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BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG (BMSB) – RISK SEASON 2024-25

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Harald Dittmer

19/08/2024

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The following countries have been categorised as target risk and will require mandatory treatment for BMSB: 

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China*, Croatia, Czechia, France, Japan*, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea*, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan 

* Japan / China and Republic of Korea (heightened vessel surveillance will be the only measure applied). 

The following countries have been identified as emerging risk countries for the BMSB risk season and may be selected for a random onshore inspection: 

  • United Kingdom

  • China 

United Kingdom – random inspections will apply to goods shipped between 1 December to 30 April (inclusive) 

China – random inspections will apply to goods shipped between 1 September to 31 December (inclusive) 

In addition to the target high risk goods below, chapters 39, 94 and 95 of the Harmonized System, will be subject to random inspections for emerging risk countries only. 

  • 39 - Plastics and articles thereof - – including sub chapters I and II 

  • 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings 

  • 95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 

Goods that fall within following Tariff classifications have been categorised as target high risk goods and will require mandatory treatment for BMSB risk: 

  • 44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 

  • 45 - Cork and articles of cork 

  • 57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings 

  • 68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 

  • 69 - Ceramic products – including sub chapters I and II 

  • 70 – Glass and glass ware 

  • 72 - Iron and steel - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV 

  • 73 - Articles of iron or steel 

  • 74 - Copper and articles thereof 

  • 75 - Nickel and articles thereof 

  • 76 - Aluminium and articles thereof 

  • 78 - Lead and articles thereof 

  • 79 - Zinc and articles thereof 

  • 80 - Tin and articles thereof 

  • 81 - Other base metals; cermet; articles thereof 

  • 82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 

  • 83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metals 

  • 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 

  • 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles 

  • 86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 

  • 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof 

  • 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 

  • 89 - Ships, boats and floating structures 

Goods that fall within following Tariff classifications have been categorised as target risk goods and are only subject to increased onshore intervention through random inspection.

Mandatory treatment is not required for: 

  • 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 

  • 28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV and V 

  • 29 - Organic chemicals - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIII 

  • 38 - Miscellaneous chemical products 

  • 39 - Plastics and articles thereof - – including sub chapters I and II 

  • 40 - Rubber and articles thereof 

  • 48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 

  • 49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 

  • 56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 

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