ISPM 15 Regulations
The International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Regulation no. 15 requires that all non-manufactured wood packaging material used in international trade be treated in accordance with the standard and must either be stamped with the official IPPC mark, or be accompanied by a valid phytosanitary certificate.
The Forestry Commission publishes a list of countries which apply the regulation. There are also some countries that apply the standard even though they do not publish a regulation. We therefore strongly recommend that, all shipments to destinations outside of the European Union are compliant with the standard, to avoid any delays.
The regulation currently applies to the following countries*:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Phillipines
- Puerto Rico
- Russia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- South Korea (Republic of Korea)
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Taiwan, Penghu and Matsu
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- USA
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
*Last updated October 2013. For further information, please visit The Forestry.gov.uk website.
