International Plant Protection Convention - IPPC
The International Plant Protection Convention mandates that wood packaging used in international trade must be treated to guard against the distribution of unwanted pests.
any type of packaging such as pallets, Boxes, Skids, Crates, Heavy / Light Packaging or Supporting Material (dunnage) made from Raw Wood Materials.
Paper products, products manufactured using heat, glue and/or pressure (plywood, particle board, etc), sawdust, wood wool, shavings and raw wood 6mm or less in thickness
All wood packaging for export (except to the U.S.) must have been made from wood heat treated to a core temperature of 56°C for 30 minutes (either before or after manufacture).
Heat treating (HT) is a pasteurizing process. Kiln dried (KD) is moisture reduction. Your lumber can be HT or HT-KD. Lumber that is just KD is not eligible.
- Your supplier will provide their license number in the form of an approved IPPC stamp
- on at least two sides of the packaging. The stamp looks like this:
- XX is the country of origin (India = IN)
- 000 is the license number
- YY is the treatment
- (Heat treated = HT)
- (Heat treated dunnage = D-HT)