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For scale, one 1200 x 800 mm Euro deck is 1,487 sq in, which is 433 sq in less than a 48 x 40 in deck.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Shape and size",[17],{"t":18,"items":19},"ul",[20,21,22,23],"Perimeter: 157.4 in (3,998 mm).","Diagonal corner to corner: 56.7 in (1,441 mm), which is the room a pallet needs to turn in an aisle.","Area: 0.959 square metres, 10.33 square feet.","Aspect: the long side is 1.498 times the short side.",{"h2":25,"blocks":26},"In practice",[27,29,31],{"t":10,"text":28},"For export, the Euro pallet is a buyer's demand more than a seller's choice. If the importer's racks and trucks are built for 1200 x 800 mm, anything else costs the importer time, and it will say so. The simplest path is to get the requirement in writing and quote the pallet it names.",{"t":10,"text":30},"Light moulded versions are made for this size, and they suit a one-way trip: they weigh little, they nest to cut the empty leg to the loading dock, and they carry the rating the trip needs. They are not a substitute for a heavy-duty pallet on a closed loop.",{"t":10,"text":32},"If a European receiver sends a pallet exchange rule, read it. Some systems swap pallets at the dock, and a one-way plastic pallet may not be what the receiver's rules allow in that case.",{"h2":34,"blocks":35},"Next to the common size",[36],{"t":37,"head":38,"rows":44,"caption":57},"table",[39,40,41,42,43],"Footprint","Millimetres","Area, sq in","Area, sq ft","Against 48 x 40",[45,51],[46,47,48,49,50],"1200 x 800 mm Euro","1199 x 800","1,487","10.33","77.4 percent",[52,53,54,55,56],"48 x 40 in","1219 x 1016","1,920","13.33","100.0 percent","Inches converted at 25.4 mm. 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