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Ref : EIC 895/2

24 September 1999

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 149/99

New Zealand : New Import Health Standards on Wood Products

Further to my Commercial Information Circular No. 70/99 of 12 May 1999 on the captioned, New Zealand has announced further postponement of its new import health standards for importing wood products from the original implementation date of 30 August 1999. The effective date from which shipments containing wood products or using wood packaging should be sterilised or treated when arriving in New Zealand is yet to be determined by the New Zealand authorities, but is expected to be near the end of 1999. Draft standards can be found in the website of the New Zealand's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry at http://www.maf.gov.nz/forestry at least eight weeks prior to implementation.

ENQUIRIES

2. If you have any questions on the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5672.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Dionne LO)

for Director-General of Trade

Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.