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We are interested in importing sand (used in construction) to India.Can you give a quote for a 20Ft container load.Specifications : The 2 parts of sand has to be dry. The sand has to be efficientlyscreened through a 4.75 mm square mesh. The larger particles called gravel (rounded or regular aggregate) will be rejected.The sand has to have an adequate quantity of finer particles passing a BS No.25 (0.6mm) mesh, so as to ensure that the sand has afineness modulus (FM) within the range of 2.6 to 2.9 (the method of evaluating the FM of sand is given below) The sand has to beclean within the permissible limits of deleterious (harmful) materials specified in IS:383.The main harmful material is silt very fine particles of clay passing BS No.200 (0.075 mm) mesh and should not exceed 3 percent by weight.In the simple Field Silt Test using a glass measuring cylinder the silt content should not exceed 8 percent by volume.Excess silt has to be washed away with copious supply of clean, fresh water.