Ken Glassey Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand & MBTOC member.

Ken GlasseyMinistry for Primary Industries

New Zealand&

MBTOC member

Montreal ProtocolThe most successful international treaty ever, signed

by 197 countriesAim to phase out PRODUCTION of ozone depleting

gasesMethyl bromide added in 1992Phase out of non QPS use in developed countries was

required by 2005 and developing countries by 2015After those dates required to apply to the UNEP with

a critical use nominationQPS is exempt controls but countries asked to reduce

use

History of usePeak of nearly 70,000 tonnes of methyl

bromide use in early 1990’sMany countries have totally phased out

methyl bromide use Reduced to 12,665 tonnes 2012Quarantine and preshipment is now 70% of

the world use50 countries reported QPS use in 2012Figures Source: Ozone Secretariat Data

Access Centre, April 2014

Category of use A5 Non-A5 Worldwide

Grain & dried foodstuffs 18% 8% 14%

Sawn wood and WPM* 12% 8% 23%

Logs 29% 17% 21%

Soil in situ 0% 30% 14%

Misc. and other 16% 7% 8%

Total identified uses 75% 70% 80%

The main four uses amount to over 70% of the MB consumed for QPSTechnical 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

* WPM – Wood packaging material; # - TEAP Progress Report 2011

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

Record MB use in CategoriesBulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes (intended for planting)Cut flowers and branches (including foliage)Fresh fruit and vegetablesGrain, 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 mediaSeeds (intended for planting)Wood packaging materialsWood (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)

Categories of MB useCotton and other fibre crops and productsTree nuts (almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts etc.)Structures and equipmentBuildings with quarantine pests (including elevators,

dwellings, factories, storage facilities)Equipment (including used agricultural machinery and

vehicles), empty shipping containers and reused packagingOther itemsPersonal effects, furniture, crafts, artefacts, hides, fur and skins

Information on alternatives on the Ozone programme web siteTechnical and Economic Assessment Panel

(TEAP) annual progress reportsFour yearly TEAP Assessment Report  Guideline for methyl bromide quarantine and

preshipment use http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/index.php

 Rank Country2012

tonnes

1United States of America 1,170.90

2 China 1,094.29

3 Viet Nam 838

4 India 759.53

5 Australia 675.54

6 Japan 594.85

7 New Zealand 571.3

8 Mexico 501.96

9 Republic of Korea 445.3

10 Egypt 439

11 Thailand 320.2

12 Indonesia 202

13 Malaysia 124.77

14 Myanmar 121.2

15 El Salvador 109.516 Chile 108.21

17 Singapore 100.21

18 Brazil 74.17

19 Argentina 59.4

20United Arab Emirates 57.5

21 Lebanon 50

22 Philippines 47.96

23 Turkey 40

24 Turkmenistan 40

25 Guatemala 37

26 Sri Lanka 33.03

27 Dominican Republic 29.4

28Iran (Islamic Republic of) 25

29 Uruguay 24.4

30 Pakistan 23.97

31 Cameroon 23

32 Honduras 21.41

33 Nicaragua 18.96

34 Fiji 16.3

35 Saudi Arabia 15

36 Jordan 12

37 Israel 10.39

38 Morocco 10

39 Costa Rica 4.9

40 Jamaica 2

41 Canada 1.82

42 Solomon Islands 1.2

44 Kyrgyzstan 1.1

45Trinidad and Tobago 1

46 Zimbabwe 1

47 Vanuatu 0.4

48 Swaziland 0.23

49 Barbados 0.2

50 Belize 0.08