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Pacific Alliance

The Pacific Alliance is a regional integration initiative created in 2011 in Latin America whose member states are Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.  Its main objective is create an area of deep economic integration and to move gradually toward the…

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Packaging film

Packaging film can produce a tightly wrapped package and is particularly useful in unitizing smaller packages on pallets. There are two types in common use: shrink film and stretch film. Shrink film, also called shrink wrap, contracts when heated after…

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Packaging requirements

Packaging requirements are measures regulating the mode in which goods must or cannot be packed, or defining the packaging materials to be used (e.g. Restricted use of PVC films for food packaging).

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Packing list

A seller-prepared commercial document indicating the net and gross weights, dimensions and contents of all shipping pieces (boxes, crates, bundles, etc.) in a shipment. Each packing list should reference the shipment for which is made, and the line item totals…

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Pallet

A shallow portable platform used to facilitate handling of goods by forklift trucks. Often, packages are packed together on a pallet and then over-packed or shrink-wrapped to form a unitized load. Pallets are commonly made of wood, plastics or fiberboard….

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