G/SPS/N/CHN/1194  
 
12 January 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  General Administration of Customs, P. R. China  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Plant and plant products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Australia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Warning Notice on the Suspension of the Import of 
Logs Originating in six States of Australia . Language(s): Chinese . Number of pages: 4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHN/21_0302_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of 
China has decided to suspend the import of logs from Queensland from 31 October 2020, 
to suspend the import of logs from Victoria from 11 November 2020, to suspend the 
import of logs from Tasmania and South Australia from 3 December 2020, and to suspend 
the import of logs from New South Wales and Western Australia from 22 December 2020.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other d amage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Since 2020, Chinese 
customs have continued to detect live quarantine pests in Australian logs exported to 
China, including Ips grandicollis , Hylurgus ligniperda , Xyleborus affinis , Platypus spp. 
(non-Chinese) and Coptotermes spp. (non -Chinese). To prevent  the introduction of 
quarantine pests, China has taken emergency measures to suspend the import of logs 
originating in six States of Australia.  G/SPS/N/CHN/1194  
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 20 : 
Guidelines for A Phytosanitary Import Regulatory System  - FAO/IPPC,  2004 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
Queensland from 31 October 2020 , Victoria from 11 November 2020 ,Tasmania and South 
Australia from 3 December 2020 , New South Wales and Western Australia from 
22 December 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +( 86 10) 5795 4645  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn