Ok so just to clarify this pallet thing. This is why the article is saying we won’t have enough.
“Under EU rules, all wood packaging material and dunnage from non-EU countries must be either heat treated or fumigated in line with ISPM15 procedures; officially marked with the ISPM15 stamp consisting of three codes (country, producer and measure applied) and the IPPC logo; and must be debarked”.
So basically there’s 2 big companies that make pallets worldwide (1.2mx1m) blue pallets (cepp) red pallets (can’t remember the name). Their pallets are chem & heat treated to stop the transport of pests into foreign countries, termites, wood worm, that sort of stuff.
All the pallets made in the uk generally aren’t by smaller firms, so, that’s why they are saying we won’t have enough. Unless all the smaller firms start treating the wood as of like now.
“Under EU rules, all wood packaging material and dunnage from non-EU countries must be either heat treated or fumigated in line with ISPM15 procedures; officially marked with the ISPM15 stamp consisting of three codes (country, producer and measure applied) and the IPPC logo; and must be debarked”.
So basically there’s 2 big companies that make pallets worldwide (1.2mx1m) blue pallets (cepp) red pallets (can’t remember the name). Their pallets are chem & heat treated to stop the transport of pests into foreign countries, termites, wood worm, that sort of stuff.
All the pallets made in the uk generally aren’t by smaller firms, so, that’s why they are saying we won’t have enough. Unless all the smaller firms start treating the wood as of like now.
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