The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) develops forestry policies relating to the import and export of Canadian forestry products and preventing the introduction and spread of regulated pests into Canada.
Available information
- Asian longhorned beetle
- Emerald ash borer
- Don't move firewood
- Importing plants and plant products: what you need to know
- Export requirements for forestry products
- Import requirements for forestry products
- Forestry pests of concern
- Plant protection policy directives
- Plant pest surveillance
Additional government and industry information
Notice to industry: Full implementation of the Spotted lanternfly directive (D-24-01) - Domestic and import phytosanitary requirements
January 19, 2026
We published the Directive D-24-01: Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) – Domestic and import phytosanitary requirements on October 2, 2025. This directive describes the phytosanitary import and domestic requirements for nursery stock and logs of deciduous species with bark from regulated areas of the continental United States (U.S.) to prevent the introduction and spread of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) into Canada. A four-month transition period was established to give the forest products industry time to apply for and obtain import permits for deciduous logs with bark, as well as to identify and address any implementation challenges.
February 2, 2026, marks the end of the transition period for importing logs of deciduous species and the beginning of the full implementation of D-24-01:Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) – Domestic and import phytosanitary requirements. Deciduous logs with bark attached entering Canada from Regulated areas of the U.S. must have a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Phytosanitary Certificate or a CFIA- issued Permit to Import.
Please contact your local CFIA office for more information on the spotted lanternfly program.
- Implementation of service fees for the Emerald Ash Borer directive (D-03-08)
2024-01-03 | Notice to industry - Full implementation of the shipborne dunnage program
2023-11-06 | Notice to industry - New phytosanitary requirements for the export of Canadian pine wood to China
2022-03-01 | Notice to industry - Plant protection organizations