In international trade, wood is widely used as packaging material. At present, it cannot be completely replaced by other packaging materials. After my country joins the WTO, under diversified free trade, it is expected that the number of wooden packaging materials used in imported and exported goods will continue to increase. In order to respond to the spread of quarantine pests as wood packaging materials spread internationally, our country should actively collect relevant information from various channels. In addition to cooperating with the ISPM 15 guidelines to formulate and implement import and export quarantine measures that comply with international standards, we should also conduct Relevant risk assessments to thoroughly understand the impact of quarantine pests with major suspicions; for example, if the longhorn beetle is introduced into China, it may not only seriously harm the forests and economic plants in Taiwan's vast area, but also the environment and ecology of the entire country. Analyze the disasters caused by our country's biodiversity, the increase in production costs, and the social losses that may cause unemployment or work stoppages, etc. We should carefully conduct risk assessments to face Various problems caused by quarantine pests. APHIS (2003) has analyzed the regulatory impact of implementing ISPM15 regulations, which is valuable for our country's reference.
In addition to strictly enforcing quarantine measures, we should strengthen detection and monitoring of channels through which timber pests of quarantine importance may invade, and improve relevant network systems. For species that are difficult to identify, relevant rapid diagnostic and identification methods should be developed, and frontline quarantine and quarantine personnel should be trained to have the ability to identify these harmful organisms. In addition, relevant personnel must understand and learn the technology of fumigation and quarantine treatment of wood packaging materials. As for whether we have appropriate fumigation treatment sites and fumigation equipment, and whether our personnel have appropriate knowledge and operation skills for such technologies and methods. Ability, etc. are all very important issues at present. The currently used fumigant methyl bromide has been banned in developed countries since 2005, and alternative chemical or physical methods are being actively developed internationally (Fields and White, 2002). Wooden packaging materials carry the risk of carrying harmful organisms, and fumigation or other chemical treatments pose environmental pollution problems. Therefore, using synthetic materials, metal frames, fiberboard and other similar non-wooden packaging materials as alternatives can also reduce the risk of quarantine. .
As mentioned before, the quarantine problems caused by the invasion of the American beetle into the United States have a wide range of impacts, including our country. So far, there is no record of the distribution of Anoplophora in Taiwan, but there are about 11 species of the genus Anoplophora. Although species similar to Anoplophora do not harm the wood used for wooden packaging, due to the geographical relationship between Taiwan and China, This has caused the quarantine and quarantine units of other countries to list Chinese products as objects that must be quarantined, impose restrictions and controls, and require us to strengthen quarantine and quarantine measures in this area, causing problems in the export of our country's goods. In addition, Taiwan is often considered to be part of China. Therefore, many countries believe that as long as there are quarantine pests distributed in several southeastern provinces of mainland China or on Hainan Island, they mistakenly assume that Taiwan must also be an epidemic area. In addition, without proper information, Taiwan is listed as a suspect country. Therefore, we should organize an expert team as soon as possible to conduct an extensive investigation on the quarantine pests listed in the international list, including closely related species. , experts will submit appropriate investigation and research reports in advance to confirm that there are no these important quarantine pests in the Taiwan, Penghu, Jin, and Ma areas of our country, so as to respond as early as possible.
