Fumigation Information questionary

The goods must be suitable for treatment.
1. Heat resistance
The consignment and the packaging must be suitable for heat treatment.
For reaching the desired temperature of 50°C or 56°C, we will have to introduce air from 60-75°C. EWS cannot be held responsible for any damage that could have been caused by the influence of the temperature on the cargo.

2. Loading & Free Air Space
The consignment must be loaded to allow even distribution of hot air throughout the heat treatment chamber.
So there must be a free headspace of min.50cm and goods must be loaded of the floor (=on pallets) to provide free air space under the target of the heat treatment and to prevent cooling influences from the ground.

If outside temperature drops below 10°C we will have to heat up the container for a good result.

Preventive fumigations are only allowed if request as a quarantine treatment by the importing country.

The goods have to be suitable for fumigation:

1. Temperature
Fumigation is not allowed below 10°C. When temperature is too low we suggest to threat the goods with heat treatment.

2. Plastic wrapping
A good penetration and ventilation of the fumigant has to be possible. If plastic wrapping or packaging is present, this has to be perforated for a good fumigation and ventilation. For export to Australia these packaging also has to meet certain requirements.

3. Free Air Space
There must be sufficient free space throughout the enclosure to allow the fumigant to freely circulate around the target of the fumigation. For this reason, goods must be placed on pallets and a free air space above the cargo of min. 30 cm is required.

EWS creates the booking in our on-line system, sends a confirmation and our EWSreference.