Sizes · 43 x 43

Sell 43 x 43 plastic pallets

A 43 x 43 lot is the bulk-bag pallet, an Asian standard that suits Super Sacks, food additives, feed and pharmaceuticals. Send the count, the grade, any marks and the ZIP, and the desk reads it against that footprint.

Last reviewed November 12, 2026

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43 x 43 in: plan view drawn to scale

43 x 43 at a glance

Footprint: 43 x 43 in (1100 x 1100 mm)
Typical use: Bulk bags (Super Sacks); food additives, feed, pharmaceuticals
Region: Asian standard

What a buyer reads in a 43 x 43 lot

A buyer treats 43 x 43 as a specialty footprint. Plastic 1100 x 1100 mm pallets are square and often reversible, and they come from Asian supply chains. A dock that holds them may have received them with imported goods, so the first question is whether anybody owns them.

Imported pallets arriving on a container are sometimes one-way pallets that were never meant to return. Say so if you know. One-way pallets explains how a buyer reads them.

Who sells 43 x 43 pallets

Send this with a 43 x 43 lot

Whether the pallets arrived with an import
Whether they are reversible and which side is up
What they carried: bags, feed or additives
A close photo of any mould code or mark

Put the footprint, the count and the ZIP into the pile sorter first. It rules the lot sold, returned or scrapped, then hands the same answers to the form below.

SOLD

43 x 43 pallets that are whole, flat and unmarked.

RETURN

43 x 43 pallets with a pool name, logo or RFID tag: the owner's, not yours.

SCRAP

43 x 43 pallets with cracked, burnt or crushed decks, by weight.

Can I sell a lot of 43 x 43 pallets that came with imported goods?

Often yes, if they carry no owner's mark. Check every deck and foot, and send photos.

Is 43 x 43 the same as 1100 x 1100?

Roughly. The metric footprint is 1100 x 1100 mm, which is a hair over 43 inches. Buyers use both names.

Words you will meet

FM 4996: FM Approvals standard that rates a pallet as equal to wood in fire tests.
CP9: A chemical-industry pallet standard, 1140 x 1140 mm.
HDPE: High-density polyethylene, resin code 2. The most common resin in plastic pallets; tough and moisture resistant.
Picture frame: A raised rim around the deck edge that keeps cartons from sliding off.
Nest ratio: How many empty pallets fit in the height of one.
Fork pocket: Opening in the pallet where the forks go.
Heat treated (HT): ISPM 15 treatment for wood: core at 56 C for 30 minutes. Not needed for plastic.
Structural foam: Low-pressure moulding where a blowing agent expands the resin in the mould.
Rotational moulding: Resin heated in a rotating mould to make a hollow jointless part.
Virgin resin: New, unblended resin that has not been through a product before.
Cruciform base: Bottom with a cross-shaped member as well as a perimeter, for strength and automated handling.
4-way entry: Forks or a jack can enter from all four sides.
2-way entry: Forks enter from two opposite sides only.
Rackable: Rated to sit on rack beams, with a stated racking load.
ISPM 15: The international standard for treating wood packaging against pests. Plastic pallets are outside it.
Pooling: Renting pallets from a company that owns, tracks and collects them instead of buying.

Who asks, and what they need

Export shippers: Light or low-cost one-way pallets with no ISPM 15 treatment; Euro 1200 x 800 and 1200 x 1000 sizes.
Pharmaceutical and healthcare shippers: Hygienic pallets that can be sanitised; documents on resin and colour; PP sometimes preferred for sterilisation.
Food and beverage distributors and bottlers: Clean, odour-free, washable pallets; open or closed deck; 56 x 44 beverage and 48 x 40 sizes; often asks about food-contact paperwork.

What the sources say

Metal pallets are under 1 percent of the pallet market. (en.wikipedia.org)
The International Fire Code permits pallets listed and labeled under FM 4996 or UL 2335 to be treated as wood pallets for sprinkler design. (iccsafe.org)
A 2010 insurer figure cited by ICC puts fire spread to a pallet above at about 18 minutes for plastic versus nearly 50 for wood. (iccsafe.org)
In December 2011 a Los Angeles County Sheriff task force recovered over $250,000 of illegally obtained plastic pallets, including iGPS pallets, from a plastic recycler. (eponline.com)
Private employers in the US averaged 1,775,008 jobs across 42,763 establishments in food manufacturing (NAICS 311) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (166,660), Texas (112,088), Illinois (98,300), Pennsylvania (82,538), Wisconsin (81,993). (data.bls.gov)
Private employers in the US averaged 316,938 jobs across 16,316 establishments in beverage manufacturing (NAICS 3121) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (63,604), Texas (24,154), New York (13,802), Pennsylvania (13,207), Florida (12,661). (data.bls.gov)
Private employers in the US averaged 350,886 jobs across 7,786 establishments in pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (NAICS 3254) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (42,575), New Jersey (30,062), North Carolina (26,998), New York (25,087), Illinois (24,257). (data.bls.gov)
Port of Los Angeles handled 9,447,731 TEUs from January through November 2025, 1 percent more than the same months of 2024; its executive director called 2025 firmly a top-three year in the port's history. (portoflosangeles.org)
FDA's Food Traceability Rule (FSMA section 204) requires businesses that make, process, pack or hold foods on the Food Traceability List to keep Key Data Elements for Critical Tracking Events and share them within 24 hours of a request; FDA says Congress directed it not to enforce the rule before July 20, 2028. (fda.gov)
Fastmarkets estimates 3.7 billion pallets were in circulation in the US in 2025, and that annual pallet production rose from about 800 million before the pandemic to nearly one billion afterward. (fastmarkets.com)
States where food manufacturing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Nebraska (4.9%), Arkansas (4.7%), Iowa (4.6%), Alaska (3.4%), Wisconsin (3.2%); the national share is 1.33%. (data.bls.gov)
Pallet capacities are issued by the manufacturer from calculation and lab or field tests, and assume an evenly distributed load. (nelsoncompany.com)
Plastic pallets weigh about 3 to 15 lb when light and up to 300 lb when heavy; a typical GMA wood pallet weighs about 37 lb. (en.wikipedia.org)
Plastic pallets are often described as lasting 100 trips or more, and can cost roughly 10 times as much as hardwood pallets. (en.wikipedia.org)
About 500 million pallets are made each year as of 2020, with about 2 billion in use in the US. (en.wikipedia.org)
FM 4996 passes a pallet if fire is controlled at 5.9 mm/min (0.15 GPM/ft2) within a 10-minute test of eight 1.2 m stacks. (iccsafe.org)

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