Where does packaging cost sit in agriculture export figures?

Do not confuse export value with packaging expense; match your shipment costs to net tonnes moved.

26 May 2026Updated 23 September 2026

Short answer

Read TİM's 2025 agricultural export value in dollars; it is not your packaging budget. For your own calculation, use packaging purchases, unrecovered containers, losses and net tonnes shipped over the same period. Divide total packaging expense by net tonnes and track currency per tonne, keeping period and scope consistent.

TİM's 2025 agricultural export figure reports product export value in dollars; it does not measure packaging expense. Do not confuse an industry total with your own cost.

In your business table, total cartons, crates, pallets, returnable containers, labels and losses over one reporting period. Use net product tonnes shipped for the same scope.

Divide the total by net tonnes for a currency-per-tonne measure. Calculate single-use and returnable packaging separately and document assumptions, returns and depreciation method.