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: 14 April 2011
Commodities
Logs
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit not required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | . |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Soil | Free of soil contamination |
| Other | No information |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | The Plant Quarantine Organisation is of intention to import on arrival. Consignment must enter the port designated on the quarantine entry documents at the time of arrival. |
Wood/ Timber - Sawn
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit not required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. Phytosanitary certificate not required for flooring. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | . |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Soil | Free of soil contamination |
| Other | No information |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | The Plant Quarantine Organisation is of intention to import on arrival. Consignment must enter the port designated on the quarantine entry documents at the time of arrival. |
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 | No information |
| 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 | Low risk wooden articles subject to inspection at the port of entry. |
Wood Products – Reconstituted/ Plywood/ LVL/ Veneer
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit not required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Soil | Free of soil contamination |
| Other | No information |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | The Plant Quarantine Organisation is of intention to import on arrival. Consignment must enter the port designated on the quarantine entry documents at the time of arrival. |
Wood Products - Manufactured
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit not required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Soil | Free of soil contamination |
| Other | No information |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | Low risk wooden articles subject to inspection at the port of entry. |
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 | Wood packaging material must be free of quarantine pests . including insects from families:
Wood packaging material must be free of quarantine pests including the nematode:
|
| Fungi | |
| Soil | Free of soil contamination |
| Other | No information |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | None 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 | Wood packaging will be cleared upon inspection if marking and the physical condition of wood packaging matches the technical requirements, and the product is fee of quarantine pests. |
| General | Wood packaging material will be:
|
Bark
| Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit not required. |
| Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
| Prohibited Importations | |
| Bark | |
| Insects | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Fungi | Free of quarantine pests . |
| Soil | Free of soil contamination |
| Other | No information |
| Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
| Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
| Fumigation | |
| Antisapstain treatments | |
| Insecticide treatments | |
| Heat treatments | |
| Preservative treatments | |
| Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
| General | The Plant Quarantine Organisation is of intention to import on arrival. Consignment must enter the port designated on the quarantine entry documents at the time of arrival. |