Abstract: A collapsible crate having a four sided base with at least one pair of parallel sides, upstanding opposing semi-rigid side walls and upstanding opposing semi-rigid end walls, the side walls being connected to the end walls via hinges, the base comprising a flexible web connected to the lower end of at least two of the opposing walls and a semi-rigid flap connected via a hinge to the lower end of one of the side walls such that the flap overlies and is supported by the flexible web when the crate is in a constructed state and is upstanding when the crate is in a collapsed state for flat packing, wherein the semi-rigid side and end walls and the flap each have a sandwich construction of a semi-rigid panel or panels between flexible webs, and wherein each end wall comprises at least two semi-rigid sections connected via a central upstanding hinge.