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American Samoa	Argentina	Australia	Bolivia
Brazil	Bulgaria	Canada	Chile
China	Colombia	Costa Rica	Croatia
Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Egypt	European Union
Fiji	Guatemala	Guyana	Honduras
Hong Kong	India	Indonesia	Japan
Jordan	Lebanon	Malaysia	Mexico
New Caledonia	New Zealand	Nicaragua	Nigeria
Norway	Oman	Panama	Paraguay
Peru	Philippines	Samoa	Seychelles
South Africa	South Korea	Sri Lanka	Switzerland
Syria	Taiwan	Tanzania	Turkey
Ukraine	USA	Venezuela	Vietnam

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Country		Implementation	Government site	Supplementary information
	American Samoa	Classed as USA
	Argentina	1 January 2006	http://www.info.gov.ar/	WTO Phytosanitary agreement - Apr 2005 WTO notification (PDF)
	Australia	1 January 2006	http://www.daff.gov.au/	ISPM15 - Solid Wood Packaging Country Implementation Dates Notice to Industry
	Bolivia	24 May 2005	http://www.bolivia.gov.bo	WTO Phytosanitary agreement - July 2005
	Brazil	See note	http://www.agricultura.gov.br/	Withdrawn implementation of ISPM15 and has reverted to previous legislation from 2004. However, wood packaging with IPPC mark will be accepted.
	Bulgaria	1 June 2006	http://www.mzgar.government.bg	As of 1/1/07 Bulgaria joined the EU. Therefore European policies apply.
	Canada	1 January 2006	http://www.gc.ca/	Canada’s Import Policy for Wood Packaging Materials Entry requirements for Wood Packaging Materials - PDF
	Chile	1 June 2005	http://www.gobiernodechile.cl/	Implementation of ISPM No 15 in Chile (3.64Mb) WTO notification (PDF)
	China	1 January 2006	http://www.gov.cn/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Colombia	15 September 2005	http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Costa Rica	19 March 2006	http://www.costarica.no/GOBIERNO.html	WTO notification Spanish Notification (PDF)
	Croatia	1 January 2007	http://www.mps.hr/	Croatia.pdf
	Dominican Republic	1 July 2006	http://www.cedopex.gov.do/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Ecuador	30 September 2005	http://www.ec-gov.net/	Spanish Notification (PDF)
	Egypt	1 October 2005	http://www.egypt.gov.eg	WTO Notification (PDF)
	European Union	1 March 2005	See appropriate country	WTO notification (PDF)
	Fiji	Intention to implement	http://www.agriculture.org.fj/	fiji1.doc
	Guatemala	16 September 2005	http://www.guatemala.gob.gt/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Guyana	See note	http://www.forestry.gov.gy/	Formal sources indicate that Guyana has implemented ISPM15. However documentation on this matter is not yet available.
	Honduras	25 February 2006	http://www.gob.hn/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Hong Kong	Not required unless en-route to another destination e.g. China	http://www.afcd.gov.hk
	India	1 November 2004	http://www.plantquarantineindia.org	Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 3rd Amendment (Doc 30KB)
	Indonesia	During 2008	http://karantina.deptan.go.id/	Packing declaration advised.
	Japan	1 April 2007	http://www.pps.go.jp	http://www.pps.go.jp/english/woodpack/index.html http://www.pps.go.jp/english/faq/index.html WTO notification (PDF)
	Jordan	17 November 2005	http://www.nic.gov.jo/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Lebanon	9 March 2006	http://www.agriculture.gov.lb/	http://www.agriculture.gov.lb/english_file/index_e.htm http://www.ispm15.com/Decree _1_19e.pdf
	Malaysia	To be advised.	http://www.mtc.com.my	Import of Sawn timber and Other Wood Products Malaysian Compliance to ISPM15
	Mexico	1 February 2006	http://www.gob.mx/wb2/	WTO notification (PDF)
	New Caledonia	1 June 2006	http://www.gouv.nc/
	New Zealand	16 April 2003	http://www.maf.govt.nz	FAQ - Wood Packaging Material
	Nicaragua	To be advised.	http://www.magfor.gob.ni/	Packing declaration & ISPM15 compliant packaging advised. WTO notice of Intent (PDF)
	Nigeria	30 September 2004	http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/	Packing declaration advised. Will accept wood packaging with IPPC marking.
	Norway	Expected 1 July 2008	http://www.regjeringen.no/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Oman	December 2006	http://www.maf.gov.om/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Panama	17 February 2005	http://www.presidencia.gob.pa/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Paraguay	28 June 2005	http://www.mre.gov.py/es/ http://www.mre.gov.py/en/	WTO notification (PDF)
	Peru	8 September 2005	http://www.senasa.gob.pe/	http://www.senasa.gob.pe/eng/~phytosanitary_quarantine_treatments
	Philippines	1 January 2006	http://spsis.da.gov.ph/index.asp	PhilippinesRegulationISPM15.pdf (PDF) Philippines - Guidelines for WPM (PDF)
	Samoa	Phytosanitary certificate required unless ISPM15 compliant WPM.	http://www.govt.ws/
	Seychelles	1 March 2006	http://www.virtualseychelles.sc/	WTO notification (PDF)
	South Africa	1 January 2005	http://www.gov.za/	South African Notice of Compliance (PDF) WTO notification (PDF)
	South Korea	1 June 2005	http://english.maf.go.kr/index.jsp	WTO notification (Doc 47KB)
	Sri Lanka	1 March 2004	http://www.priu.gov.lk/	http://www.agridept.gov.lk/ http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update
	Switzerland	1 March 2005 May be regarded as EU	http://www.admin.ch/	http://www.aramis-research.ch/e/15863.html WTO notification (Doc)
	Syria	1 April 2006	http://www.syrian-agriculture.org/	Packing declaration advised.
	Taiwan	1 October 2004	http://www.gio.gov.tw/	http://www.baphiq.gov.tw/ WTO notification (PDF)
	Tanzania	No date set	http://www.tanzania.go.tz/	http://www.tanzania.go.tz/budgetspeech/2004 http://www.tanzania.go.tz/pdf/padepe.pdf (PDF)
	Turkey	1 January 2006	http://www.igeme.org.tr/	http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/ WTO notification http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/mev_ing/6968/zir_kar_yon2.pdf http://www.kkgm.gov.tr/regulation/regulations/marking_wood.html
	Ukraine	1 October 2005	http://www.kmu.gov.ua/	http://www.eppo.org/ABOUT_EPPO/EPPO_MEMBERS/countries/animation/ukraine.htm https://www.ippc.int/servlet/CDSServlet?status=ND1ucHBvdWEmNj1lbiYzMz0qJjM3PWtvcw~~
	USA	16 September 2005	http://www.aphis.usda.gov/	http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/plant_imports/wood_packaging_materials.shtml WTO notification of emergency measures (Doc 43KB)
	Venezuela	1 June 2005	http://www.venezuela.gov.ve/	http://www.mac.gov.ve/
	Vietnam	5 June 2005	http://www.mard.gov.vn/	Vietnamese Government Sites

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