Official Dispatch No. 651/BVTV-KD dated April 13, 2015, regarding plant quarantine for wooden packaging materials
To: Exporters and importers
Plant
Protection Department has received inquiries about plant quarantine of wooden
packages and buffers. Plant Protection Department hereby offers some opinions
on this issue:
According to Point d Clause
1 Article 1 of Circular No. 30/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated September
05, 2014, wooden pallets are plant quarantine targets. Accordingly, they must
undergo plant quarantine process upon exportation or importation.
Pallets
made of natural woods that have been treated and marked according to
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) on
management of wooden packaging materials must undergo physical inspection when
they are imported. However, presentation of Phytosanitary Certificate or
Fumigation Certificate may be omitted.
Wooden
packages and packaging materials of a thickness less than 6 mm, plywood, or
those that have been treated with glue, heat, pressure, or a combination of the
said methods, thus the risk of pest on wood has been eliminated, and there are
documentary evidence therefor, plant quarantine upon export or import shall be
exempt.
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