto and red beans (127,500 pounds in March 2026 and 42,500 pounds in June 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products across multiple line items in May 2026, and multiple school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Muscogee County School District, and Douglas County School System) posted RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce, grocery items, and food supply and distribution services between January and April 2026. Georgia and Texas account for the highest volume of recent activity, with secondary volume from Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual recent solicitations suggests either miscoding of these opportunities or minimal current procurement demand for dried Chinese yams under this UNSPSC classification in state and local markets.

Issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), county school systems (Fairfax County Public Schools, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School District, Rockwood R-VI School District), a city nutrition program (City of Edinburg, Texas), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia school districts). School nutrition programs dominate the issuing-body mix, with procurement focused on bulk-commodity food supply rather than specialty dried goods. Business development professionals should verify actual commodity requirements with specific issuing bodies before pursuing opportunities nominally tagged to this code, as the current activity signals low relevance for dried yams in state and local food service contracting.