China Imposes Phytosanitary Requirements for Pine Wood Imports
China has implemented phytosanitary standards and quarantine requirements for imports of pine wood in order to prevent the introduction of pine wood nematodes, China's General Administration of Customs said in a Dec. 16 notice, according to an unofficial translation. The…
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requirements will come into effect Feb. 1, 2022. The measures include requiring the phytosanitary department of the exporting country to take samples of each batch of logs to be imported into China for laboratory testing for the presence of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus -- a pine nematode. Logs detected to have nematodes may not be shipped to China, Customs said. If pine nematodes are not detected, each batch of logs should be fumigated with bromomethane and thionyl fluoride before being sent to China.