The importance of export packaging (I) Choosing a container

From the moment you decide to start an international business in which you are going to export products, any company must take into account many factors: legal, cultural, marketing, etc., but without doubt you will always need to make decisions about packaging, as it will be the protection that will ensure that the product reaches the chosen destination intact .

Choosing packaging for export is essential, as in any other type of business, to maintain our brand image, but it must also meet certain requirements of resistance or durability, and must also adapt to the regulations and laws of the countries through which our goods transit.

What must an export packaging guarantee?

– Containment: the chosen packaging must have adequate capacity so that the product is well distributed. – Compatibility: the chosen packaging material must ensure the perfect condition of the goods during the journey ,

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all of their characteristics

– There are flat cardboard containers with a capacity of up to 450 kg. which are very resistant and which, due to their dimensions, facilitate palletisation on Europallets – Containers are suitable for land and rail transport, as are container-sized modular boxes, which also allow multiple storage applications – Plywood boxes and pallet-boxes can support up to one tonne of payload and comply with the international ISPM15 standard, which aims to reduce the spread of harmful organisms from one continent to another (avoiding the need for fumigation or heat treatment required by other wooden packaging)