International Logistics: Labeling
Is the metric system required for export labeling?
The International System of Units, universally abbreviated SI, is the modern metric system of measurement. Every industrialized nation in the world, except the United States, prefers the metric system for weights and measures. Thus, the United States’ trading partners require at least dual labeling (U.S. units and metric units), if not metric-only measurement units on product labels. For example, the European Union (EU) currently allows dual product labeling (metric units and U.S. units), but on January 1, 2010 all products sold in the EU will require metric-only labeling.
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