Packing looks like the administrative end of a rice order. In practice it is one of the more commercial decisions in the contract: it sets your landed cost per tonne, how the lot survives storage and handling, and whether your own customer can sell it without repacking.
Bag size
25 kg, 26 kg, 30 kg and 50 kg are all common, and the right one is usually decided by the destination market rather than by the mill. Smaller bags cost more per tonne in material and in filling time; larger bags move cheaper but need handling equipment at the other end. If your buyer resells in the same bag, their retail expectation decides this, not yours.
Bag material
Woven polypropylene is the working default for bulk movement. BOPP-laminated bags take high-quality printing and give a better moisture barrier and a retail-grade finish. Jute is still specified for certain institutional and government channels. Each behaves differently in a stack and in a container, and each has a different lead time to procure.
Printing and marking
This is where packing stops being logistics. Bag artwork, brand names, weights and any label claims are supplied and approved by the buyer. SONIK does not create brand names or label claims on a buyer’s behalf, and does not publish packing specifications as standard offers — the marking on the bag is the buyer’s legal responsibility in their market.
Unprinted bags are the alternative, and a common one: the mill packs into a blank panel and the buyer applies their own marking, or sells on into a channel that does not need it.
Lead time is the part people miss
Printed and laminated bags have to be procured and produced before your rice can be packed. Sending the print file late is the single most common reason a confirmed order sits waiting. If the order is private label, send the artwork with the enquiry, not after the terms are agreed.
What to send
Bag size, bag material, whether the bags carry your artwork or ours, and — if yours — the print file. Add the destination and delivery basis, because palletisation, container stuffing and any fumigation or inspection requirement follow from those. Packing is confirmed against a written requirement, and that confirmation is what production is scheduled against.
