Alerts

End of BPL season for timber imports from New Zealand

Effective from 20 April 2017

The Ministry of Primary Industries New Zealand (MPI NZ) has advised the department that the 2016-2017 flight season of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetle has ended for all New Zealand ports as of 24:00 hours (NZST) on 19/04/2017.

Consignments loaded onto vessels and consignments loaded and sealed into containers after 24:00 hours (NZST) on 19/04/17 are not required to meet import conditions for importing during BPL flight season.

Affected timber commodities from New Zealand include:

Break bulk and containerised	Break bulk only
Unfinished timber	Plywood and veneer sheeting
Round wood
Logs
Oversize timber not for processing

Further information

Please refer to Import Industry Advice Notice for more information.

This Alert applies to the following Cases:

BPL affected timber from New Zealand
Logs, log cabins and oversize timber