Buy pallets like a commodity, not a favour
Specs you can paste into an RFQ, a price index you can write into a contract, supply data by state, and the clauses to hold suppliers to it. Written for the person who has to defend the pallet budget.
BLS wood pallet producer price index, September 2026
Series WPU084101, 1982 = 100, not seasonally adjusted; latest month preliminary. Retrieved October 27, 2026 from BLS.
Spec it
Purchase specs with acceptance and reject criteria.
Price it
Monthly reports on the BLS pallet and lumber indexes.
- Lumber: +8.7% on the year
- Softwood lumber: +14.2% on the year
- Hardwood lumber: +1.3% on the year
- September 2026 report
- Price escalator
Source it
3,143 US pallet and wood container plants in 2025 (BLS QCEW). Supply markets for 44 states and 101 metro areas.
Contract it
Model clauses under CC BY 4.0, with negotiation notes.
Run it
The program, from needs analysis to rebid.
Comply
Receiver and export rules, from primary documents only.
- Walmart WFS pallet requirements for sellers
- Kroger inbound pallet requirements (Corporate Brands)
- Pallets and the FDA sanitary transportation rule
- Export pallets: ISPM 15 requirements for US shippers
- CHEP vs PECO
- Renting from a pallet pool vs buying your own pallets
- Wood vs plastic pallets
- Block vs stringer pallets
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Tell us volume, spec and delivery ZIP. Suppliers in Repackify's network quote against it.