Provisional Translation

OTO No. 208 Classification MAFF-36
Date of Acceptance July 3, 1985 Ministry/Agency Receiving Complaint Economic Planning Agency
Responsible Ministries Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Related Laws Plant Protection Law
Complainant Domestic firm Exporting Countries USA
Subject Exemption from inspection when materials woods with a phytosanitary certificate issued from the exporting country government are imported
Details of Measures Reply was made as follows:
In spite of the certificate issued from the exporting country government, the inspection can not be exempted, because the phytosanitary certificate of the exporting country government certificates that inspection was made before the time point export against harmful pests, but does not guarantee that the woods have no harmful pests at the time point of import, because harmful pests have actually been found by the import inspection, and because material woods are also stringently handled in other foreign countries when they are imported.
Classification of Processing D Directions II-b
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