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Factors to Consider in Selecting Packing and Packaging Materials
Factors to Consider in Selecting Packing and Packaging Materials
- Value of the goods
- Nature of the transit
- Nature of the cargo
- Customs law requirements
- Re-sale value of the packaging material in the importer country
- General fragility of cargo
- Marketing Consideration
- Variation in temperature during the course of transit
- Insurance-accepting condition
- Ease of handling and stowage
- The size and the weight of cargo
- Considerations to be observed when determining the form a package.
- The size of the package
- The shape of the package
- The strength of certain products
- Facilities available at the terminals
- The terminals are airports, sea ports, warehouses, frontier ports, etc. Lifting equipment at some sea ports and particularly airports may be limited in capacity. Accordingly, therefore, the shipper may be compelled to dispatch his/her packages into parts instead of one integral unit. Not all ports or airports have customs clearance facilities and this could lead to an alternative terminal with differing equipment and capacity.
- Type or size of the container
- The container can be aircraft, train, ferry, wagon or any other transport unit. The size and the general nature of transport unit will influence the dimension of the package, and its maximum weight and shape.
- Marking of Cargo
- When packaging products, one should consider the type of marking he/she is to make. Some packages need to be marked on all sides and therefore packaging should provide for this. Sometimes some packaging materials may not favour a particular way of marking.
- The Cost of Packaging
- Secure and Durable
- Affordable and Easy to Use
- Always Widely Available