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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 631/10/4

14 July 2001

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 110/01

The Mainland of China : Quarantine Requirements of Imported Logs

 

In order to prevent forest pests associated with imported logs from introducing into China, the State Administration for Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine, General Administration of Customs, State Forestry Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) had jointly announced Notice No. 2/2001 on 6 February 2001, setting quarantine requirements for imported logs. The State Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine, General Administration of Customs, State Forestry Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and MOFTEC had also jointly issued a Circular regarding the implementation for the announced quarantine requirements on 29 June 2001.

  1. Some key points of the Notice and Circular are extracted as below:

  1. Imported logs must bear a Phytosanitary Certificate issued by official quarantine authorities of exporting country or region. The certificate should prove that the logs are free from soil, and quarantine pests of concern to China or pests specified in bilateral plant quarantine agreement.

  2. Imported logs with bark should have gone through effective quarantine treatment in the exporting country or region, and the Phytosanitary Certificate should indicate the treatment details. Imported logs free of bark should be declared in the Phytosanitary Certificate. (Those logs with bark area not exceeding 5% of the total area of a single log, and 2% of that of the total logs, are regarded as free of bark.)

  3. Imported logs without Phytosanitary Certificate, or imported logs with bark that have not gone through quarantine treatment shall not be allowed to enter China. If quarantine pests are found during imported logs quarantine inspection, quarantine treatment must be conducted by the importer, with the cost of treatment being borne by the importer. If the treatment could not be conducted, the logs shall be returned.

  4. Whoever imports logs should specify the above mentioned quarantine requirements in the trade contract.

  1. According to the Notice and Circular, China Inspection and Quarantine authorities would carry out the enforcement of the announced quarantine requirements on those logs which left exporting countries on 1 July and after. Those that left before 1 July are not subject to the requirements of Notice and Circular.

ENQUIRIES

  1. If you have any questions on the content of this circular, please contact Ms Eugenia CHAN at 2398 5444.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

(Miss Tiffany S. M. MAK)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry



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.