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TIMBER PRODUCTS HT News Volume: 05/29/2015
Online Newsletter
Matt McGowan - WPM Program Manager
mmcgowan@tpinspection.com
mmcgowan@tpinspection.com
Office: 770.785.4769
Mobile: 678.480.2451
Mobile: 678.480.2451
Some people view private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse pulling a sturdy wagon.
Winston Churchill
Update on ISPM 15 Participating Countries
Below is an updated list of countries participating in the ISPM 15 program:
| North America | Africa |
| United States* | Egypt |
| Canada* | Kenya |
| Mexico | Nigeria |
| Senegal | |
| Latin America | Seychelles |
| Argentina | South Africa |
| Brazil | Tanzania |
| Bolivia | |
| Chile | Asia |
| Columbia | |
| Costa Rica | Australia |
| Cuba | China |
| Dominican Republic | India |
| Ecuador | Indonesia |
| Guatamala | Israel |
| Honduras | Japan |
| Jamaica | Jordan |
| Nicaragua | Lebanon |
| Paraguay | Malaysia |
| Peru | New Zealand |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Oman |
| Venezuela | Philippines |
| South Korea | |
| Europe | Sri Lanka |
| European Union** | Syria |
| Norway | Taiwan |
| Switzerland | Thailand |
| Turkey | Vietnam |
Ukraine | |
*The U.S. and Canada currently maintain a bilateral agreement allowing for the movement of WPM across each other's border without ISPM 15 marks.
**European Union - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
There are countries not on this list that are enforcing ISPM-15 without any published regulation. It is recommended to use ISPM-15 compliant wood packaging regardless of international destination.
Content courtesy of the NWPCA.