Filling Export Orders 
In the filling of export orders, other than the manufactur- 
ing processes, the principal activities of the export depart- 
ment will have to do primarily with packing and marking, 
invoicing, shipping, insurance and financing. 
In determining the character of packing which he will 
employ, the exporter must decide the most economical pack- 
ing that will provide full protection for his 
Packing and goods; second, he will adapt his methods to 
Marking the best interests of his customers in meeting 
the customs requirements of the country of 
destination; and third, he will create as much sales value as 
he can in the quality and appearance of the packing. 
The exporter must ascertain what the risks are which his 
shipment must undergo between factory shipping point and 
destination and further, in the case of packages of excep- 
tional size or unusual weight, what the handling facilities are 
at the docks, on ocean vessels and on land transportation at 
destination. The size of his export packages will be de- 
pendent upon these last named factors. Frequently his cus- 
tomers will specify to him pretty clearly the restrictions 
which he must keep in mind in connection with the adapta- 
bility of a particular size of package to the transportation or 
marketing requirements of the country of destination. 
In comparison with the domestic facilities of loading a 
freight car from the manufacturer's own warehouse and 
then unloading that same car at the buyer’s warehouse, with 
little disturbance to the merchandise in transit, the treatment 
to which export merchandise is often of necessity subjected 
is very much more severe. From the railroad terminal at 
the port of shipment the merchandise must be transferred 
to a lighter, frequently, and then to the hold of ocean-going 
vessel, with the likelihood of dropping or smashing always