China: Interpretive Guidance on Pine Wood Nematode Requirements

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CH2022-0042

On March 28, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC) published a Pine Wood Nematode (PWN) Port Quarantine Guidelines policy interpretation document. The document provides additional information on the implementation of GACC Announcement No. 110 of 2021, titled Phytosanitary Requirements for Pine Wood from Countries with Pine Wood Nematode Presence. This report provides an unofficial translation of the policy interpretation document.

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