Nick Housego: So do importers need to do the due diligence on all timber based products they are importing, or is it really only required on certain products? Neil Garbutt: I might step in here Nick. here. Due diligence is only required for known as It’s Neil what’s regulated timber products. These products are specifically listed by their harmonised system tariff codes in a special schedule of the Regulation. So that includes a wide range of products. It includes products from Chapter 44 of the tariff codes which covers wood and articles of wood. So that includes things such as raw logs, sawn wood, veneers, MDF, plywood and so on. So these are the more timber kind of elements. It also includes products from Chapter 47, which is wood pulp, and Chapter 48 which will be relevant to a lot of the people signing in today, which covers paper products, things such as printing paper, envelopes, cardboard and so on. And finally the schedule includes Chapter 94, which includes timber furniture and wooden prefabricated buildings. So you can a range of products covered under all of those headings. All up see there’s quite about 48 different tariff codes we regulate. Some of these are very obvious, and some there’s that may not immediately look like traditional timber or wood based products. a We’ve included summary of the regulated tariff codes in the importer section of our illegal logging web pages, so probably a good resource. And many people would have received a brochure when we that’s wrote to them a couple of weeks ago, and that includes a quick potted summary of what’s covered, and of course the stuff on the slide at the moment. Nick Housego: So regulated timber products make this clear are listed by their tariff codes? – let’s – Neil Garbutt: Yes. Nick Housego: Okay. So how do I work out what tariff code applies to my product, my importation?
Nick Housego: So do importers need to do the due diligence on all timber based products they are importing, or is it really only required on certain products? Neil Garbutt: I might step in here Nick. It’s Neil here. Due diligence is only required for what’s known as regulated timber products. These products are specifically listed by their harmonised system tariff codes in a special schedule of the Regulation. So that includes a wide range of products. It includes products from Chapter 44 of the tariff codes which covers wood and articles of wood. So that includes things such as raw logs, sawn wood, veneers, MDF, plywood and so on. So these are the more timber kind of elements. It also includes products from Chapter 47, which is wood pulp, and Chapter 48 which will be relevant to a lot of the people signing in today, which covers paper products, things such as printing paper, envelopes, cardboard and so on. And finally the schedule includes Chapter 94, which includes timber furniture and wooden prefabricated buildings. So you can see there’s quite a range of products covered under all of those headings. All up there’s about 48 different tariff codes we regulate. Some of these are very obvious, and some that may not immediately look like traditional timber or wood based products. We’ve included a summary of the regulated tariff codes in the importer section of our illegal logging web pages, so that’s probably a good resource. And many people would have received a brochure when we wrote to them a couple of weeks ago, and that includes a quick potted summary of what’s covered, and of course the stuff on the slide at the moment. Nick Housego: So regulated timber products – let’s make this clear – are listed by their tariff codes? Neil Garbutt: Yes. Nick Housego: Okay. So how do I work out what tariff code applies to my product, my importation?