Forest Products Export Standards - Phytosanitary Requirements of Philippines
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The information in this standard is provided on the following basis. The phytosanitary requirements found in this standard may be used as the basis of export certification. However, requirements may be changed by importing countries at any time at short notice or with no notice to New Zealand. This information is provided strictly on the basis that the Crown, the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, its statutory officers, employees, agents and all other persons responsible for or associated with the compilation, writing, editing, approval or publication of the information:
- disclaim any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, lateness, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency or flaw in, or in relation to, the information; and
- without limiting (1) above, fully exclude any and all liability of any kind on the part of all of them, to any person or entity that chooses to rely on this information
Compliance with this standard is not to be taken as a guarantee that any particular goods will be granted access to any overseas market.
Last Updated: 18 April 2011
- Logs
- Wood/ Timber - Sawn
- Wood/ Timber - Chips
- Wood Products – Reconstituted/ Plywood/ LVL/ Veneer
- Wood Products - Manufactured
- Wood Products - Packaging
Logs
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | Bark is permitted |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests |
| Soil | |
| Other | |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | It is preferable that log shipments are fumigated. |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | Infected cargo will be treated at the port of entry. |
Wood/ Timber - Sawn
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | Bark is permitted |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests |
| Soil | |
| Other | |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | Fumigation is preferred but not mandatory. |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | No further information available. |
Wood/ Timber - Chips
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | Bark is permitted |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests |
| Soil | |
| Other | |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | No further information available. |
Wood Products – Reconstituted/ Plywood/ LVL/ Veneer
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | Bark is permitted |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests |
| Soil | |
| Other | |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | No further information available. |
Wood Products - Manufactured
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | Bark is permitted |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests |
| Soil | |
| Other | |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | No further information available. |
Wood Products - Packaging
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
| Certification Requirements | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be marked in accordance with ISPM 15. Marking should be placed on at least two opposite sides of the wood packaging. Phytosanitary certificate NOT required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be made of debarked wood in accordance with ISPM 15. |
| Insects | |
| Fungi | |
| Soil | |
| Other | |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15. |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15. |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | Importers should apply for inspection/ clearance at least 24 hours prior to arrival of cargo for all commodities associated with wood packaging material. Non-compliant wood packaging material may be segregated, treated, buried, destroyed or returned to the country of origin at the importer's expense. |
Page last updated: 19 April 2011