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Which countries are likely to ask for bark-free or debarked material?

April 26, 2017countries debarked likely material

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Which countries are likely to ask for bark-free or debarked material?

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We are guessing here, but the European Union countries are the ones who supported the “debarking” requirement in the IPPC meeting. It is unclear if they would adopt the debarking provision for all countries rather than on a “technical justification” basis for particular countries.

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The IPPC standard does not call for wood packaging material to be debarked. But individual countries can request all incoming material be bark-free by showing scientific justification for such measures. The EU has indicated that it wants to add a debarking requirement, but it delayed taking such action when it officially implemented the IPPC standard in March 2005. The EU has agreed to delay the debarking requirement for one year until March 1, 2006. This will give the EU time to develop additional scientific justification for the requirement while avoiding a major trade dispute in the process.