IPPC International Standard

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IPPC International Standard

• Guidelines for Regulating
• Wood Packing Material (WPM) in the Transport of
  Commodities

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International Standards

• (IPPC) International Plant Protection Convention
• A multilateral international treaty dealing with
  preventing the spread and introduction of plant
  pests
• 113 Signatory governments
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FA0) of the
  United Nations
• (NPP0) National Plant Protection Organization
• In the United States it is the Animal and Plant
  Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
• APHIS Program Director for IPPC International
  Standards is Narcy Klag

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International Standards
PURPOSE Harmonize requirements between signatory
countries. Additionally, each member country
still has to draft and implement their own
regulation.

• International Standards help to ensure that
  import requirements have a scientific basis and
  are not used as unjustified trade barriers.
• International Standards provide guidance to
  countries developing import requirements.
• Less likely to be challenged under WTO if
  standards are followed.

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Why APHIS WPM Regulations?
Logs, lumber and other non manufactured wood
articles imported into U.S pose significant
hazard of introducing plant pests and pathogens
detrimental to agriculture and to natural,
cultivated and urban forest resources
Current regulations allow bark free WPM to be
imported from any country (except China) which
are not consistent with International Standard
Current wood packaging material regulation is
inadequate to cover increased percentage of
dangerous pests intercepted associated with wood
packaging such as the Asian longhorned beetle,
pine shoot beetle and emerald ash borer
Increase in global trade with U.S.
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Increased Global Trade
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Increased Interceptions

• Total interceptions increased from 265 in 1996 to
  427 in 2001 (61 increase)
• China interceptions increased 308 from 1996 to
  1998 but decreased 90 following China Rule in
  December 1998
• Rest of World interceptions increased 143 from
  1999 to 2001

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Increased Interceptions
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Specific Components of the Wood Packing Material
Standard

• Products affected by International Standard
  include
• unprocessed raw wood (hardwood/softwood)
• packaging including dunnage.
• Wood Packing Material made entirely of processed
  manufactured wood (plywood, particle board, OSB,
  veneer) is exempt from the standard. Raw Wood
  less than 6mm in thickness is also exempt.

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Specific Components of the Wood Packing Material
Standard

• Treatment/Processing Options
• ANNEX I Approved Measures Associated with
• Wood Packaging Materials
• Heat Treatment (HT) and Fumigation with Methyl
• Bromide (MB) are the approved measures
• Accepted by all signatory countries, for all
  types
• of wood (hardwood/softwood)
• Allows for the free movement of wood packing
  material

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Specific Components of the Wood Packing Material
Standard contd

• Treatment/Processing Options
• ANNEX I Approved Measures Associated with
• Wood Packaging Materials
• Official mark on the wood No paper
  certification
• required.
• No requirement for debarking except Dunnage
• is required to be treated under approved
• measures or otherwise be bark free.

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Specific Components of the Wood Packing Material
Standard contd

• ANNEX I continued
• HEAT TREATMENT
• Wood Packaging Material heated to a minimum
• wood core temperature of 56c for minimum of 30
• minutes.
• Required by the standard to be an official
  program with official marks and official
  oversight by the NPPO

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Specific Components of the Wood Packing Material
Standard

• Methyl Bromide (MB) standard requires official
• program with official marks and oversight
• by the NPPO

MB minimum standard for wood packaging material
Minimum concentration g/m 3 at
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Specific Components of the Wood Packing Material
Standard
ANNEX II Marking for Approved Measures (HT MB)

• Mark should contain ISO two letter Country code
  with unique number assigned by NPPO and IPPC
  abbreviation (HT or MB)
• NOTE Where debarking is required, the letters
  DB should
• be added to the abbreviation of the approved
  measure.

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Specific Components of the Wood Packing Material
Standard

• ANNEX III Other measures being considered for
• approval under this Standard
• Treatments being considered and which may be
  approved when appropriate data become available
• ex Chemical pressure impregnation (CPI) other
  than through HT, phospine, sulfuryl flouride
  (vikane), chemical dips, irradiation
• If efficacy data is presented to APHIS, as the
  NPPO APHIS can bring this data forward to the
  signatories of the IPPC for possible
  incorporation into the standard

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Existing Summary of Requirements for WPMDestined
to Select Trading Partners
China PPQ Fm 553 required for Coniferous WPM .
If hardwood non manufactured WPM, a statement
certifying The Solid Wood Packing Material is
not Coniferous Wood should be used
EU Analogous to International Standard.
Softwood has to be HT (marked under ALSC
program), fumigated and marked with recommended
mark, or pressure treated with recommended mark.
Hardwood can be marked NC-US
Australia Treatment of timber (wood packaging)
may be accomplished by permanent water borne
preservatives (ie CCA), and other than water
borne preservatives such as Permethrin
preservatives Non permanent treatments are
treatments such as fumigation (MB 48g/m3 for 24
hrs at 21degrees C) or sulphuryl Fluoride and
heat sterilization at 74 degrees C. Cargo must
be shipped withIn 21 days of treatment.
Certificates required of all treatments.
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EXISTING SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS CONTD
Australia Contd Note Shipments are not
required to be treated but if untreated are
subject to treatment on arrival, removal,
inspection or destruction. WPM must be identified
as such and declared on bill of lading as treated
or untreated. Statement of whether bark is
present or not must also be included
New Zealand Forest produce (includes WPM) must
be free of bark and infection. Notice of arrival
required from importer.
Argentina WPM must be bark free, insect free
and free from signs of insect damage. Sworn
exporter declaration that those conditions are
met must be attached to the Customs Import
Clearance documents.
Brazil WPM should be bark free, free of insects
and signs of insect damage.
Additional information may be obtained at

• http//www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/swp/

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International Standard Timeline
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Chronological Timeline For Importing SWPM Into
U.S.
4/02 U.S. decides to propose that the IPPC
Standard be adopted
8/02 NAPPO members agree to plan to cooperate
to implement IPPC on 6/1/03
8-9/02 APHIS publishes notice of intent to
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and public meetings. Comment period closed
9/13/02
11/02 EPA publishes draft environmental impact
statement related to the proposal to adopt the
IPPC standard. Comment period closes on 12/30/02
12/02 12/02 is the proposed publication date
for publication of proposed Rule. There will be
a 60 day comment period and public meetings
proposed For 2/03
5/03 Proposed publication date of Final rule
6/03 Planned cooperative implementation of IPPC
standard by NAPPO countries.
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Planned Implementation Dates of Select Trading
Partners
NAPPO Countries of U.S., Canada and Mexico June
1, 2003
European Union member states July 1, 2003
Peoples Republic of China June 1, 2003?