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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 for Primary Industries, 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: 09 January 2013
Commodities
Wood/ Timber - Sawn
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit required |
Certification Requirements | See import permit conditions. |
Bark | See import permit conditions. |
Insects | Free of quarantine pests. |
Fungi | Free of quarantine pests. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | See import permit conditions. |
Antisapstain treatments | See import permit conditions. |
Insecticide treatments | See import permit conditions. |
Heat treatments | See import permit conditions. |
Preservative treatments | See import permit conditions. |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Rejected imports will be re-exported, treated or destroyed at the expense of the importer or owner. |
Wood Products – Reconstituted/ Plywood/ LVL/ Veneer
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate NOT required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free of quarantine pests. |
Fungi | Free of quarantine pests. |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | None required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Rejected imports will be re-exported, treated or destroyed at the expense of the importer or owner. |
Wood Products - Packaging
Import Permits or Declarations | |
Certification Requirements | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be marked in accordance with ISPM 15. Phytosanitary certificate NOT required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be made of debarked wood in accordance with ISPM 15. |
Insects | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be free of live wood-boring pests of families:
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Fungi | |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM15. |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM15. |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | Non-compliant ship borne dunnage must be secured on the marine vessel so that pests may not escape while in Jamaican waters (eg. under tarp, cover, within closed holds, containers or bins). |
General | Unmarked wood packaging and dunnage will be re-exported. Non-compliant wood packaging material and dunnage will be re-exported or treated at the cost of the importer or party of interest. Product associated with non-compliant wood packaging may be allowed entry if it is feasible to separate the cargo from the non-compliant wood packaging material. |