Why must fumigation commodity import export ?
Fumigation is one of the mandatory requirements to be able to complete customs clearance procedures for shipments to the importer. Imported shipments that do not comply with this regulation will face heavy fines. Penalties will be exporters.
Goods that are returned, cannot be exported, are fined, or have to be fumigated for failure to perform fumigation with those items.
The following countries required fumigation before importing consignment include: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, India, China, Inner Asia… Australia, New Zealand according to AFAS standards are Obligatory.
It is for the above reasons that when receiving export orders from importers, for items that require fumigation of the importing country’s customs, exporters must pay attention to this work to avoid unnecessary error.
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What is the fumigation commodity import export?
Fumigation of goods for export is a commonly used method to eliminate insects in goods and shipping containers. Fumigation has the effect of cleaning the compartments of ships, goods using paper or wooden packaging, shelves or wooden crates to become clean, to avoid contamination, etc. while transporting goods to prevent the spread of harmful substances. Microorganisms that live parasitically in wood vessels between countries around the world.
Types of hunting same goods exporting such as:
- Fumigation of goods in the container according to the standardAFAS
- Fumigation, packaging, packaging, materials, inserts, linings, wooden, according to standards, ISPM15
Types of goods that need to be fumigated:
- Organic products such as agricultural products (coffee, pepper, cashews, …) bran flour, fertilizers, are very easy to have insects due to the moldy environment.
- Items derived from wood (rattan, bamboo, handicrafts, untreated wood products, surface treatment, …)
- Packaging packing packing originating from wood such as wooden bales, wooden pallets, packing ceramics ceramics, machinery, parts,…
Time transportation on the sea long (from Ho Chi Minh City to Europe usually takes over 25 days, from US takes over 18 days, Australia takes about 20 days). During that time, “goods” are placed in a “closed” container with high temperature (above 40 C) and a low humidity and water vapor environment, creating favorable conditions for molds and fungi to proliferate.
List of groups of pests that appear during export shipments
- Insects: Anobiidae Bostrichidae
- Buprestidae
- Cerambycidae
- Curculionidae
- Isoptera
- Lyctidae (with some exceptions for HT)
- Oedemeridae
- Scolytidae
- Siricidae
- Nematode: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Method of fumigation of exported goods
Currently, the sterilizing work is done very simple and notwastime consuming.
- For the methodspacking on the pallet woodunit supplied
Exported goods will be sprayed with disinfectants on wooden pallets and stamped for confirmation within 1 to 2 days after which they will be issued with certificates of fumigation. - There are some cases in which the empty container is fumigated before when the goods are loaded. The most common way that people often apply today is fumigation after packing and the container is closed.
Pests related to wood packaging materials will be eliminated by HT and MB conform with regulations in list above:
a/ Treatwith steam heat (Heat treatment)
Wooden packagingmaterials are heated in accordance with specifictemperature and time regulations to achieve a minimum temperature at wooden core of 560C for 30 min. The heat treatment is expressed with the HT in the standard mark.
b/ Disinfectwith Methyl Bromide (MB)
Wooden packing packing materials (pallets, lifting plates, inserts liners, mistryboards, boxes, bins, supporting boards, belts and other inserts ) need to be disinfected with Methyl Bromide. This handling is recordedwith MB in standard.. Standard standard minimum for treatment decentralization MB for wooden packaging materials. The minimum temperature when performing sterilization is not lower than 100C.
About the dose, can see some water specified does MB as follows:
– America, Europe, Canada: 50g/m3
– Netherlands: minimum incubation time of 24 hours and empty containers must also be ventilated and cleaned until they reach Dutch standards.
– Taiwan: 80g/m3
– Inner Asia: 48g/m3
Some types of common chemicals used for fumigation goods exports
Chemical Disinfectant Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)
This chemical was used very early for the sterilization of goods, it has good diffusing and penetrating ability, so it is often used to disinfect large shipments, warehouses or cargo holds with a large volume. tens of thousands of m3. Methyl Bromide (CH3Br) is used to treat dried agricultural products, handicrafts, wooden goods, vegetables, flowers, fresh fruits…
Phosphine (PH3)
This is the future effective substitute Methyl Bromidein the future. However, the permeabilitypermeability is not completely, the incubation timeis prolonged..
Chemical Aluminium Phosphide (AlP)
This is the original formulation of the disinfectant Phosphine (PH3) – a poisonous vapor that kills insects. When brought into the sterilization space, AlP will combine with moisture in the air to release PH3, so the sterilization time for this drug is usually longer than that of Methyl Bromide.
The set of documents required to be issued a fumigation certificate
- Commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Bill of lading
Fumigation certificate issuance time
Within 01-02 days from injecting drug and sending full set of documents above.
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The cases arising generating
– Do not fumigate the goods: In 2009 there were cases of a 40-foot container of ceramic goods that went to Europe but did not fumigate wooden pallets because the exporter failed to grasp this information or omitted details of packaging fumigation. After the goods arrived, the customs of the host country discovered and the fine was heard up to about 20,000 euros with the requirement to return to Vietnam or destroy on the spot.
– Forget fumigation of goods.
This seemingly impossible thing often happens when the deadline to deliver the container to the shipping line (closing time) is almost over. The person doing the import and export procedures now only cares about how the container can be received and loaded on the ship, but forget about fumigation of the goods. Around the beginning of 2010, a handicraft export company promptly discovered this error for their shipment to Europe. Fortunately, the goods are still at the port of Singapore. The Vietnamese company had to ask a branch of the shipping line in Singapore to help fumigate this container at an additional cost of nearly $600 for a 20-foot container.
– Unsatisfactory fumigation: Although the exporter has requested fumigation services (usually the required chemical and the fumigation time is 12 hours before the container is loaded onto the vessel at the port of Ho Chi Minh City), there are cases where the Australian customs still requires This shipment has to be fumigated due to poor fumigation quality. Side information says that fee is about A$1,000 per 20-foot container.
It must also be added that Australian customs regulations are very strict in this regard. For goods imported into Australia with packaging, in addition to the Fumigation Certificate, according to regulations, the exporter must also make a Packing Declaration. This statement will have to be sent to the Australian importer soon after the ship’s departure date in Ho Chi Minh City.
– Fumigation certificates are not accepted. There is a case that Australian customs does not accept fumigation certificates from a small number of Vietnamese fumigation service providers due to the quality of their services. To avoid this situation, Vietnamese exporters need to consult freight forwarders and transport brokers because they have agents in Australia to check and verify information.
