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Mulindwa I can see your packaging and warehousing
expertise coming out, but for now, enjoy the bananas and appreciate the African
technology of the sisal which is more environmental friendly as compared to plastic
taping. Thanks again for your
concern for this fella losing money because of space
and banana sorting. When these
banana end up in a super market, the franchise will display them out of the box
and mix and match with whatever sizes they would prefer. Should this bananas exporter get a
contract with ASDA or Safeway etc, they will give him or her instructions as to
how to package any bananas destined to them and airlines give you specifics to
securely pack your perishables. You can make yourself mullah by registering
your packaging patent as your own invention. But for now, kudos to
the banana trader. -----Original Message----- Netters Few days ago I got a chance to buy
Banana exported from Uganda to London, It was really a good day although it no
longer tastes the same. And I have some few pointers that I would like to make
so that who ever is sending them to London or any other export market can
do to ease on life. The fact that I do not know who is to address these
pointers, I will ask who ever knows where these facts should go to forward
them. 1) To try and box a familiar size in
a single box, and I understand we do not have a sorting system in Uganda but
when you put the higher banana with the lower ones you end up with a crooked
box, you loose space and you waste another space on the flight. Try to line up
the Bananas and cut it in line, so that the all higher ones go in the same
boxes and the lower ones in their own boxes. As it turns out you can even sell
the bigger ones at a higher price. So by mixing it all up you loose money as
well. 2) The package box stinks Fellas, get who ever is
manufacturing the boxes to change the style and in several ways. (a) The gauge he is using is very
light, so it needs to be a little firmer 1) A firm box with stands
transportation. You should be able to transport that packed box by truck to
Mombassa, why are they under great stress when they come by plane? 2) A firm box must arrive in London
standing straight, there is no reason why they arrive twisted and you have to
look for the word Uganda Banana, for it has now become the bottom part. Talk
about jet lag. 3) A firm box will allow you to make
a larger box, You should be able to park in a box at least a full Banana and
some times and a half. 4) Remember that the flight you use
is taking other products from other moving counties, so if your packing is not
in line you will loose space and time. But the most important thing that
really took my heart, was the fact that we are today in 2002 still using sisal
"Akagogwa" to tie these boxes, man oh man, who invented that
technology? Listen, before I die with laughter, a firm box will stand with
strength, you will put in the Banana and put the other top which interlocks
into both. These boxes should have the ability to interlock with out akagoogwa,
My God. You will have a good decent packing and you will have allot of space
when you have taken a great amount of weight. If you were to export to Markets
like Canada, you would fall into a problem of one kid who is allergic to Sisal,
and they can sue your pants off. Now if any one knows who these
remarks must be addressed to, I can get a sample of box which I am talking
about here, and I can send it to any where he/she wants it, whether to London
or to Uganda, so that you can understand what I am talking about. Let me know
where you want it. Lastly, when you bring this Matoke
to London you sell them per pound, and you have only one flight as far as I
know, have you ever considered using bulk packaging? A plywood style, let us
say 500 pounds, and you load a couple of those on the flight. You can arrange
this with British Airlines and they can give you the dimensions they can load
and you buy them or make them accordingly. Now Uganda government has a policy
of how they want the packing labelled, tell them that you will label the Box
the same way they want the labelling of the paper box, because I wonder whether
Uganda's name going all over London in these disfigured boxes is what they
want. Get back to me and I will send you a
sample. Be well Em
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- ugnet_: IMPROOVING THE EXPORT OF UGANDA BANANA Mulindwa Edward
- Ed Kironde
