IMPORTANT Reminder on Wood Packaging Material: Canada’s Draconian Rules for Non-Compliant Wood
20 November 2017
“The horror stories as to complications, delays and tremendous extra costs ( $ 10.000 average up to $ 30.000 in extreme cases ) due to non-compliances on Wood Packing Material for Canadian imports keep on piling up.
Experienced just recently a couple of such incidences ourselves in Montreal.
See article below posted today in the CIFFA Bulletin.”
Karl
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IMPORTANT Reminder on Wood Packaging Material: Canada’s Draconian Rules for Non-Compliant Wood
Unwanted pests can kill our forests, and important regulations are in place to prevent insects sneaking into this country. However, the practical implications of some of the regulations are extreme.
Remember, wood packaging materials, including skids, container blocking, bracing and dunnage, on import to Canada must be ISPM 15 compliant and all wood so marked. And there are expensive, time-consuming consequences when inbound containers are examined and found to contain non-compliant wood packaging and/or evidence of live insects.
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at ports of entry enforce the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) non-compliant wood packaging regulations.
Evidence of insects is enough for the officer to require the container be fumigated and exported back to the country of origin. And here is the important issue. The CBSA/CFIA requires the container to be fumigated with methyl bromide before it is exported. And right now, there does not seem to be any methyl bromide in Canada.
One CIFFA member has had a groupage container stuck at the Port of Halifax since October 6th. First, it took 10 days for the CBSA to conduct the examination. Then, the fumigation and export order was issued. And, since then, hours have been spent trying to find methyl bromide with which to do the fumigation. As of writing, the forwarder has been advised that the necessary methyl bromide may be imported only around mid-December. By that time, the container should have been reported to Queen’s Warehouse (after 40 days in the country) and the demurrage charges will probably be worth more than the container contents.
Oh, and never mind that the container was fumigated before leaving India, and there is a fumigation certificate from India. Fumigation is not acceptable for importation to Canada. So, tell your agents to stop having Canadian-destined containers fumigated – it is a waste of time and money. Do instruct your agents to load only ISPM 15 compliant and marked wood packaging.
And, please advise your customers, Canadian importers, to instruct their suppliers to use only ISPM marked and compliant wood packaging.
We highly encourage members to share this information with their agents and customers and to clearly inform all parties of the risks and potential costs involved in non-compliant wood packaging materials. ISPM 15 compliant and marked wood is mandatory and shippers MUST include this information in their purchase orders and/or shipping requirements to all their overseas suppliers.
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Kindly provided by Karl in Montreal, on behalf of the GFG’s Canada member, Rutherford Global Logistics
Karl-Heinz Legler
General Manager, Rutherford Global Logistics,
1974 Onesime Gagnon,
Montreal-Lachine, Quebec,
Canada – H8T 3M6
TEL 1514 636 2236 / FX 1 514 636 2294
e-mail: khlegler@rutherfordglobal.com
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Rutherford Global Logistics
Canada – Head Office – Toronto 3350 Airway Drive Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4V 1T3 |
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President: Telephone: E-mail Address: General |
Romas Krilavicius (905) 673-2222 rifs@rutherfordglobal.co |
Canada – Western Region – Vancouver William L. Rutherford (B.C.) Ltd 6086 Russ Baker Way, Suite 125 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V7B 1B4 |
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General Manager: Telephone: E-mail Address: |
Michael McKay (604) 273-8611 mmckay@rutherfordglobal.com |
Canada – Eastern Region – Montreal 1974 Onesime Gagnon Lachine, Montreal Province of Quebec, Canada H8T 3M6 |
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General Manager: Telephone: Email: |
Karl-Heinz Legler (514) 636-2236 khlegler@rutherfordglobal.com |
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