Ken Glassey
Ministry for Primary Industries
New Zealand
&
MBTOC member

 The most successful international treaty ever, signed by 197 countries
 Aim to phase out PRODUCTION of ozone depleting gases
 Methyl bromide added in 1992
 Phase out of non QPS use in developed countries was required by 2005 and developing countries by 2015
 After those dates required to apply to the UNEP with a critical use nomination
 QPS is exempt controls but countries asked to reduce use

 Peak of nearly 70,000 tonnes of methyl bromide use in early 1990’s
 Many countries have totally phased out methyl bromide use
 Reduced to 12,665 tonnes 2012
 Quarantine and preshipment is now 70% of the world use
 50 countries reported QPS use in 2012
 Figures Source: Ozone Secretariat Data Access Centre,
April 2014

60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
Non-QPS
QPS

60 000
50 000
40 000
30 000
20 000
10 000
0
Year
Baseline non-
A5
Baseline A 5
Consumption non-A5
Consumption
A5

QPS use
A5 = developing, non- A5 = developed countries
14 000,00
12 000,00
10 000,00
8 000,00
6 000,00
4 000,00
2 000,00
0,00
Global
A5
Non-A5

Main categories of MB use for QPS #
Category of use
Grain & dried foodstuffs
Sawn wood and WPM*
Logs
Soil in situ
Misc. and other
Total identified uses
A5
18%
12%
29%
0%
16%
75%
* WPM – Wood packaging material; # - TEAP Progress Report 2011
Non-A5
8%
8%
17%
30%
7%
70%
Worldwide
14%
23%
21%
14%
8%
80%
The main four uses amount to over 70% of the MB consumed for QPS
Technical Economic Assessment Panel estimates that 31- 47% of these top four consumption categories (grain, logs, soil,
WPM) can be replaced immediately with commercially available alternatives

900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Viet Nam
India
Thailand
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Philippines
Papua New Guinea

800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Australia
New Zealand
Fiji
Solomon Islands

1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
China
Japan
Republic of Korea

Asia non AFAS
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Myanmar
Singapore
Pakistan

North America
4 500
4 000
3 500
3 000
2 500
2 000
1 500
1 000
500
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
United States of America
Canada

35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Dominican
Republic
Jamaica
Trinidad and
Tobago
Cuba

600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Mexico
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica

200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay

500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Egypt
United Arab Emirates
Lebanon
Turkey
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Israel
Morocco

Africa
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Cameroon
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Mozambique

IPPC Replacement or reduction of the use of methyl bromide as a phytosanitary measure (2008)
Recommends a number of things to do to:
1. Replacement of Methyl Bromide Use as a
Phytosanitary Measure
2. Reducing Volumes of Methyl Bromide Use as a
Phytosanitary Measure
3. Physically Reducing Methyl Bromide Emissions
4. Recording Methyl Bromide Use as a Phytosanitary
Measure
5. Guidelines for Appropriate Use of Methyl Bromide as a Phytosanitary Measure

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Bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes (intended for planting)
Cut flowers and branches (including foliage)
Fresh fruit and vegetables
Grain, cereals and oil seeds for consumption including rice (not intended for planting)
Dried foodstuffs (including herbs, dried fruit, coffee, cocoa)
Nursery stock (plants intended for planting other than seed), and associated soil and other growing media
Seeds (intended for planting)
Wood packaging materials
Wood (including round wood, sawn wood, wood chips)
Whole logs (with or without bark)
Hay, straw, thatch grass, dried animal fodder (other than grains and cereals listed above)

 Cotton and other fibre crops and products
 Tree nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts etc.)
 Structures and equipment
 Buildings with quarantine pests (including elevators, dwellings, factories, storage facilities)
 Equipment (including used agricultural machinery and vehicles), empty shipping containers and reused packaging
 Other items
 Personal effects, furniture, crafts, artefacts, hides, fur and skins

Information on alternatives on the
Ozone programme web site
 Technical and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) annual progress reports
 Four yearly TEAP Assessment Report
 Guideline for methyl bromide quarantine and preshipment use http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/index.php

5
6
3
4
7
8
1
2
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Rank Country
United States of
America
China
Viet Nam
India
Australia
Japan
New Zealand
Mexico
Republic of Korea
Egypt
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
El Salvador
Chile
2012 tonnes
1,170.90
1,094.29
838
759.53
675.54
594.85
571.3
501.96
445.3
439
320.2
202
124.77
121.2
109.5
108.21

23
24
25
26
20
21
22
17
18
19
27
28
29
30
31
32
Singapore
Brazil
Argentina
United Arab
Emirates
Lebanon
Philippines
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Guatemala
Sri Lanka
Dominican Republic
Iran (Islamic
Republic of)
Uruguay
Pakistan
Cameroon
Honduras
100.21
74.17
59.4
57.5
50
47.96
40
40
37
33.03
29.4
25
24.4
23.97
23
21.41

38
39
40
41
42
44
33
34
35
36
37
48
49
50
45
46
47
Nicaragua
Fiji
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Israel
Morocco
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Canada
Solomon Islands
Kyrgyzstan
Trinidad and
Tobago
Zimbabwe
Vanuatu
Swaziland
Barbados
Belize
18.96
16.3
15
12
10.39
10
4.9
2
1.82
1.2
1.1
1
1
0.4
0.23
0.2
0.08