Reading a Cat Litter Specification Sheet: The Fields That Matter for Import

Every cat litter specification sheet carries the same core fields, and most of them affect your business more than the marketing copy does. The base material decides clumping behaviour and dust. The pellet size or granule grade decides how the litter feels and how it pours. The pack size and outer-carton count decide your shelf footprint and your freight cost per unit.

Loading data - how many sacks fit in a container - is the field that decides your landed cost. A small change in pack size can move the number of cartons per container by a few per cent, which compounds across a year of shipments. Confirm this figure against the exact pack you will order, not a catalogue average.

Some fields are marked to be confirmed rather than filled with a number. That is deliberate. Moisture, dust and clump time vary with the crop and the season, so a responsible supplier states a direction and confirms the measured value against your specific order. Treat a blank to be confirmed as a question to ask before signing, not a gap to ignore.

For import, the fields that matter most are the ones your destination market checks at the border: material description, net weight, and country of origin. Make sure those three are stated exactly the same on the specification, the invoice and the shipping documents, because a mismatch is what slows a clearance, not the litter itself.