Post by Trade facilitator on Jan 21, 2021 13:07:52 GMT 1
No doubt, many Nigerians have now taken to exporting various agricultural commodities as a full time business. From farm to finished products and commodities. This has by extension created more jobs for some hitherto jobless Nigerians, thereby encouraging farmers in the rural communities as they now make more profits from their products.
As export becomes more profitable and prominent among Nigerians, we've realized that there are lots of demands. As much as people travel or migrate from one place to another, the more demand for other country's commodities are required to be exported to another country.
Before now, one of the challenges we faced in export trading was on 'packaging'. We had very few Nigerians in the export business, both on sea and airport, because most Nigerian exporters do not understand many of the packaging techniques required by international clients, rules and conventions of engagement. At the end, some of the products are outright rejected. Reason for such rejection was they claimed' products/commodities were wrongly packed and that such Nigerian exporters do not know the packaging mode or are unaware he/she should carry out some kind of indemnity or insurance to secure satisfaction for both parties before the commodities are shipped. Although Nigerians have now improved in the area of packaging, especially concerning perishable agricultural commodities. Thereby increasing our export skills and profits.
Again, Nigeria remains a hub in trans-shipment of goods and commodities in the west coast of Africa sub region, the opportunity has not been fully tapped by our exporters for increasing business activities and potentials. More goods are brought to Nigeria from other countries than the volume of what we export out of the country.
Importantly, Nigerian exporters still need to be orientated, educated and updated on modern methods of packaging, and know unique ways of doing exportation to make their products and commodities more attractive and acceptable at the international marketplace.
Packaging should be done, ensuring it meets the right conventional requirements.
Michigan State University was the first to offer a degree course in "packaging Engineering". Since then, there has been no looking back. The packaging Industry boomed as much as more than the context of the buyer.
There was evolution in packaging in the early 20th century due to several modes of packaging designed such as Bakelite Closures on bottles, transparent cellophane overlap and panels on cartons, which increased processing efficiency and improved food safety. As additional materials such as aluminums and several types of plastic were developed, they were incorporated into packages to improve performance and functionality.
Recently, the term ‘packaging’ has been used interchangeably to mean both 'packaging' proper as well as' packaging'. Traditionally, 'packaging' referred to retail or consumer containers and 'packaging' to transport containers.
In short, packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sales, and end users. Consumer packaging has significant marketing implications while transport containers are more important from a logistic point. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, and institutional, industrial, and personal use.
Some materials that are being used for packaging include paper, glass, wood, metals, plastics and polyester.
The functions of packaging and packing, in the present context have gone beyond the present expectations of protection of the product.
Finally, different kinds of products need different kinds of packaging. For example, liquid products are best packed in barrel sand bottles, whereas solid products are wrapped.
As export becomes more profitable and prominent among Nigerians, we've realized that there are lots of demands. As much as people travel or migrate from one place to another, the more demand for other country's commodities are required to be exported to another country.
Before now, one of the challenges we faced in export trading was on 'packaging'. We had very few Nigerians in the export business, both on sea and airport, because most Nigerian exporters do not understand many of the packaging techniques required by international clients, rules and conventions of engagement. At the end, some of the products are outright rejected. Reason for such rejection was they claimed' products/commodities were wrongly packed and that such Nigerian exporters do not know the packaging mode or are unaware he/she should carry out some kind of indemnity or insurance to secure satisfaction for both parties before the commodities are shipped. Although Nigerians have now improved in the area of packaging, especially concerning perishable agricultural commodities. Thereby increasing our export skills and profits.
Again, Nigeria remains a hub in trans-shipment of goods and commodities in the west coast of Africa sub region, the opportunity has not been fully tapped by our exporters for increasing business activities and potentials. More goods are brought to Nigeria from other countries than the volume of what we export out of the country.
Importantly, Nigerian exporters still need to be orientated, educated and updated on modern methods of packaging, and know unique ways of doing exportation to make their products and commodities more attractive and acceptable at the international marketplace.
Packaging should be done, ensuring it meets the right conventional requirements.
Michigan State University was the first to offer a degree course in "packaging Engineering". Since then, there has been no looking back. The packaging Industry boomed as much as more than the context of the buyer.
There was evolution in packaging in the early 20th century due to several modes of packaging designed such as Bakelite Closures on bottles, transparent cellophane overlap and panels on cartons, which increased processing efficiency and improved food safety. As additional materials such as aluminums and several types of plastic were developed, they were incorporated into packages to improve performance and functionality.
Recently, the term ‘packaging’ has been used interchangeably to mean both 'packaging' proper as well as' packaging'. Traditionally, 'packaging' referred to retail or consumer containers and 'packaging' to transport containers.
In short, packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sales, and end users. Consumer packaging has significant marketing implications while transport containers are more important from a logistic point. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, and institutional, industrial, and personal use.
Some materials that are being used for packaging include paper, glass, wood, metals, plastics and polyester.
The functions of packaging and packing, in the present context have gone beyond the present expectations of protection of the product.
Finally, different kinds of products need different kinds of packaging. For example, liquid products are best packed in barrel sand bottles, whereas solid products are wrapped.
