Disclaimer
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:
- disclaim any and all responsibility for any inaccuracy, error, omission, lateness, or any other kind of inadequacy, deficiency or flaw in, or in relation to, the information; and
- without limiting (1) above, fully exclude any and all liability of any kind on the part of all of them, to any person or entity that chooses to rely on this information
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: 9 January 2013
Commodities
Logs
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 | Free of soil contamination. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Logs are subject to quarantine inspection on arrival. If quarantine pests are found the produce will be treated or destroyed. |
Wood/ Timber - Sawn
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 | Free of soil contamination. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Timber that is processed to the extent that harmful plant pests can be killed and/ or eliminated, and then packed to prevent re-infestation is exempted from quarantine inspection on arrival. If inspection is required and quarantine pests are found, the produce will be treated or destroyed. |
Wood/ Timber - Chips
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 | Free of soil contamination. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Wood chip that is processed to the extent that harmful plant pests can be killed and/ or eliminated, and then packed to prevent re-infestation is exempted from quarantine inspection on arrival. If inspection is required and quarantine pests are found, the produce will be treated or destroyed. |
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 | Free of soil contamination. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Wood products that are processed to the extent that harmful plant pests can be killed and/ or eliminated, and then packed to prevent re-infestation are exempted from quarantine inspection on arrival. If inspection is required and quarantine pests are found, the produce will be treated or destroyed. |
Wood Products - Manufactured
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 | Free of soil contamination. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Wooden products that can be used without re-process are exempted from quarantine inspection on arrival. |
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 | |
Fungi | |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15. |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | Wood packaging material and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15. |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | Containers will be randomly selected for inspection to confirm wood packaging complies with ISPM 15. Failure to comply will result in wood packaging material being directed for treatment. |