China: Ban on imports of ash logs and sawnwood still in effect

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As we received recent requests for information on the situation of ash imports in China, we want to remind you that, as of 1 November 2013, China has banned the import of ashlogs and sawnwood from countries and regions in which the ash tree blight has occured. 

The countries affected are Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Belarus, Slovakia, Romania, Austria, Norway, Russia (Kaliningrad), Slovenia, Switzerland, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Croatia, Belgium, Holland, Britain, Ireland, Ukraine. 

Ash tree blight is a dangerous forest fungal disease that has been spreading in some European countries and regions, causing extremely serious losses. The disease is caused by Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (Chalara fraxinea), which can cause ulceration, necrosis of the bark, wilting of the branches, and the death of the canopy, up to the death of the whole tree.

However, since the summer of 2015, imports of ash logs was permitted if the logs undergo high temperature treatment. Ash products must be accompanied by a plant quarantine certificate issued by the exporting country and this must provide details of treatment. 

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