welcome to quarantine and pre shipment treatments!
The rules and regulations covering the export & import of goods across the world have never been as difficult or as confusing as they are today.
A number of countries have their own existing regulations, other countries group their regulations like the EU. But then again exceptions are made between countries.
For example, do you know the import rules for WPM (Wood Packaging Material) of Bulgaria?
In case you don't know, look no further, we can provide you this information.
Before we continue it is important to understand the difference between quarantine and pre shipment (QPS), to comprehend the rules and regulations.
'quarantine' and 'pre shipment' defined?
quarantine:
Treatments to prevent the introduction, establishment and/or spread of quarantine pests (including
diseases), or to ensure their official control, where:
- Official control is performed by, or authorized by, a national plant, animal or environmental protection or health authority.
- Quarantine pests are pests of potential importance to endangered areas or areas where the pest is present but not widely distributed and officially controlled.
Quarantine use doesn’t have to be for a specific pest, but can also be for a broad performance-based quarantine
requirement. To qualify for an exemption, these applications must meet the definition of preshipment use.
pre shipment:
All non-quarantine treatments applied within 21 days prior to export to meet the official requirements
of the importing country or existing official requirements of the exporting country.
Official requirements are those which are performed by, or authorized by, a national plant, animal, environmental, health or stored product
authority.
why this website?
From the definitions above, you will notice that the difference between 'quarantine' and 'pre shipment' is difficult to explain,
so you can imagine that the regulations to apply quarantine or pre shipment are even more difficult to comprehend.
Therefore we have built this website to inform you about the latest regulations for quarantine and pre shipment requirements in plain english.
We will update its content regularly with information concerning quarantine and pre shipment regulations. A lot of effort is made to gather, up-date and structure this information to offer you the most complete and easiest accessible informationsource in one hand.
By the way, to answer the question at the top of the page 'WPM import regulations for Bulgaria', the wood packaging material should be ISPM15 compliant.
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contact us with suggestions or comments on the website.