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Question:

Should we be putting a statement on our bills of lading to the fact that the whole shipment is loaded out on klin dried ISPM-15 pallets, our wood packaging materials?

Answer:

Thank you for your inquiry on our blog - Update on Wood Packaging Materials Moving Between Canada and USA.

Regulated pallets, whether in actual use as packing for regulated or non-regulated articles or imported as cargo, may be imported into the United States under a general permit in accordance with the following conditions:

1. The wood packaging material must have been treated in accordance with part 305 of this chapter.
2. Marking. The wood packaging material must be marked in a visible location on each article, preferably on at least two opposite sides of the article, with a legible and permanent mark that indicates that the article meets the requirements of this paragraph. The mark must be approved by the International Plant Protection Convention in its International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures to certify that wood packaging material has been subjected to an approved measure, and must include a unique graphic symbol, the ISO two-letter country code for the country that produced the wood packaging material, a unique number assigned by the national plant protection agency of that country to the producer of the wood packaging material, and an abbreviation disclosing the type of treatment (e.g. , HT for heat treatment or MB for methyl bromide fumigation). The currently approved format for the mark is as follows, where XX would be replaced by the country code, 000 by the producer number, and YY by the treatment type (HT or MB)

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