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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: 26 July 2020

Commodities

Logs

Import Permits or Declarations Declaration of origin and that the area of origin is “free of Coptotermes formosansus, Bupestridae species, Cerambycidae species, Lymantria dispar and Lyctus linearis.”
Certification Requirements Phytosanitary certificate required. Phytosanitary certificates must be signed in ink (“wet signature”). Certificates verified by Independent Verification Agencies (IVA) are to be supplied to authorised MPI personnel for this wet signature.
Prohibited Importations  
Bark Free of bark.
Insects Free of quarantine pests, Bupestridae spp., Cerambycidae spp.
Fungi Free from quarantine pests.
Soil Free of soil.
Other  
Pre-Shipment Inspections Verification inspection required.
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments Dried to a moisture content of less than 20%.
The moisture content must be stated on the phytosanitary certificate.
Fumigation Schedules are not specified. MPI will certify Methyl-bromide fumigation using schedules specified for poles, piles, rounds and sleepers imported into New Zealand [PDF, 813 KB].
The phytosanitary certificate must contain fumigation details if applied.
Antisapstain treatments  
Insecticide treatments  
Heat treatments  
Preservative treatments  
Concessional Release None specified for New Zealand.
General  

Wood/ Timber - Sawn

Import Permits or Declarations

All sawn wood/timber must be new.

Import for new air-dried sawn wood (moisture content inside the piece is ≤18.0% of its anhydrous weight), wet (moisture content inside the piece is >18.0% and ≤29. 9% of its anhydrous weight) or green (moisture content inside the piece is ≥30.0% of its anhydrous weight) wood.

Additional declaration required:
"The wood in this shipment is bark-free, has undergone phytosanitary treatment and is free of quarantine pests"

OR

For kiln-dried sawn wood/timber

Additional declaration required:
"The wood in this shipment is bark-free, kiln-dried and free of quarantine pests"
Certification Requirements Phytosanitary certificate required. Phytosanitary certificates must be signed in ink (“wet signature”). Certificates verified by Independent Verification Agencies (IVA) are to be supplied to authorised MPI personnel for this wet signature.
Prohibited Importations  
Bark Free of bark.
Insects Free from quarantine pests.
Fungi Free from quarantine pests.
Soil Free of soil.
Other  
Pre-Shipment Inspections Verification inspection required.
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments Fumigation or heat treatment below.
Fumigation

Methyl Bromide

Ambient temperature

Dosage (g/m3)

Hours of exposure

Minimum concentration registers (g/m3) during (hours)

Aeration time (hours)

2

4

24

≥ 21°C

48

24

36

31

24

12

16°C – 20.9°C

56

24

42

36

28

12

11°C –  15.9°C

64

24

48

42

32

12

 
Antisapstain treatments  
Insecticide treatments  
Heat treatments

Heat treated for at least 56°C for a minimum of 30 minutes at the centre of its parts.  
Preservative treatments  
Concessional Release None specified for New Zealand.
General For timber that is not kiln dried a full pest risk analysis and either heat treatment or fumigation is required.

Wood/ Timber - Chips

Import Permits or Declarations  
Certification Requirements Phytosanitary certificate NOT required.
Prohibited Importations  
Bark Free of bark.
Insects Free of quarantine pests.
Fungi Free from quarantine pests.
Soil Free of soil.
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 – Reconstituted/ Plywood/ LVL/ Veneer

Import Permits or Declarations  
Certification Requirements Phytosanitary certificate NOT required.
Prohibited Importations  
Bark Free of bark.
Insects Free of quarantine pests.
Fungi Free of quarantine pests.
Soil Free of soil.
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 - Manufactured

Import Permits or Declarations  
Certification Requirements Phytosanitary certificate NOT required.
Prohibited Importations  
Bark Free of bark.
Insects Free from quarantine pests.
Fungi Free from quarantine pests.
Soil Free of soil.
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 - Packaging

Import Permits or Declarations Import permit NOT required.
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  
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 Dunnage that is not ISPM 15 compliant may be used to support shipments of timber if it meets the same phytosanitary requirements, and is of the same species and quality as the timber shipment with which it is associated.
General  

Quarantine Pests

See section 2.4 of the ICPR Mexico [PDF, 530 KB]

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