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New Zealand issued the import hygiene standard for wood packaging materials

New Zealand circulated the import hygiene standard for wood packaging materials from all countries (g/sps/n/nzl/344) to other WTO members through the WTO Secretariat on February 24. The standard came into effect on May 1 this year. From the effective date, New Zealand will enforce the treatment of all wood packaging materials, and untreated wood packaging materials will be quarantined, returned or destroyed. Different from the provisions of the guidelines for the management of wood packaging materials in international trade (ISPM15 for short), New Zealand also lists the peeled Wood Cores in the jurisdiction of this standard. The Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand also stated that this standard applies to both container goods and non container goods and bulk goods

from the formula, we can know the sanitary standard for the import of packaging materials

I. official contact point: Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand

II. General import requirements (omitted)

III. specific import requirements for wood packaging materials

1. Specific requirements: imported wood packaging materials must be: no controlled pests, no foreign substances (i.e. leaves, soil), peeled, treated as required, and identified by improving the surface roughness, weight, and coupling degree of the workpiece as required

2. Processing requirements. Wooden packaging must be treated according to the standards set by ISPM15

3. Certificate requirements. (1) The wooden packaging treated according to ISPM15 must be marked according to the regulations, which greatly increases the strength. (2 in terms of distinguishing between thermosetting materials and thermoplastic materials with the same combustion grade) wooden packages treated by other methods must be attached with a phytosanitary certificate, with detailed treatment details or a treatment certificate signed by the national plant protection organization

IV. requirements after arriving in New Zealand. According to this standard, the importer will pay all the expenses related to inspection, organism identification and goods examination specified in the biosafety Regulation 2003. If any other treatment is required, the cost will also be paid by the importer

1. Check. (1) The Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand will check the documents attached to the arrived goods to confirm whether they are consistent with the actual goods. (2) If the wooden package is not attached with a suitable certificate or is not marked as required, the wooden packaging material is deemed to have been untreated. (3) The Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand will predict the risk of all goods and select some goods for inspection. (4) Goods selected for risk prediction or containing untreated wood packaging materials will be inspected, and their wood packaging materials will be quarantined, returned or destroyed. (5) Goods selected for risk prediction or containing treated wood packaging materials shall be inspected to confirm whether their treatment is effective. (6) Goods that have not been specially selected for risk prediction may also be inspected by the Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand at temporary places or ports of entry. If the goods contain untreated or unprocessed wood packaging materials, the wood packaging materials will be quarantined, returned or destroyed. (7) All inspections that should be completed upon arrival in New Zealand must be carried out at the immigration department or a temporary place designated by the Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand

2. Measures taken against intercepted or discovered organisms or pollutants. (1) No matter whether treatment measures have been taken, if living organisms are found in or on the surface of wood packaging materials, they should be identified to determine the regulatory status of these organisms. (2) Wood packaging materials contaminated by bark, soil or other foreign substances (leaves, branches, etc.) shall be transferred (if possible), treated, returned or destroyed. (3) If regulatory pests are intercepted or found on the inside or surface of wood packaging materials, the following appropriate measures should be taken: return the goods or wood packaging materials; Destroy the goods or wood packaging materials in an appropriate manner under the supervision of the inspector. If possible, deal with the goods under the supervision of the inspector. The importer, agent or supplier applies for stopping all goods or sampling for goods inspection and delaying the import until the cause is found out and corrected to the satisfaction of the Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand. (4) The handling of goods arriving in New Zealand will be carried out in a temporary place approved by the Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand for this purpose, and the goods must be handled by a processing factory approved by the Ministry of agriculture and forestry of New Zealand

3. Biosafety review. If the goods meet the import hygiene standard, and no regulatory pests are found or intercepted or successfully disposed of, they will be given a biosafety review

according to the requirements of the treatment methods that can be used by ISPM15, the heat treatment requires that all wood packaging materials should be heated for 30 minutes when the minimum temperature of the wood core reaches 56 ℃. Kiln drying, chemical osmotic pressure or other treatment methods can be used as methods to achieve heat treatment, and the temperature and time should meet the above requirements. It should be noted that methyl bromide is an ozone depleting substance. Therefore, the use of this method is generally discouraged. Although it is allowed to be used for quarantine treatment according to the Montreal agreement, it is unknown how long it will be effective

the identification of treated wood packaging materials shall be pasted according to ISPM15

the phosphine fumigation method approved by New Zealand is the minimum concentration of 1.41 g/m3, more than 72 hours, the minimum temperature of 10 ℃, the maximum temperature of 30 ℃. Phosphine fumigation can only be used for wood packaging materials with a thickness of no more than 50 mm and a moisture content of less than 25%

the chemical preservation method approved by New Zealand requires that the minimum value of cooked wood core of boron compound cork is 0.1% boric acid, and that of hardwood is 0.2%; Copper + Didecyl dimethylamine chloride, softwood 2.8 kg/m3, hardwood 5.60 kg/m3; Copper azole treatment, softwood 1.35 kg/m3, hardwood 2.7 kg/m3; Chromium arsenic (CCA), minimum 3 kg/m3; Propiconaole and tebuconazole treatment had a minimum of 0.3%

the use of wood packaging materials in China

more than 90% of China's exports use wood packaging, and most of them are exported to the United States, Europe, Oceania and other countries and regions that have strict requirements on wood packaging. In March, 2005, China officially implemented the measures for quarantine treatment of wooden packaging of exit goods. The provisions in the measures are consistent with ISPM15, which is generally used internationally. In principle, the import hygiene standard of wood packaging materials in New Zealand is basically the same as that of ISPM15, but slightly stricter than the international standard in individual details. Therefore, export enterprises that produce and use wood packaging in China are reminded to timely understand and accurately grasp the regulations of various countries on wood packaging materials, so as to know well and avoid losing too much for small

source: China WTO/tbt-sps