Phytosanitary Certification Requirements for the Export of Untreated Canadian Conifer Logs to China

In March 2008, following several bilateral meetings in China and Canada, AQSIQ and CFIA have agreed on specific terms of an alternative phytosanitary arrangement which will permit Canadian coniferous logs to enter China without mandatory pre-exist treatment. The logs must meet specific criteria to be exported under the arrangement:

• The coniferous logs must be consigned to the Port of Putian, Fujian Province, China.
• The logs may be exported only between the dates of October 1st and April 30th each year.
• The logs must be inspected by the CFIA and found free of: visible pests (on the outside of the logs), signs or symptoms of fungi, soil, branches and leaves.
• Logs must not contain Heterobasidion annosum (annosum root rot). 
• Logs must not be of the species Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (found in south west Oregon) or Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew occurs in coastal British Columbia.
• The logs must be exported with a phytosanitary certificate with the additional declaration "The logs in this shipment will be fumigated upon arrival in Putian port (or approved ports) of China".
• The logs are subject to inspection upon arrival. The logs will be required to be fumigated in a timely manner at the Port of Putian and other phytosanitary requirements may be required.

Logs which can not meet the requirements of the new arrangement may be exported under existing import requirements. In these cases, the logs must be debarked (to a tolerance of 5% remaining bark) or treated with methyl bromide. The logs must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.

Originally issued May 1, 2008 (Notice to Industry)