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: 12 January 201709 April 2013
Commodities
Logs
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests |
Soil | Free from soil |
Other | |
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 | No further information available. |
Wood/Timber - Sawn
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.
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests |
Soil | Free from soil |
Other | |
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 | No further information available. |
Wood/ Timber - Chips
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.
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests |
Soil | Free from soil. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
ConcessionalRelease | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | No further information available. |
Wood Products – Reconstituted/ Plywood/ LVL/ Veneer
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate NOT required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | |
Fungi | |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
ConcessionalRelease | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | No further information available. |
Wood Products - Manufactured
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate NOT required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | |
Fungi | |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection NOT required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
ConcessionalRelease | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | No further information available. |
Wood Products - Packaging
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.
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests |
Soil | Free from soil. |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | |
ConcessionalRelease | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | No further information available. |
Quarantine Pests
The following pathogens and pests are prohibited from entering the United Arab Emirates. There is a nil tolerance for these organisms