Certified ISPM-15 HT Provider

*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

A New Fumigant is Approved by IPPC

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has approved the use Sulfuryl Fluoride (SF) as a fumigant to meet ISPM 15 standards. Each state will need to get approval from the EPA to license fumigators to use this chemical.  Currently only eight states are approved by the EPA to use SF at this time.  There has been a substantial amount of concern about the continued use of Methyl Bromide since it was determined to deplete the ozone.  Each country's NPPO must approve the use of Sulfuryl Fluoride in it's regulations so it is important to make sure the NPPO for the country receiving WPM fumigated with SF has approved its use so there are no issues with its movement through Customs once it arrives.