Forest Products Export Standards - Phytosanitary Requirements of United Kingdom
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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:
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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: 2002-05-01
All Commodities
PLEASE REFER TO THE E.U. REQUIREMENTS
Wood shavings as packing material
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | |
| Insects | |
| Fungi | |
| Soil | |
| Other | |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | shall be shipped in sealed containers or in such a way so as to prevent re-infestation and the product shall be produced exclusively from wood which was stripped of its bark; or |
| Fumigation | have been fumigated shipboard or in a container prior to shipment; or |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | produced exclusively from wood which has undergone kiln drying to below 20% moisture content. |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | Wood chips or shavings obtained from Acer saccharum, Castanea spp., Platanus spp., Populus spp., Quercus spp. (originating in non European countries) or from any Conifers (originating from any non European country other than Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the USA) require a phytosanitary certificate and must meet the above conditions. |
Page last updated: 16 June 2011