|
|
Article: Changing Regulations on Packing Material: Will You Be Affected?(solid wood packing material, pests)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- AgExporter
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 U.S. Department of Agriculture. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
At any given time of the day or night, there are several billion dollars' worth of goods in route by truck, rail, air and sea to customers here and abroad. A significant proportion of these goods is shipped in wooden containers or on some type of wooden platform (e.g., pallets).
Pallets are used to load, store and protect goods ranging from fruits and vegetables and frozen chicken to mainframe computers and stereo components as they are moved from the factory to the warehouse to the neighborhood store or to the buyer overseas.
Right now, there are an estimated 2 billion pallets in use in the United States. It is estimated that well over one-half of the ...