Editing Quintal (section)

== English use ==

In [[English unit|English]] both terms ''quintal'' and ''centner'' were once alternative names for the [[hundredweight]] and thus defined either as 100&nbsp;[[Avoirdupois|lb]] (exactly {{cvt|100|lb|6|disp=out}}) or as {{cvt|112|lb|2}}. Also, in the [[Dominican Republic]] it is about {{cvt|125|lb|2}}. The German {{lang|de|Zentner}} was introduced to the English language via [[Hanseatic League|Hanseatic trade]] as a measure of the weight of certain [[agriculture|crops]] including [[hops]] for [[beer]] production. Commonly used in the Dominion (and later province) of Newfoundland up until the 1960s as a measure for {{cvt|112|lb}} of salt cod.

The '''quintal''' was defined in the United States in 1866<ref>[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/205- Act of July 28, 1866, codified in 15 U.S.C. §205]</ref> as {{convert|100|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. However, it is no longer used in the United States or by the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST), though it still appears in the statute.<ref>"Metric System of Measurement: Interpretation of the International System of Units for the United States", [[Federal Register]] notice of July 28, 1998, 63 F.R. 40333 {{cite web |url=http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/SIFedReg.pdf |title=Metric System of Measurement: Interpretation of the International System of Units for the United States; Notice |publisher=[[NIST]] |access-date=September 28, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930114423/http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/SIFedReg.pdf |archive-date=September 30, 2006 }}</ref>

In France, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Indonesia, and India, it is still in daily use by farmers. It is also used in [[Brazil]] and other South American countries and in some African countries including [[Angola]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The use of Quintal for weight measurements |url=https://www.sizes.com/units/quintal.htm |website=Sizes: the online quantinary |access-date=25 July 2017 }}</ref>