Guides
Each guide links to the official source it is based on and carries a review date. None of these pages is a compliance determination — they tell you what to check and where.
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ISPM 15 is the international phytosanitary standard for wood packaging material. It exists to stop timber pests moving between countries inside pallets, crates and dunnage — so it applies to the packaging, not to what is packed on it.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
Heat treatment is the treatment most UK exporters encounter for wood packaging. The practical points are who may apply it, what the mark records, and how treatment status survives — or does not survive — repair and re-use.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
The same pallet can raise different questions depending on whether it is moving from Great Britain to the EU, from the EU into Great Britain, or between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Direction of travel is the first thing to establish.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Regulation (EU) 2025/40, replaces the previous packaging directive with directly applicable rules. It entered into force on 11 February 2025 and has applied generally since 12 August 2026 — but individual obligations still have their own separate dates, transitional arrangements and exemptions running through to 2030 and beyond.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
Most pallet confusion comes from mixing up three separate things: the footprint, the construction, and the licensing or exchange scheme a pallet belongs to.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
Packaging usually travels quietly in the background of a customs declaration — until an inspection asks about the timber. Understanding where pallets sit in the paperwork saves a lot of time later.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
A pallet in an air freight chain is handled far more often than most buyers assume. Knowing where those handovers happen explains most pallet damage and most specification arguments.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
This is the single most important distinction on this site. Wooden transport pallets are packaging you buy and use. Aircraft unit load devices are certificated aviation equipment. They are not interchangeable and should never be specified as if they were.
Reviewed 10 September 2026
The movement checker asks for origin, destination, material and mark or repair status, then tells you what needs verifying. It never certifies compliance.
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