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Weight

The amount that an object weights. There are three kinds of weight most frequently uses for cargo:

  • Gross: the total scale weight of a shipment, including the goods themselves and the packing.
  • Net: the weight of only the goods in a shipment, exclusive of any packing materials;
  • Tare: the weight of a container and/or packing materials without the weight of the goods it contains.

The following weight-related terms are commonly used in international trade:

  • Long ton 1016,06 kilos (2240 pounds)
  • Short ton 907,20 kilos (2000 pounds)
  • Metric ton 1000 kilos (2204,6 pounds)

The terms “dimensional weight” and “measurement ton” refer to the comparison of a shipment´s weight to volume used to calculate freight costs.

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