Resources
Guides, tools and reference tables
Everything here is open. No form, no email address, no "download the PDF". If a buyer has to trade their contact details for a spec table, the spec table was not the point.
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01Decide
Comparisons and guides
The questions that come before a purchase order.
Paper Pallet vs Wooden Pallet
The ISPM-15 difference, the cost and weight figures, and the cases where timber is still the right answer.
Angle Board Specification Guide
Leg size, thickness, ply and GSM — what each one changes and how to write a specification that means something.
PET Strap Size & Specification Guide
Choosing width and grade by load weight and tool type, and why PET holds tension where steel does not.
How to Choose a Paper Angle Board Supplier
Ten checks to run on any supplier before the first order — specification, MOQ, lead time, HSN, registrations and samples.
EU PPWR Guide for Indian Exporters
Recyclability counted in separation steps, empty space, and the four things to get from every packaging supplier in writing.
02Calculate
Tools
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03File
HSN codes and GST rates
CA-confirmed in September 2026, with the CBIC source linked on every page.
All Packaging HSN Codes & GST Rates
One table for angle board, edge protector, core tube and PET strap — plus how to word each line on the invoice.
Paper Angle Board HSN Code & GST Rate
HSN 48239090 at 18%, why edge protectors share it, and the misclassification we see most.
PET Strap HSN Code & GST Rate
HSN 39206220 at 18% — a plastics heading, not a paper one.
Paper Core Tube HSN Code
HSN 48239090 at 18%, with notes on describing cores by ID, wall and length.
05Export
Export compliance and shipping
Checked against official sources in September 2026, with the source linked on every page.
EUDR for Paper Packaging
When the EU Deforestation Regulation applies to paper, the recovered-paper exemption, and what the buyer will ask you.
UK Packaging EPR for Importers
Who is obligated when packaging is imported into the UK, and the data the supplier has to provide.
SABER & SALEEM Guide
How Saudi import conformity works for industrial packaging, and what an Indian supplier supplies for it.
India to GCC Transit Times
Typical sailing times from Nhava Sheva to seven Gulf ports, and what stretches them.
Send us your load, not just your enquiry
Pallet size, stack height, monthly quantity and where it ships. That is enough for us to specify the board and quote it — usually the same working day.