Euro 800x1200 mm pallets

Goods that arrive from Europe often travel on the pallet they were packed on. A dock that unpacks them is left with a stack of Euro pallets that do not fit its racks or its outbound loads. The District’s own delivery pattern makes this more visible: most of the wholesale supply reaches DC from facilities in Maryland and Virginia, and each delivery leaves pallets behind where the receiver cannot stack them.

If the pallet carries a stamp, it may be treated wood that can go back into export use. If it does not, it is a Euro pallet for the local market, and the market for those is thin.

1. Read the stampA readable HT and IPPC mark makes it more useful. See reading a pallet stamp.
2. Check the frameEuro pallets use blocks and boards in a set pattern. A broken block or a cracked board decides whether it can be repaired.
3. Match a buyerWe tell you whether there is a dock that wants them or whether it is a clear-out.

Say how many, whether any are stamped, and how they leave your site. Tell us if they came with goods and how long they have sat. We state no price or turnaround here; they depend on the count and the condition.

If the pile also holds 48x40, tell us that too. We split by size and handle each part by its own rules; see 48x40.

1. Measure itA euro pallet is 800 by 1200 millimetres, about 31.5 by 47.2 inches. An American 48x40 is 1,219 by 1,016 millimetres.
2. Look for the marksEuro pallets carry branded corner blocks and an inspection stamp burned into the wood.
3. Count the boardsThe board layout differs from the American pattern, with its own spacing and nailing.
4. Check the treatmentImported pallets usually carry the ISPM 15 mark.

A euro pallet is not a defective 48x40. It is a different standard, and a dock that runs European lines wants it. Keep them in a separate stack.

Importers of European goods, food producers that sell into European chains, and manufacturers with lines tooled for the 800x1200 footprint. They are a small group, so a pile of euro pallets can take longer to place than a pile of 48x40. We ask how many and in what condition, and we find the dock that uses them.

Euro pallets pack into trucks and containers in particular patterns, because the footprint is a metric one. A load planner who has European freight knows the pattern. If your dock builds loads on American 48x40, ask how many euro pallets fit in a trailer before you commit.

A genuine euro pallet carries branded markings burned into the blocks and uses a fixed pattern of nails. A pallet that is merely close in size lacks those marks and may not be accepted by customers who require the standard.

Metric footprints convert to roughly thirty-one by forty-seven inches. That near-match tempts buyers to mix them with American loads, but forks, racks and conveyors cut to forty by forty-eight rarely tolerate it.

Euro pallets arrive with imported freight. They are 800 by 1200 millimeters, a metric footprint. They do not fit most American racks, so a pile of them is a pile that has to find a buyer who handles that standard.

What are the Euro pallet dimensions?

800 by 1,200 millimetres, about 31.5 by 47.2 inches.

Can I sell Euro pallets?

Sometimes. They are not the local default, so we read the count and the condition and tell you whether anyone wants them.