I’m needing to know if anyone has heard of a requirement of goods being imported and exported to and from NAFTA Countries (ex. from US to CA or from MX to US) where the pallets either need to be “Returnable Pallets”, “Heat Treated” and “Fumigated”……your assistance is greatly appreciated……thanks
We are interested in getting insight from other importers who import goods from Canada, and their interpretation of how the new WPM rules going into effect 9/16/2005 impact WPM coming from Canada. Is WPM shipping from Canada subject to the new rules exempt in all cases, regardless of origin or only if made entirely from […]
The chemical required to treat the wood packaging materials is methyl bromide which is on the Ozone Depleting Substance list. As a result nearly all countries have banned the use of this chemical. Is there an alternate chemical that is acceptable to use for the treatment of wood packaging materials where methyl bromide is not […]
Our airfreight forwarder has stated that it is the vendor’s responsibility to make sure any wood pallets are properly marked. What do you expect of your air freight forwarder with regard to ensuring pallets are marked or marked correctly?
We’ve had issues with regard to potential switching of internationally compliant ISPM-15 pallets with non-compliant pallets prior to arrival to Australia. We have a process in place in house to ensure the compliant pallets are used but would like to know what steps/practices are used by the members to ensure the pallets cannot be switched […]
Does any one know if Peru requires ISPM15 markings on ALL wood crates, including Plywood and press board? Is this now a requirement for crates going to other countries also?? Thanks.
