Export pallet
The default for panels and boards. Bundles are stacked on a timber pallet, strapped, and wrapped in stretch film so the pack survives being handled by a forklift three or four times before it reaches site.
Freight
Packing and Shipping
How the goods are packed, how the container is loaded, and what arrives with it. For most importers this decides the landed cost more than the unit price does.
FOB
standard term
CIF
or CFR on request
20ft
container MOQ
1
loading plan per order
Packing
Four ways a bundle leaves the factory
Which one is used depends on the surface and the profile, not on preference — a panel that arrives marked is a rejected delivery.
Carton
Used where the surface has to arrive unmarked — UV board and door skin in particular. The carton protects the face; the pallet still carries the load.
Edge protection
Corner protectors and edge boards on every bundle. This is the cheapest line on the packing list and the one that decides whether the corners are still square on arrival.
Loose, strapped
For beams and long profiles that do not palletise well: banded into bundles with timber spacers, loaded directly to the container floor.
Loading
How the container is planned
No loading table is published here on purpose: capacity changes with the section, the pack height and the mix. What does not change is the method.
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1
The plan is set before production
Pallet size, pack height and carton combination are agreed at quotation, because they decide how many units fit a container and therefore the freight per unit. Changing the plan after production means repacking.
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2
Mixed containers are normal
A first order is often two or three products in one 20ft. The loading plan is what makes that work without wasting volume — the mix is fixed before the goods are made.
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3
Heavy below, light above
Boards and beams load low; panels and tube load high. Floor loading is calculated, not guessed, because a crushed bottom bundle is a total loss on those units.
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4
Photographed before the doors close
The loaded container is photographed and the count confirmed against the packing list. Those photographs are sent with the documents, so what left the factory is on record.
Documents
What ships with the container
- Commercial invoice Values, terms and the full product description as declared.
- Packing list Bundle count, dimensions, weights and the loading sequence.
- Bill of lading Issued by the carrier once the container is on board.
- Certificate of origin Where the destination requires it for duty purposes.
- Test reports SGS reports for the product and grade supplied.
- CE documentation Supplied with EU-bound orders.