Packaging of commodities (foreign trade knowledge 2)

1 Overview
Goods entering the international market generally need to be transported by long distance, and some need to be transshipped and stored. Therefore, appropriate packaging is required for the goods. Different countries, different markets, and different sales methods, so the packaging methods of the same product are also different. Therefore, both parties need to negotiate the packaging method in detail and save it as the contract terms.

2. Classification of packages
2.1 Transportation Packaging
It is also called the outer packing, mainly to protect the integrity of goods in the transportation process.
1> single-piece transportation packaging, including (packing, bags, barrels, and bundling );
2> combined transportation packaging, composed of one-piece transportation packaging;

2.2 sales packages
It is also called a small package. It is used in the sales process and met with consumers;

2.3 neutral packaging and Licensing
Neutral packaging: refers to the country in which large packages and small packages are not added to the commodity producing country, mainly to damage local restrictions of the importing country;
Brand: indicates the product identifier specified by the buyer in the product packaging as required by the buyer;
Unlicensed: goods are mainly used for semi-finished products without using any product identification during export;

3. Packaging ID
The packaging mark is mainly used to facilitate the transportation, storage and customs declaration of goods, facilitate the transfer between the shipping person and the carrier, the carrier and the receiver, and facilitate the identification of goods to prevent wrong transportation.

3.1 transport ID
It is mainly used to identify products, which is easy to count and prevents misoperations. The main contents include: the consignee, destination port, and parcel number.

3.2 Indicative Mark
In view of the characteristics of goods, it is suggested that problems should be paid attention to during transportation and storage, mainly used for fragile and perishable goods.

3.3 warning mark
The purpose is to prompt the transport personnel to use special methods to store goods, mainly used for explosive, inflammable, and other goods.

3.4 Identification
It is generally determined by the product's region, name, quantity, gross weight, net weight, size, country of production, and origin.

4. packaging terms in the contract
The terms of packaging in international trade mainly include packaging materials, packaging methods, packaging charges and transportation marks.