How Container Loading Decides Swatter Landed Cost

Why This Category Is Different

A mosquito racket weighs between 200 g and 340 g and takes up the volume of a tennis racket. Container space, not weight, is the binding constraint. That makes pieces per container the number that decides your landed cost, and it varies by nearly a factor of two across a single product family.

The Numbers From One Range

BS04 and BS18 load 24300 pcs into a 20 ft GP and 58500 pcs into a 40 ft HQ. BS20 loads 15300 pcs and 37200 pcs. RS113 loads 13600 pcs and 33600 pcs. RS162 loads 10920 pcs and 26400 pcs. On the lamp side, IK0112T loads 4580 pcs and IK0240T only 1700 pcs. Same catalogue, fourteen times the difference.

How To Turn That Into A Unit Cost

Take the all-in freight and destination charges for the container, divide by the pieces per container, and add the result to the factory price. Do it for each candidate model before you compare quotations. A model that is five cents cheaper at the factory and loads 8000 fewer pieces per container is not cheaper.

Packing Format Moves The Number

Colour bag packing is the most container-efficient. Blister and card adds rigid width. A printed box adds both width and height. Ask for the carton size for the exact packing you intend to sell, not the standard one, because the standard figure will flatter the model.

Mixed Loads Need Model Level Data

A container carrying rackets, lamps and plastic swatters can only be planned if every model publishes its own carton size and piece count. That is why those figures sit on each DANQ model page rather than in a single line on an about page.

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