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Importing and Exporting Pallets Safe for the Environment
PROTECTING OUR FORESTS
The wooden pallet industry is a $30.7 billion dollar American success story, with close to two billion wood pallets in use every day in domestic shipping and warehousing operations; and about $400 billion worth of American trade is exported annually using wood pallets and containers. Given our product is made from wood, it is critical that we protect our forests – a valuable renewable natural resource – from tree pests, both at home and abroad.
ISPM-15 works, and when it is implemented according to design, it significantly reduces the spread of forest pests.
As such, the wood packaging industry plays a critical role in ensuring ISPM-15 remains the successful and effective program it is today. Businesses that follow ISPM-15 protocols ensure seamless global trade by adhering to the rules of the program, certifying pest-free wood packaging for exporters shipping to international markets. Likewise, the program ensures that imported products also comply with ISPM-15 standards. The program safeguards North American forests, while imported products arrive on wooden pallets and containers, uninterrupted, for American consumption.
