Wooden handicrafts exportation to U.S resumed.
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- Category: Ningbo Business
- Published: Tuesday, 10 April 2012 09:50
According to the WTO office of Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow the importation of wooden handicrafts from China under certain conditions. This action allows trade in Chinese wooden handicrafts to resume since it has been suspended in 2005.
The final rule will come into effect on April 30, 2012. Under the final rule, wooden handicrafts are defined as a commodity class of articles derived or made from natural components of wood, twigs and vines (including bamboo poles and garden stakes). Covered handicrafts include the following products where wood is present: carvings, baskets, boxes, bird houses, garden and lawn/patio furniture, potpourri, artificial trees, trellis towers, garden fencing and edging, and other items composed of wood.
At present, Ningbo has more than 100 wooden handicraft manufacturers, making Ningbo one of the major exporters of wooden products in China.
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended the importation of most Chinese wooden handicrafts. The formal implementation of this newly amended rule will resume export of some Chinese wooden handicrafts which previously been banned. However, the U.S. agricultural authorities imposed very strict conditions on Chinese importation. Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine Bureau suggested enterprises should establish and improve the epidemic prevention system and control system of toxic and hazardous substances, and set a higher safety and environmental standards for their products
