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: 20 July 2023
Commodities
Logs
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. Treatment details must be documented on the phytosanitary certificate. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests. |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests. |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | Logs must be treated with fungicides or chemical products. |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | Fungicides currently in use in NZ will be accepted as meeting phytosanitary requirements provided the chemical purveyor's requirements for that market are met. |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | Logs treated to NZ treatment standards will be accepted as meeting the phytosanitary requirements. |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | No further information available. |
Wood/ Timber - Sawn
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. Treatment details must be documented on the phytosanitary certificate. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests. |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests. |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | Verification inspection required. |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | Sawn timber must be treated with fungicides or chemical products. |
Fumigation | |
Antisapstain treatments | Fungicides currently in use in NZ will be accepted as meeting phytosanitary requirements provided the chemical purveyor's requirements for that market are met. |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | |
Preservative treatments | Timber treated to NZ treatment standards will be accepted as meeting the phytosanitary requirements. |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | No further information available. |
Wood/ Timber - Chips
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit NOT required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate NOT required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | |
Fungi | |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | |
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 Products - Manufactured
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests. |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests. |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | |
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 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 and dunnage must be made of debarked wood in accordance with ISPM 15. |
Insects | |
Fungi | |
Soil | |
Other | |
Pre-Shipment Inspections | |
Approved Pre-Shipment Treatments | |
Fumigation | Wood packaging and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15. |
Antisapstain treatments | |
Insecticide treatments | |
Heat treatments | Wood packaging and dunnage must be treated in accordance with ISPM 15. |
Preservative treatments | |
Concessional Release | None specified for New Zealand. |
General | No further information available. |
Bark
Import Permits or Declarations | Import permit required. |
Certification Requirements | Phytosanitary certificate required. |
Prohibited Importations | |
Bark | |
Insects | Free from quarantine pests. |
Fungi | Free from quarantine pests. |
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. |