This part of ISO 9884 specifies the materials, con-struction and dimensions of a reference sack (valve-pasted, flat, hexagonal-ended sack of stepped-end construction, formed from a stepped-end tube) suit-able for the palletized and containerized transport of tea:
— on a four-way entry, 1 120 mm × 1 120 mm, flat, flush-ended pallet to fit the unit load size of 1 140 mm × 1 140 mm specified in ISO 3676;
— in freight containers of the dimensions specified in ISO 668, either closed and non-vented, or closed and corner-post vented (see ISO 830:1981, 4.1.1.1).