2001-04-27
This is done all the time, it is commonly referred to as down-sizing. Now,
if a shipper was worried about the "increase in packaging costs", then he
can save even more money by shipping the spuds in bulk to a US destination
and have then bagged in whatever size they want there. and bag those
destined for a location in Canada in metric sizes.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
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From: "Gregory Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, 2001-04-27 14:34
Subject: [USMA:12519] Re: more on PEI potatoes
If you were a shipper or a producer, would you voluntarily use a smaller box
or bag size and increase your packaging cost, in this case, by 13%?
If a Canadian producer must go through the expense of bagging or boxing
entire truck-loads of potatoes rather than just loading them into a
transport truck they will use the full 22.6 kg container that they have been
allowed. Admittedly if we already had equipment set up for 20 kg bags then
most likely the producer wouldn't go through the expense of retooling for a
2.6 kg increase.
The point I want to raise here is that a US agency was using non-SI units in
dealing with an international matter.
greg
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>>> Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2001-04-27 12:02:21 >>>
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Gregory Peterson wrote:
> ...
> the US is restricting our potatoes to 50-pound bags ...
>
> following are the specific conditions outlined in the agreement...
>
> ...potatoes can move in packages of up to 50 pounds, ...
Packages of 20 kg satisfy this restriction. "Up to" does not
mean "must be"; and there is no need to repackage the potatoes except
in the downward direction for consumers, e.g. 10 kg, 5 kg, 2 kg.
