An order of jelly beans contains 20,400,000 jelly beans. If each bag in the shipment can hold 12,000 jelly beans, how many bags does the jelly bean company need to use for the shipment?

To find the number of bags needed for the shipment, we will divide the total number of jelly beans by the number of jelly beans per bag: 20,400,000 jelly beans / 12,000 jelly beans/bag = <<20400000/12000=1700>>1,700 bags. Answer: \boxed{1,700}.