Shipping With Wood International Requirements

1. Shipping With WoodInternational Requirements A General Overview Presentation of the Global Export Wood Packaging Standard, IPPC ISPM 15 Information Provided by: Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association

2. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Information Topics Presented: The Reason IPPC ISPM 15 Requirements by Country About NELMA NELMA Inspection Program Q & A

3. Shipping With Wood International Requirements The Reason

4. Shipping With Wood International Requirements The Reason Growing global trade and the significant spread of pests detrimental to forests and crops, attributed to hitchhiking or hatching from “green” wood packaging materials.

5. Shipping With Wood International Requirements “Gifts” Already Sent to the U.S.: Asian Longhorn Beetle:

6. Shipping With Wood International Requirements “Gifts” Already Sent to the U.S.: Emerald Ash Borer:

7. Shipping With Wood International Requirements “Gifts” Already Sent to the U.S.: European Wood Wasp:

8. Shipping With Wood International Requirements The Beginning – EU 2001 First to develop a comprehensive phytosanitary verification standard for inbound solid wood packaging materials. Regulation specifics were adopted from the 2001 draft version of the International Wood Packaging Standard.

9. Shipping With Wood International Requirements The Beginning – EU 2001 Pinewood Nematode concern and evidence in softwood packaging being received from the U.S., Canada, China, and Japan.

10. Shipping With Wood International Requirements The Beginning – EU 2001 Heat Treatment Requirement: - 56 degrees C for 30 minutes at the lumber core. Fumigation: - Methyl Bromide (MB) only fumigant accepted, and at specific time/concentration rates.

11. Shipping With Wood International Requirements International Standard IPPC ISPM 15

12. Shipping With Wood International Requirements International Standard IPPC ISPM 15: Adopted by members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in March of 2003. ALL solid wood packaging material required to be heat treated (HT) or fumigated (MB).

13. Shipping With Wood International Requirements International Standard ISPM 15: Each individual country to set implementation and enforcement dates. Composite materials exempt. Packaging must be stamped with the IPPC mark:

14. Shipping With Wood International Requirements International Standard ISPM 15: Two step verification process. Sample stamp required to be applied to a minimum of 2 sides of packaging:

15. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Requirements by Country

16. Shipping With Wood International Requirements European Union (EU): Now 25 countries. ISPM 15 implemented on January 1, 2005 with enforcement March 1, 2005.

17. Shipping With Wood International Requirements China: ISPM 15 implemented on January 1, 2006. USDA APHIS Form 553 no longer available for shipments.

18. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Australia: ISPM 15 standard implemented on September 1, 2004. New standard will exist in parallel to current Australian standard at this time, giving importers both options. Additional requirement to ISPM 15 is materials must be “free of bark”.

19. Shipping With Wood International Requirements India: Accept/Require ISPM 15 stamped wood packaging materials effective June 1, 2004. APHIS will not be issuing phytosanitary certificates for shipments.

20. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Brazil: Full implementation of ISPM 15 stamped wood packaging, effective June 1, 2005.

21. Shipping With Wood International Requirements US, Canada, Mexico: All members of NAPPO; coordinated implementation and enforcement of ISPM 15 beginning September 16, 2005. Wood packaging materials between US and Canada exempt from regulation.

22. Shipping With Wood International Requirements About NELMA

23. Shipping With Wood International Requirements About NELMA: Established in 1933 Headquartered in Cumberland, Maine with a staff of inspectors strategically located to best serve the membership. The grade rules writing agency for Eastern White Pine lumber.

24. Shipping With Wood International Requirements About NELMA: An agency accredited by the American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC) to provide inspection programs for lumber, timbers, heat treatment, and wood packaging.

25. Shipping With Wood International Requirements The NELMA Inspection Program

26. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: One of 16 ALSC-accredited agencies. Follow APHIS-ALSC IPPC ISPM 15 Enforcement Procedures.

27. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: Current Subscribers in the NELMA WPM Program as of 6/1/06: 360 Facilities in the Northeast, Midwest, Mid Atlantic, and Great Lakes Regions of the US.

28. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: Inspection Program Categories: - Wood Packaging Manufacturers or Assemblers of Wood Packaging such as freight forwarders. - Heat treaters of wood packaging. - Component Manufacturers for Wood Packaging.

29. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: Wood Packaging Mfgrs & Assemblers: - Must purchase HT-stamped and certified lumber and/or components for use in wood packaging. - Purchase records, inventory and usage reports, and shipment invoices checked and monitored. - Stamp legibility critical & checked on inventory.

30. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: Heat Treaters of Wood Packaging: - Heat Treatment chambers are certified initially to ensure compliance with the 56 degrees C for 30 minutes at the lumber core requirements. - Treatment time/temperature records checks for each cycle thereafter, with inventory and shipment reports.

31. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: Component Manufacturers: - Must purchase HT-stamped and certified lumber for remanufacturing into components for wood packaging. - Purchase records, inventory and usage reports, and shipment invoices checked and monitored.

32. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: Inspection Provisions to a Facility as a Subscriber to NELMA’s Program: - Minimum of 12 inspections/year to ensure compliance with regulations. - Licensed agreement to use IPPC/HT stamp on all conforming wood packaging.

33. Shipping With Wood International Requirements NELMA Inspection Program: Program Provisions to Facility as A Subscriber to NeLMA’s Program (con’t): - News Flashes via email regarding new IPPC implementations or revisions by any country. - 24/7 availability online of the IPPC Country Table, via password protected page on www.nelma.org

34. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Questions and Answers

35. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Questions and Answers: If non-compliant wood packing materials are used in a shipment to a country that has implemented ISPM 15..what happens? - refused entry & returned, - destroyed, - treated at the port All costly outcomes causing considerable delay of delivery of product to the customer.

36. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Questions and Answers: What documentation will be required to accompany the shipment? -USDA APHIS no longer issues phytosanitary certificates for any country destination. For some countries such as Australia, a “self” declaration by the exporter is necessary in a specific format as outlined in their regulations.

37. Shipping With Wood International Requirements Contact NeLMA: Phone: 207.829.6901 Fax: 207.829.4293 email: info@nelma.org website: nelma.org