 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/805/Add.1 
5 February 2004 
 (04-0422) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 2 February 20 04, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States
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Importation of Eucalyptus Logs, Lumber, and Wood Chips from South America
 
  We are amending the regulations that govern  the importation of logs, lumber, and other 
unmanufactured wood articles into the United Stat es to allow wood chips derived from temperate 
species of Eucalyptus from South America to be treat ed with a surface pesticide prior to importation 
as an alternative to the existing treatments.  This fi nal rule follows a proposed rule that proposed to 
amend the regulations to require that logs, lumber , and wood chips of tropical species of Eucalyptus 
from South America be subject to more restrictive entry requirements, including treatment with fumigation with methyl bromide or heat treatment, th an those currently in the regulations.  In that 
proposed rule, we also proposed to allow wood chips derived from both tropical and temperate 
species of Eucalyptus from South America to be treat ed with a surface pesticide prior to importation.  
Although the more restrictive entry requirements fo r logs, lumber, and wood chips of tropical species 
of Eucalyptus are still under consideration, this action to allow wood chips of temperate species of 
Eucalyptus to be treated with a surface pesticide is necessary to pr ovide an effective alternative 
treatment to the domestic wood pulp industry, which is interested in importing temperate wood chips 
of Eucalyptus from South America, while contin uing to protect the United States against the 
introduction of plant pests. 
  This document can be obtained from w ww.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html  
 USDA/FAS/ FSTSD 
Attention:  Ms. Julie Morin 
United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer Food Safety and Technical Services Division USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Tel:  202 720-4051 
Fax:  202 690-0677 
 
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