Excerpt from Packing for Export: Suggestions for Preparation of American Merchandise for Shipment to Foreign Countries
Adequate and satisfactory packing of American merchandise for export will always be so important a factor in our foreign trade that the Bureau of Manufactures feels justified in keeping this subject in the foreground by the frequent publication of advice and counsel and by the reiteration, when it seems necessary, of principles and facts which are no doubt already well known to the majority of those who have been long in the business of exporting our products. There will always be newcomers in this field to whom the recorded experiences in regard to packing for export will be of value, and the faults and mistakes to which attention has so often been invited by consuls and commercial agents need not be repeated if exporters will study the records of conditions abroad and use the now well-known best methods of packing with the first foreign order.
Soon after the publication of the pamphlet on Packing for Export issued by this Bureau in October, 1909, circular letters were addressed to consuls asking a series of questions covering this subject.
In general, a very gratifying record is shown in replies received in regard to the high standard of the methods used in the United States in packing for export trade. From most of the ports of the United Kingdom, of France, Germany, Italy, the Orient, and Africa, and from many localities in Central and South America are received statements that for most products the character of packages used is entirely adequate. The criticism which is most frequently made is directed toward the packing of cotton, and to a lesser extent to the methods of the shipment of flour, cottonseed products, furniture, and machinery.
As the packing of cotton was considered quite fully in the previous pamphlet, it has not been deemed necessary to make extended com ment here. Illustrations, however, of satisfactory packing of this staple are included. The statement may be made that more and more care is being taken with respect to this export. American cotton will, of course, retain its important place in our foreign trade, but it is needlessly handicapped in the markets of the world by the use of inferior packing methods.
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