{"id":19966,"date":"2026-02-23T13:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gs1.se\/support\/what-are-trade-item-hierarchies-and-trade-item-levels\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:01:14","slug":"what-are-trade-item-hierarchies-and-trade-item-levels-2","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/gs1.se\/en\/support\/what-are-trade-item-hierarchies-and-trade-item-levels-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What are trade item hierarchies and trade item levels?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A trade item hierarchy shows which consumer units a case contains, or which cases a pallet contains. The buyer needs information about the trade items at each level of the trade item hierarchy, so Trade Item Information must specify this information at each level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are three possible levels in a trade item hierarchy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Base level<\/strong>: The lowest level of a trade item hierarchy. A trade item at base level does not contain any items identified with a GTIN.<br \/>Examples: A bottle of mineral water, or a bucket for the foodservice industry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Case level:<\/strong> The middle level of a trade item hierarchy. A trade item at case level contains other trade items and is also contained in a trade item.<br \/>Example: A box with six bottles of shampoo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pallet level:&nbsp;<\/strong>The highest level of a trade item hierarchy. A trade item at pallet level contains other items but is not itself contained in another trade item.<br \/>Example: A pallet of boxes containing bottles of shampoo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Each item at the different levels is given a GTIN. Trade Item Information is sent for every GTIN, since they have different attributes, such as different dimensions. Using the item levels, it is easy to describe an item&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>hierarchy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","support_categories":[192,196,196,192],"support_tags":[],"class_list":["post-19966","support","type-support","status-publish","hentry","support_categories-trade-item-information","support_categories-item-level"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What are trade item hierarchies and trade item levels? &#187; GS1 Sweden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gs1.se\/en\/support\/what-are-trade-item-hierarchies-and-trade-item-levels-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What are trade item hierarchies and trade item levels?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A trade item hierarchy shows which consumer units a case contains, or which cases a pallet contains. 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