Carton is the most important container for shipment of the goods.It’s an industrially prefabricated box, primarily used for packaging or storing goods and materials.Acarton is a box or container usually made of paperboard and sometimes of corrugated fiberboard. Many types of cartons are used in packaging. Sometimes a carton is also called a box.Cartons can be made from many materials: paperboard, duplex, white kraft, etc. Many cartons are made out of a single piece of paperboard. Depending on the need, this paperboard can be waxed or coated with polyethylene to form a moisture barrier.