Service Overview
What is ISPM 15?
ISPM 15 is an international standard for wood packaging materials used in global trade. Wooden pallets, crates, and boxes (made from natural wood) are typically required to be treated to reduce the risk of carrying pests and harmful organisms, and must bear an IPPC mark as proof of compliance with the standard.
Applicable Cargo Types:
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Wooden pallet
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Wooden crates / boxes / dunnage (wooden blocking and bracing)
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Pre-shipment treatment before container stuffing
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Cases where the IPPC mark is unclear or incorrect require re-verification.
Purpose:
- Treatment to reduce the risk of carrying insects/pests
Benefits for Your Business
Customer Segments
Exporters of goods
with wooden packaging
Logistics companies,
freight forwarders
Logistics companies – Freight forwarders – Depots – Bonded warehouses
Applicable Cases
Wooden pallets used for export goods
Wooden crates / boxes / dunnage used for export shipments
Businesses requiring treatment before container stuffing or before delivery to ports/warehouses
Cases where IPPC marks are unclear or incorrect need to be re-checked to avoid risks
Process flow
VFC receives complete service requirements from customers to implement the service.
- Station Managers/Regional Supervisors assign tasks to technicians via FumiApp (VFC’s internal application used for management, monitoring, and progress tracking).
- Technical staff conduct on-site surveys, including goods, packaging, insects, shipment condition, port of destination, and chemical selection.
- Each fumigation type requires a different treatment plan; customers may contact VFC for suitable consultation.
- After the survey, technicians update information on FumiApp and discuss treatment options with Station Managers or Technical Department leadership.
Preparation of materials, equipment, and manpower according to the fumigation structure and applicable standards for the shipment.
Customers confirm packing schedule and completion time; VFC technicians arrive on time to perform fumigation.
- After completion, both VFC and customer representatives conduct inspection.
- VFC hands over the shipment/container and issues fumigation certificate upon request.
- Station Managers/Technical Department leadership monitor the entire process via FumiApp.
What makes VFC’s service different
Proper consultation from the start:
assess the actual situation to avoid “completion without meeting requirements”
Aligned with stuffing schedules:
prioritizing reduced cut-off delays
Aligned with stuffing schedules:
prioritizing reduced cut-off delays
Quality control by process:
reducing errors during execution
Export container cargo fumigation is one of VFC’s core solutions, designed to ensure biosecurity, cargo quality, and quarantine compliance in export operations
