Bag sizes and where they sell
Mix sizes within a container — a retail line and a wholesale line can travel on the same booking.
- Packing
- 1–100 kgCotton, jute, woven PP or BOPP
- Minimum order
- 1 × 20' FCLApprox. 25–27 MT
- Lead time
- 15–21 daysFrom confirmed order to vessel
| Format | Typically used for |
|---|---|
| 5 kg bags | Supermarket and retail shelves; the usual size for a launch of a new own-brand line. |
| 10 kg bags | Household repeat purchase and smaller retail formats. |
| 25 kg bags | Restaurant and catering supply, and wholesale in markets that repack. |
| 50 kg bags | The wholesale standard across West and Central Africa, and for institutional supply. |
| Bulk / customer spec | Industrial intake — feed mills, breweries and processors working to their own handling spec. |
Bag materials
PP woven
The export workhorse. Strong, low-cost and stackable, it handles rough handling and long sea transit without splitting.
BOPP laminated
A printed film laminated onto the weave — shelf-ready, moisture-resistant and the best surface for retail branding.
Jute
Natural, breathable and preferred by markets that specify a traditional sack. Available with an inner liner.
Non-woven
Light, soft-handle and reusable — a popular retail format in the Gulf and South Asia.
Poly pouch
For 1–5 kg supermarket packs, with a handle or a zip lock where the market expects one.
Inner liner
An added LDPE liner for humid destinations and longer transits, specified per shipment.
What fits in a container
Useful when you are working backwards from a landed cost per tonne.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| 20ft container | Approximately 26–27 MT, depending on bag size and stacking pattern |
| 50 kg bags | Approximately 520–540 bags per 20ft container |
| 25 kg bags | Approximately 1,040–1,080 bags per 20ft container |
| Loading & sealing | Stuffed, fumigated and sealed at the factory, with photographs and seal numbers recorded |
Figures are indicative and vary with bag dimensions, moisture and the stacking pattern. The packing list for your shipment carries the exact counts and weights.
Tell us the format and market and we will quote the bag along with the rice.
Request a quote →Custom printing & labelling
Printing is where a bag stops being packaging and starts being a brand. We print full colour on BOPP and PP, prepare print-ready artwork from whatever you send us, and check the labelling against the requirements of the destination market before anything goes on press.
- Full-colour flexographic and rotogravure printing
- Artwork support — we prepare print-ready files from your design
- Market-compliant labelling, including Arabic and French
- Batch, crop year and net weight marked on every bag
Bagging & sealing
