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The invention concerns a pallet container (10) for storing and transporting liquid or free-flowing products, comprising: a thin-walled inner container (12) made of thermoplastic material; a lattice tube frame (14) that, in the form of a supporting cage, closely surrounds the plastic inner container (12) and; a base pallet (16) upon which the plastic inner container (12) rests and to which the lattice tube frame (14) is joined in a fixed manner. The plastic inner container (12) has, for withdrawing the liquid product, a calibrated tubular connecting cleeve (18) with a flange edge or external thread (20). The connecting sleeve is located to the side and at the bottom of the inner container while being approximately centered in a sidewall in the vicinity of the bottom of the inner container, and a closeable withdrawal fitting (22) can be fastened to this connecting sleeve. Screwed-on withdrawal fittings (22) can easily lead to leakages when the inserted seal ages or is attacked by an aggressive filled product or when the union nut is not screwed on tightly enough. Drawbacks like these are easily eliminated by the invention due to the fact that the withdrawal fitting (22) is, via its tubular housing (24), welded in a fixed manner to the calibrated tubular connecting sleeve (18) of the plastic inner container (12).