Countries with implementation changes since last update
(October 15, 2009):
Australia: The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
(AQIS) no longer requires a “Newly Manufactured Plywood Declaration” for
plywood-veneer packaging. However, AQIS is still monitoring the risks
associated with plywood and veneer packaging through surveys and target
surveillance in order to verify that risks are adequately managed.
European Union (EU): EU member states still accept wood packaging
fumigated with methyl bromide from other countries outside Europe.
Their new regulation prohibiting the use of methyl bromide only applies
to fumigation of wood packaging within Europe.
Indonesia: Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency updated
its Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 12/2009 to go in line
with the 2009 edition of ISPM 15 (i.e. made of debarked wood).
Senegal: The Direction de la Protection des Vegetaux au Ministere
de l’Agriculture (Plant Protection Department of the Ministry
of Agriculture) of Senegal has proposed an implementation date of August
15, 2010.
Sri Lanka: The Department of Agriculture of Sri Lanka has been
implementing ISPM 15 since March 8, 2010.
Summary information for countries that have begun implementation
or announced plans to implement ISPM-15:
Argentina: June 1, 2006
Australia: September 1, 2004 (Variations to ISPM-15: Bark-free
+ packing declaration for ISPM-15 compliant WPM, 21-day rule does not
apply); January 1, 2006 will add wood packaging used in break bulk
and air cargo to their ISPM-15 enforcement.
Bolivia: July 23, 2005
Brazil: June 1, 2005
Bulgaria: January 24, 2006
Canada: September 16, 2005 (Exemption granted to U.S.)
Chile: June 1, 2005
China: January 1, 2006
Colombia: September 16, 2005
Costa Rica: March 19, 2006
Cuba: October 1, 2008
Dominican Republic: July 1, 2006
Ecuador: September 20, 2005
Egypt: October 1, 2005
European Union: March 1, 2005
Guatemala: September 16, 2005
Honduras: February 25, 2006
India: November 1, 2004 (Variation: Phytosanitary certificate
required only for WPM not ISPM-15 compliant)
Indonesia: September 2009
Israel: October 31, 2009
Jamaica: October 20, 2007
Japan: April 1, 2007
Jordan: November 17, 2005
Lebanon: March 26, 2006
Malaysia: January 1, 2010
Mexico: September 16, 2005
New Zealand: April 16, 2003; starting November 1, 2009 switched
to debarked WPM
Nicaragua: No published date of implementation
Nigeria: September 30, 2004
Norway: January 1, 2008
Oman: December 2006
Paraguay: June 28, 2005
Peru: March 1, 2005
Philippines: June 1, 2005
Senegal: August 15, 2010 (ISPM 15-compliant + bark-free)
Seychelles: March 1, 2006
South Africa: January 1, 2005
South Korea: June 1, 2005
Sri Lanka: March 8, 2010
Switzerland: March 1, 2005
Syria: April 1, 2006
Taiwan: July 2008
Tanzania: No published date of implementation
Thailand: No published date of implementation
Trinidad & Tobago: September 15, 2005
Turkey: January 1, 2006
Ukraine: October 1, 2005
U.S.: September 16, 2005 (Exemption granted to Canada -- must
provide import declaration that shipment derived from trees harvested
in U.S. or Canada -- import lumber must be ISPM-15; 24-hr methyl bromide
fumigation schedule in their requirements for imported packaging effective
February 7, 2008)
Venezuela: June 1, 2005
Vietnam: June 5, 2005
ISPM-15 Requirements
Treatment options are:
- Heat Treatment (HT): Wood packaging material should be heated in a schedule
that achieves a minimum core temperature of 56ºC for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- Methyl Bromide (MB) Fumigation: The wood packaging material should be fumigated
with methyl bromide.
Mark
with the following components:
- IPPC symbol
- country code
- producer/treatment provider code
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Must be made from debarked
wood; small pieces of bark may remain if:
- Less than 3 cm in width (regardless of length) or
- Greater than 3 cm in width, with the total surface area of an individual
piece of bark less than 50 cm2
To the best of NWPCA's knowledge, ISPM
15 Wood Packaging Update contains current information as
of the date of publication. NWPCA does not warrant or assume
any legal liability for the accuracy or completeness of
such information.
For more information regarding ISPM 15, contact Edgar Deomano at edeomano@palletcentral.com or
703.519.6104.
Countries with implementation changes since last update (June 2009):
Malaysia: The Malaysian Department of Agriculture will be implementing ISPM 15 on January 1, 2010. A six-month grace period started last July 1, 2009.
New Zealand: The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) have proposed changes to its Import Health Standard (IHS) for imported wood packaging based on the 2009 revision of ISPM 15 (i.e. from bark-free to debarked wood). Proposed implementation date is November 1, 2009.
Thailand: Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture released its draft regulation for imported wood packaging, but has not announced an implementation date.
Summary information for countries that have begun implementation or announced plans to implement ISPM 15:
Argentina: June 1, 2006
Australia: September 1, 2004 (Variations to ISPM 15: Bark-free + packing declaration for ISPM 15 compliant WPM, 21-day rule does not apply); January 1, 2006 will add wood packaging used in break bulk and air cargo to their ISPM 15 enforcement.
Bulgaria: January 24, 2006
Bolivia: July 23, 2005
Brazil: June 1, 2005
Canada: September 16, 2005 (Exemption granted to U.S.)
Chile: June 1, 2005
China: January 1, 2006
Colombia: September 16, 2005
Costa
Rica: March 19, 2006
Cuba: October 1, 2008
Dominican
Republic: July 1, 2006
Ecuador: September 20, 2005
Egypt: October 1, 2005
European
Union: March 1, 2005
Guatemala: September 16, 2005
Honduras: February 25, 2006
India: November 1, 2004 (Variation: Phytosanitary certificate required only for WPM not ISPM 15 compliant)
Indonesia: No published date of implementation (based on their draft regulation, WPM must be debarked and a packing declaration will be required)
Israel: October 31, 2009
Jamaica: October 20, 2007
Japan: April 1, 2007
Jordan: November 17, 2005
Lebanon: March 26, 2006
Malaysia: January 1, 2010
Mexico: September 16, 2005
New Zealand: April 16, 2003; starting November 1, 2009 will switch to debarked WPM
Nicaragua: No published date of implementation
Nigeria: September 30, 2004
Norway: January 1, 2008
Oman: December 2006
Panama: Not yet enforcing ISPM 15
Paraguay: June 28, 2005
Peru: March 1, 2005
Philippines: June 1, 2005
Seychelles: March 1, 2006
South
Africa: January 1, 2005
South
Korea: June 1, 2005
Switzerland: March 1, 2005
Syria: April 1, 2006
Taiwan: July 2008
Tanzania: No published date of implementation
Thailand: No published date of implementation
Trinidad & Tobago: September 15, 2005
Turkey: January 1, 2006
Ukraine: October 1, 2005
U.S.: September 16, 2005 (Exemption granted to Canada -- must provide import declaration that shipment derived from trees harvested in U.S. or Canada -- import lumber must be ISPM 15; 24-hr methyl bromide fumigation schedule in their requirements for imported packaging effective February 7, 2008)
Venezuela: June 1, 2005
Vietnam: June 5, 2005
ISPM-15 Requirements
Compliance with ISPM 15 for wood packaging materials allows for two treatment options:
Heat
Treatment (HT): Wood packaging material should be heated in a schedule that achieves a minimum core temperature of 56ºC for a minimum of 30 minutes. The American Lumber Standards Committee administers the U.S. certification program for heat treatment.
Methyl
Bromide (MB) Fumigation: The wood packaging material should be fumigated with methyl bromide. NWPCA has been tasked by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to administer the fumigation program.
NOTE: ISPM 15 requirements apply to all species of coniferous (softwood) and non-coniferous (hardwood) packaging materials.
Countries with implementation changes since last update(October 23, 2006):
Taiwan: Will enforce ISPM 15 on July 2008.
United States: Has incorporated the 24-hr methyl bromide fumigation schedule in their requirements
for imported packaging effective February 7, 2008.
Proposed change between US
and Canada (information relayed
to NWPCA by the USDA APHIS Forestry
Products Trade Director)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection
Service APHIS) and Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have determined the ISPM
15 wood packaging exemption between the two countries has become disadvantageous
to controlling the introduction and spread of invasive species.
The growing number of invasive species establishing in the
two countries mandates the removal of the ISPM No. 15 exemption
to further insure the safety of our groves, orchards, forests
and nurseries. The USDA and CFIA are developing an action
plan which involves a 2 year phase-in period. The three phases
of implementation will take part in four steps:
1. One year for industry preparations to comply with the
standard.
2. Phase 1: Six months of informed compliance. Notices will
be posted in connection with cargo that contains noncompliant
WPM.
3. Phase 2: Six months of rejection of violative noncompliant
wood crates and wood pallets through re-exportation. Informed
compliance and notices posted in cargo with other types of
noncompliant WPM (dunnage, blocking and bracing).
4. Phase 3: Full Enforcement on all articles of regulated
WPM entering United States of America and North America.
Shipments containing noncompliant regulated WPM will not
be allowed to enter United States of America.
Countries with implementation changes since last
update (August 16, 2006):
Based on WTO notification by the countries below, the following
are now or soon will be enforcing ISPM 15:
Japan: April
1, 2007
The following countries have incorporated the 24-hr methyl
bromide fumigation schedule in their requirements for imported
packaging:
Canada: Effective August
1, 2006 (Exemption still granted to the U.S.)
China: Implemented NOW |
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The minimum temperature should not be less than 10°C and the minimum exposure time should be 24 hours. Monitoring of concentrations should
be carried out at a minimum at 2, 4, and 24 hours.
When a fumigation treatment schedule is revised and adopted,
as with China and Canada, wood packaging material (WPM)
already treated and marked under the previous schedule
does not need to be retreated, remarked or recertified.
It only applies to WPM that will be treated after adoption
of the new schedule.
The Enforcement Committee has adopted this 24-hr fumigation
schedule in the MB Program. All certified fumigators have
been advised to start using the new schedule immediately;
the schedule will be mandatory and has been implemented
effective September 18, 2006 (Monday). Notice to Department of Defense (DoD) vendors. The
Department of Defense has announced that its shipments
both “inside and outside of the United States
must meet ISPM 15.” These requirements will be
reflected in Defense Logistic Agency solicitations
issued as of August 1, 2006. DOD pallets must be heat
treatment or kiln dried (DOD does not accept fumigation
as a treatment method). For more information, see the
American Lumber Standard Committee, Incorporated Web
page at. http://www.alsc.org/
Summary information for countries
that have begun implementation or announced
plans to implement ISPM-15:
Argentina: June 1,2006
Australia: September 1,
2004 (Variations to ISPM-15:
Bark-free + packing declaration
for ISPM-15 compliant WPM, 21-day
rule does not apply); January
1, 2006 will add wood packaging
used in break bulk and air cargo
to their ISPM-15 enforcement.
Bulgaria: January 24,
2006
Bolivia: July 23, 2005
(Variation: Debarked WPM)
Brazil: June 1, 2005
Canada: September 16,
2005 (Note: Phase-in implementation;
exemption granted to U.S.)
Chile: June 1, 2005
(Variation: Debarked WPM)
China: January 1, 2006
(Variation: MB fumigation for
softwood packaging must use
the 24-hour treatment schedule.
ALSO: Although not a requirement,
it is highly recommended to
make a statement in Chinese
language on the shipping invoice "WPM
are ISPM 15-compliant," "WPM
are exempt from ISPM 15" or "There
is no WPM in this shipment.")
Colombia: September
16, 2005
Costa Rica: March 19,
2006
Dominican Republic: July
1, 2006
Ecuador: September 20,
2005 (Date change: previously
April 26, 2004)
Egypt: October 1, 2005
European Union: March
1, 2005
Guatemala: September
16, 2005
Honduras: February 25,
2006
India: November 1, 2004
(Variation: Phytosanitary certificate
required only for WPM not ISPM-15
compliant)
Indonesia: No published
date of implementation (based
on their draft regulation,
WPM must be debarked and a
packing declaration will be
required)
Japan: January 2007
(tentative date of implementation)
Jordan: November 17,
2005
Lebanon: March 26, 2006
Mexico: September 16,
2005 (Note: Phase-in implementation
since January 1, 2004)
New Zealand: April 16,
2003 (Variation: Bark-free
WPM)
Nicaragua: No published
date of implementation
Nigeria: September 30,
2004
Oman: December 2006
Panama: Not yet enforcing
ISPM 15
Paraguay: June 28, 2005
Peru: March 1, 2005
Philippines: June 1,
2005
Seychelles: March 1,
2006
South Africa: January
1, 2005 (Variation: 24-MB schedule
for softwood packaging)
South Korea: June 1,
2005 (Variation: MB fumigation
for softwood packaging must
use the 24-hour treatment schedule.)
Switzerland: March 1,
2005
Syria: April 1, 2006
Trinidad & Tobago: September
15, 2005
Turkey: January 1, 2006
(Variation: Debarked WPM)
Ukraine: October 1,
2005
U.S.: September 16,
2005 (Note: Phase-in implementation;
exemption granted to Canada
-- must provide import declaration
that shipment derived from
trees harvested in U.S. or
Canada -- import lumber must
be ISPM-15)
Venezuela: June 1, 2005
Vietnam: June 5, 2005
ISPM-15
Requirements
Compliance with ISPM-15 for wood packaging materials allows
for two treatment options:
Heat Treatment (HT): Wood packaging material should be
heated in a schedule that achieves a minimum core temperature
of 56ºC for a minimum of 30 minutes. The American
Lumber Standards Committee administers the U.S. certification
program for heat treatment.
Methyl Bromide (MB) Fumigation: The wood packaging material
should be fumigated with methyl bromide. NWPCA has been
tasked by the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
to administer the fumigation program.
NOTE: ISPM 15 requirements apply to all species of coniferous
(softwood) and non-coniferous (hardwood) packaging materials.
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