The words "net" and "gross" are now firmly established in the Russian language. It is unlikely that anyone does not know what these "aliens" from Italy mean.
The word "net" in translation sounds like "clean". In the combination “net weight”, it has a semantic load as “net weight, without packaging or tare”. Actually, at this stage, knowledge about the borrowed word from the layman usually ends.
But if we consider not the combination “net weight”, but, for example, the expression “net income”, then the conclusion suggests itself: net income, that is, net profit calculated by subtracting all costs and investments from gross income, as well as the cost of raw materials, if we are talking about production.
Sometimes in the phrase "net weight" the word "weight" is replaced by the word "price". Then the expression means the final price, from which all possible discounts have already been calculated, or there was no discount for this product at all.
Usually, the net weight is indicated on the top of the product packaging. This is done for the convenience of goods receivers at retail outlets and forwarders. Having unloaded the car with boxes, they do not need to drag them to the scales, free from packaging and rehang, wasting time and effort. Just pay attention to the label pasted on top.
The word "gross" is the opposite of "net". It also came to us from Italy. But it is already translated as "rough, unclean." Gross weight means the total, total weight of the goods together with packaging or tare. Often this data is also recorded on labels.
To the uninitiated, such scrupulousness may seem superfluous. Who needs this total weight when receiving goods? After all, the packaging will still be recycled, because it will not be sold to customers!
However, knowing the gross weight is necessary for those who transport large consignments of goods. Even an ordinary cookie box weighs 400, or even all 600 grams! By loading 100 of these boxes into a vehicle, the machine receives a load of 40 kg, which differs from the indicated net weight of the goods transported.
And if the goods are delivered to a large supermarket, where do you need to import 1000 boxes of candy, gingerbread and cookies? 400 kg of unaccounted packaging material can overload the car above the limit, which is fraught with breakdowns and accidents. And if you do not take into account the weight of wooden or polypropylene containers, which can make a difference of a ton or more?
And also the net and gross weight is needed by the recyclers. Knowing this data, as well as the number of units received, they do not need to outweigh the empty container in order to find out its weight. It is enough to make simple calculations - subtract the total net weight from the total gross weight - and the resulting figure will indicate how much packaging has accumulated in the warehouse.
Can you tell the difference between gross andmultiply the net of one commodity unit by the quantity - the result will be the same. Again, there is a saving of time and effort.
The question arises as to why the recycler needs to know the weight of the used packaging. Firstly, in order to pick up the transport of the required carrying capacity. Secondly, cardboard, paper, polypropylene and polyethylene can be handed over to a recycling center and help out a certain amount.
So, the net weight is the net weight of the goods without packaging, which forwarders and receivers of goods need to know. Gross weight is the total weight of the cargo being transported, which should be known to truck drivers. And the difference between these two data is of interest to utilizers.
