Please review the requirements below to prevent BMSB importation:
1. Key Measures
- Mandatory offshore treatment of “target high-risk goods” shipped as break bulk, open top, flat rack, LCL, or FAK
- Mandatory offshore/onshore treatment of “target high-risk goods” shipped as FCL or FCX
- BMSB onshore intervention for “target risk goods” manufactured in or shipped from the “target risk countries”
2. Target Risk Countries
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Japan
- Kosovo
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United States
3. Target High-Risk Goods (Mandatory Treatment)
36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
45 Cork and articles of cork
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings
68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69 Ceramic products – including sub chapters I, II
70 Glass and glassware
72 Iron and steel – including sub chapters I, II, III, IV
73 Articles of iron or steel
74 Copper and articles thereof
75 Nickel and articles thereof
76 Aluminum and articles thereof
78 Lead and articles thereof
79 Zinc and articles thereof
80 Tin and articles thereof
81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metals
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
88 Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
89 Ships, boats and floating structures
93 Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
4. Target Risk Goods (BMSB Intervention)
25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
26 Ores, slag and ash
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes – including sub chapters I, II, III, IV, V
29 Organic chemicals – including sub chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIII
31 Fertilizers
38 Miscellaneous chemical products
39 Plastics and articles thereof – including sub chapters I, II
40 Rubber and articles thereof
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basket ware and wickerwork
47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
56 Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
5. Exempted Goods
All other goods that are not categorized as “target high risk” and “target risk goods.” However, goods may be subject to the measures if they are part of a container or consignment that contains target high risk or target risk goods.
6. Treatment Options
- Heat Treatment
- Methyl bromide
- Sulfuryl fluoride
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