The purpose of international cargo packaging (mainly outer packaging) is to protect the integrity and quality of the goods themselves; to facilitate handling, handling, stacking, transport, and cargo handling; and also to counteract the harmful effects of dangerous goods packaging. In the international sale of goods, packaging is an important part of the description of the goods, packaging conditions is a major condition in the sales contract. According to the laws and regulations of certain countries, if the goods delivered by the seller are not packaged according to the agreed conditions, or if the packaging of the goods does not conform to the custom of the industry, the buyer has the right to reject the goods. If the goods are packaged in the agreed manner but they are not mixed with other goods in accordance with the agreement, the buyer can reject the portion of the goods that is in violation of the regulations and even reject the entire batch of goods. Therefore, it is of great significance for international goods and goods packaging to do a good job of packaging and packaging according to the agreed conditions.
International logistics package morphology classification
The classification of packaging by form can be roughly divided into three types:
1. Packed one by one. The so-called one-by-one packing refers to a state or technique in which the smallest package is delivered to the user, and all or part of the packaged product is put into a bag or other container and sealed.
2. Internal packaging. Internal packaging refers to the state and technology of merging one by one packaged items into one or two or more larger units and placing them in an intermediate container, which also includes the contents inside, and the state and techniques of placing other materials in the container.
3. External packaging. External packaging refers to the state and technology of placing articles in containers, bags, etc., in order to protect the articles from the viewpoint of transportation operations, and to facilitate handling, including measures such as cushioning, fixing, moisture proofing, and waterproofing.
Functional Classification of International Logistics Packaging
1. Transport Packaging. Transportation packaging is the packaging that transports and stores as an important purpose, that is, packaging that requires logistics. It should be called industrial packaging. China's national standards for transport packaging are defined as: “Packages with the main purpose of transport and storage. It guarantees the safety of products, facilitates storage and transportation, speeds up handovers, inspections, etc.†As can be seen from the national standards of our country, Transport packaging involves multiple departments and multiple operations. The quality of packaging reflects, in a certain sense, the development level of a country's overall productivity.
The main role of transport packaging is to protect functions, quantitative (unit) functional convenience functions and functions and efficiency functions.
2. Commercial packaging. Commercial packaging is also called retail packaging or consumer packaging. It is mainly based on the needs of the retail industry. As a part of the goods, it is also called a one-by-one package.
The main function of the business package is quantitative function, identification function, convenience function and promotion function. The main purpose is to promote or facilitate the retailing of goods on the counter or to improve the efficiency of the operation.