Mar 3rd, 2021
2 mins
Following a number of queries regarding the movement of wooden pallets between GB and the EU from January 1st 2021, we would like to direct members to look at the latest guidance issued by Government.
Updated Government guidance was issued on the 5th January Wood packaging material for import and export
Previously, all wood packaging material (WPM) moving between the United Kingdom (UK) and the
European Union (EU), including Switzerland and Liechtenstein, could move freely without checks and
controls. At the end of the Transition Period, 1 January 2021, this changed.
From 1 January 2021 all WPM moving between GB and the EU or from GB to NI must meet ISPM15 international standards by undergoing heat treatment and marking. All WPM may be subject to official checks either upon or after entry to GB/the EU. Checks on WPM are carried out in GB on a risk-targeted basis. The plant health risk from WPM imported from the EU is not expected to have changed since 1 January 2021.
Further detail can be found here
Defra have produced a Wood Packaging Materials Q&A with further details
