IMPORTANT NOTE: Phytosanitary Certificate (PC) is not required nor authorized
for wood packing material when used as packing. Treatment is not mandatory
but shipments arriving in New Zealand without treatment are subject to
inspection.
Requirements:
- Must be free from pests that New Zealand has identified as being
associated with wood packing material.
- Must not contain or be contaminated with greater than 0.01% by
weight with extraneous material (e.g. leaves, soil, etc.).
- Must be bark-free: wood from which all bark excluding vascular
cambium,ingrown bark around knots, and bark pockets between rings
of annual growth has been removed.
- Heat Treat at a minimum core temperature of 70 degrees Centigrade
for more than 4 hours.
Wood packing material must be treated NO more than twenty-one
(21) days before export to New Zealand.
Statement on Treatment Certificate that,
"The wood packaging material has been heated for (insert duration
of treatment) at a minimum core temperature of (insert minimum core
temperature during treatment) on the (insert date of treatment (dd/mm/yy))." OR,
