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Countries with implementation changes since last update (November 1, 2010):
Canada: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency released a new memo regarding the implementation of ISPM 15 (2009) between Canada and the United States.
Jamaica: Jamaica's new enforcement date is March 1, 2011.
Countries with implementation changes since last update (May 1, 2010):
Australia: Since July 1, 2010, the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) now accepts wood packaging made of debarked wood (i.e. small pieces of bark are allowed if they are less than 3 cm in width [regardless of length]; or if greater than 3 cm in width, the total surface area can only be about the size of a credit card) as defined in ISPM 15 - 2009 edition. However, the “bark free” declaration is still required.
Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch will be enforcing its new ISPM 15-based regulation starting January 1, 2011.
Kenya: Kenya Plant Health Inspection Service (KEPHIS) will be enforcing ISPM 15, but as of yet has no implementation date.
Taiwan:Taiwan’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine amended its regulation incorporating ISPM 15 – 2009 edition
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
- HT or MB |
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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
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.
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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/
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.
To the
best of NWPCA's knowledge, NWPCA E-News: International
Wood Packaging Requirements contains current information
from government sources on International Wood Packaging
Requirements as of the date of publication. NWPCA
does not warrant or assume any legal liability for
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