What is Export Packaging?

Packaging details for any particular product to export.

To make sure your export packaging is good enough so that your goods arrive intact and undamaged and reach your overseas buyer. Three main types of packaging that are likely to be needed for exported goods.

Transport or export packaging is the outermost layer of packaging and is designed to protect your goods during transit. Examples include wooden crates, metal drums and plastic shrink-wrapping.

Outer packaging is an intermediate layer of packaging, which often also serves a retail-promotion purpose.

Sales packaging is the immediate layer of packaging around your goods - the packaging that remains when the goods reach their end-user.

How to pack your Goods Safely ?

An important stage after manufacturing of goods or their procurement is to prepare for shipment which involves packaging and labelling of goods to be exported. Proper packaging and labelling not only makes the final product look attractive but also save a huge amount of money by saving the product from wrong handling the export process, until it reaches the destinatiion.

The primary role of packaging is to contain, protect and preserve a product well in its handling and final presentation. Packaging also refers to the process of design, evaluation, and production of packages. The packaging can be done within the export company or the job can be assigned to an outside packaging company. packaging provides Physical Protection and Security of the material.

Labelling on product provides the following important information:

• Shipper's Mark.

• Country of Origin.

• Weight Marking (in pounds and in kilograms).

• Number of Packages and size of cases (in inches and centimeters).

• Handling Marks (International Pictorial Symbols).

• Cautionary Markings, such as This Side Up.

• Port of Entry.

• Labels for Hazardous Materials.

Therefore,It is necessary to adopt proper export packaging solutions for seaworthy packing of material made of metal for protection against corrosion and rust for transit and shipment for export.

The following institutes provides details about packing:

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING
169, Industrial Estate,
Old Mahabalipuram Road,
Perungudi, Chennai 600 096.
Ph: 044-24961560 / 24960730 - Free service -

ARRANGEMENT TO SEND THE GOODS BY AIR/SHIP THROUGH CLEARING AND FORWARDING AGENT

1. NIFCO SEAFREIGHT (p) LTD,
   NO.225,Angappanaicken Street, 2nd Floor,
   Chennai-600 001.
   Ph: 044-25353392.

2. Suvagath World Transport,
   Old no: 239, New No.36,4th Floor,
   Angappa naicken street,
   Chennai-600 001.
   Ph: 044 45564071. Mobile: 98408 42021.

3. Lalit Shipping and Forwazrding Agent,
   Ground floor 6, Bazullah Road,
   T.nagar,Chennai-600017.
   Ph:044 28211936.

4. Scanfreight Shipping and forwarding Agent,
   125, Linghi Chetty Street,
   Chennai-600001. Ph:044 25231729.

5. Emperor Shipping and forwarding Agent,
   11th floor, Thambu Chetty Street,
   Mannady, Chennai-600 011 Ph:044 25214747.