Types of Timber and Timber Products

By: Nelson Christopher C. Servida

“yakeeboy”
Types of Timber and Timber Products

1. Artefacts, natural forest produce—are

produce items that have
not been through a commercial manufacturing process.
process
These products may include (but not limited to) arrows,
bows, carvings, driftwood, ornaments, shields, spears,
statues, traditional musical instruments (e.g. Sitar),
weapon handles, wooden blowpipes and wooden
masks.
2. Balsawood—balsawood is considered to be
the finished product that is derived after kiln
drying and milling wood from stems of Ochroma
pyramidale. Finished balsawood is used for
insulation, life–rafts and model making.
Ochroma pyramidale
3. Bamboo articles—are
articles any items made from species of
Bambusoideae including Bambusa, Dendrocalamus,
Phyllostachys and allied genera. These items include
(but not limited to) articles that are wholly or partly
made of bamboo, including blinds, chimes, chopsticks,
fencing, flooring, furniture, kitchenware, and baskets
that are covered with cane binding. Bamboo articles
mixed with solid wood, cane, rattan or willow, or bamboo
used as packaging materials to support a cargo
consignment, will be imported under bamboo import
conditions.
4. Bark—is the external natural growth layer
covering trees and shrubs.
5. Cane and rattan—are
rattan any items made from Calamus or
allied genera. These items may include (but not limited to)
cricket bat handles, furniture, kitchenware, mats, etc. This
import condition also includes bundles of prepared rattan. If
cane or rattan articles contain some bamboo the articles will
be imported under bamboo import conditions.
6. Chestnut bark hoops—are hoops made from
Chestnut wood (Castanea species) with bark
adhering to the wood. They are used in the wine
industry around oak barrels usually to minimise
physical damage, as a support, or as decoration.
7. Logs—timber, from stems or branches of
trees, that exceeds 200 mm in each dimension
(length, width, depth and all diagonals) and is to
be imported for further processing. This case
excludes logs of the Myrtaceae plant family, and
logs that will not be further processed e.g. poles,
totem poles etc.
8. Plywood, laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and veneer
sheets—
sheets—Veneers must not be more than 5 mm thick. Plywood
and LVL must be made of veneers that are not thicker than 5
mm.

Laminated veneer lumber (LVL)—an

(LVL) assembly of thin timber
veneers laminated with adhesive, in which the grain direction
of the outer veneers and most of the other veneers is in the
longitudinal direction. LVL is often fabricated as beams.

Plywood—is
Plywood an assembled sheet made up of two or more
veneers bonded together with the direction of the grain in
alternate plies usually at right angles. Plywood sheets are
usually less than 35 mm thick.

Veneers—are
Veneers thin sections of timber peeled or sliced from a
larger piece of
Laminated veneer lumber plywood

veneer
9. Reconstituted wood products—for
products products such as
chipboard, hardboard, medium and high density fibre board
(MDF), orientated strand board and particle board, that are
free of solid wood. Reconstituted wood products are not of
interest to quarantine as they are deemed to pose minimal
quarantine risk and can be released without inspection. This
case does not apply to plywood and veneer products or to
strawboard or other boards that include parts of species of
Poaceae (e.g. bamboo, grass, straw, sugar cane).
10. Timber–Myrtaceae—for timber and timber
mouldings (sawn timber) belonging to the
Myrtaceae plant family. This also includes glued
laminated lumber (Glulam) and solid timber
flooring. Refer to ICON for a list of genera under
the Myrtaceae plant family. These genera are
prohibited entry into Australia from countries that
have the disease Guava/Eucalyptus Rust caused
by the fungus Puccinia psidii and its related
species.
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11. Timber and timber mouldings—for
mouldings sawn timber
(rough and dressed) or glued laminated lumber
(Glulam), timber machined into a desired shape but not
a final product, solid wood packaging material and
dunnage imported as commodity, solid timber flooring,
roundwood with a dimension less than 200 mm. This
case includes (but is not limited to) solid timber and I–
joists. This case excludes timber of the plant family
Myrtaceae.
12. Glued laminated timber product (Glulam)—
products formed by bonding together timber
laminations (individual laminations may be a single
unit or may be formed from several pieces of timber
that may be end-jointed, edge–jointed or both) with
the grain running essentially parallel to the
product’s longitudinal axis are to be imported under
this case.
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13. Timber oversize—for
oversize timber that exceeds 200 mm in
each dimension (length, width, depth and all diagonals)
and is not imported for further processing. This may
include (but is not limited to) statues, totem poles and
oversize furniture.
14. Timber packaging and dunnage—for
any kind of timber used as packaging,
including cases, crates, pallets, packaging
made from plywood and veneer, bearers and
blocks used in supporting, protecting or
carrying a commodity/consignment in
international trade. This does not include
timber packaging and dunnage imported as a
commodity.
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15. Willow and wicker articles—for
articles dried articles made from
Salix. This case excludes sawn Salix timber which should be
imported under Timber and timber mouldings.
mouldings This case
includes (but is not limited to) items such as baskets,
fencing, furniture and mats. Articles that also include solid
wood, rattan, cane or bamboo will be treated as if they
contain bamboo.
16. Wooden articles—manufactured—are
wooden articles that have been commercially
manufactured and are a highly processed, finished
product (often lacquered, varnished or painted).
This case includes (but is not limited to) products
made from plywood or veneer or products made
from a combination of plywood/LVL, wood, plastic
or metal, etc. This case excludes products made
entirely from reconstituted wood products.
References:
http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/import/timber/types
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber