Heat-treated timber pallets
The default for most exports: strong, repairable, familiar to every handler, and compliant once heat treated and marked. Available in standard footprints or built to your load.
Export & heat-treated pallets
Heat treated ISPM15 export pallets for South Coast exporters
Solid wood packaging leaving Great Britain has to meet ISPM15 for the EU and most other destinations, and requirements vary by destination. We supply heat-treated, correctly marked export pallets, crates and cases through Southampton, Portsmouth and Poole — plus plastic and presswood options made from non-solid wood.
Why it matters
Non-compliant wood packaging stops shipments, not just paperwork
ISPM15 is the international phytosanitary standard for solid wood packaging. Border authorities can hold, fumigate, re-pack or refuse a consignment on the strength of the pallet under it. Which destinations require what changes, so we check your destination with you before quoting.
Compliant timber is heat treated to a specified core temperature for a specified time under an approved, audited scheme, then marked with the recognised IPPC stamp identifying the producer and the treatment used. Ordinary kiln-dried timber is not the same thing: only the certified treatment and its mark demonstrate compliance. Packaging made entirely from processed wood, such as plywood or moulded fibre, is outside scope, but any solid timber skid, batten or bracing used with it still has to comply where the destination requires it. Repaired or remanufactured wood packaging generally has to be re-treated and re-marked.
We quote export pallets against the treatment and marking your destination requires, and confirm that specification in writing before you order, so your loading team is not left checking stamps on the dock. If you are exporting for the first time, tell us the destination country and the type of goods and we will talk you through the practical requirements before you order.
Requirements depend on destination — including movements from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland — and they change. Check the current rules on GOV.UK: wood packaging goods for import and export, and we will confirm what your consignment needs.
- Heat-treated pallets in UK standard, Euro-footprint and bespoke sizes
- Correctly marked timber, ready for border inspection
- Export cases, crates and skid bases for machinery and high-value freight
- Plastic and processed-wood alternatives that fall outside ISPM15 scope
- Regular supply for exporters shipping weekly through South Coast ports
- Advice on specification, bracing and load security for long sea journeys
Export options
Three routes to compliant export packaging
Timber, plastic or moulded fibre — the right answer depends on weight, destination, reuse and how much the packaging itself is allowed to cost.
Plastic export pallets
No solid timber means no ISPM15 treatment or marking to check. Ideal for repeat closed-loop shipments, hygiene-sensitive goods and air freight where cleanliness matters.
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Presswood pallets
Moulded processed wood fibre, outside ISPM15 scope, light enough to help with air freight chargeable weight and nestable so empties take up a fraction of the space.
Export cases and crates
Plywood cases and heavy timber crates built to your dimensions with internal bracing, edge protection and banding, on heat-treated skid bases where required.
Find out morePort-side practicality
Southampton, Portsmouth and Poole are all within our delivery area. Tell us your container loading date with your enquiry and we will tell you what is achievable before you commit.
Repeat export programmes
Shipping to a schedule? We can hold your specification on file and agree a repeating delivery pattern and price, so each shipment is not re-specified from scratch.
Find out moreExport FAQs
Heat treatment and ISPM15, answered plainly
Shipping soon? Get your export pallets quoted
Send the destination, quantity, pallet size and your loading date. We will come back on the treatment specification required, price and what delivery timing is realistic.