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Forest Stewardship Council

FSC STANDARD ADDENDUM

FSC Product Classification

FSC-STD-40-004a (V2-0 D1-0) EN

DRAFT FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION

CHAIN OF CUSTODY © 2011 Forest Stewardship Council A.C. All rights reserved.

Title: FSC Product Classification

Document reference code: FSC-STD-40-004a (V2-0 D1-0) EN

Scope: International

Approval: Draft for public consultation

Contact: FSC Policy and Standards Unit

E-mail for comments: [email protected]

© 2011 Forest Stewardship Council, A.C. All rights reserved.

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The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, not for profit, non-government organisation based in Bonn, Germany.

The mission of the Forest Stewardship Council is to support environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.

FSC develops, supports and promotes international, national and regional standards in line with its mission; evaluates, accredits and monitors certification bodies which verify the use of FSC standards; provides training and information; and promotes the use of products that carry the FSC logo.

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Foreword

This document shall be used as an addendum to “FSC-STD-40-004: FSC Standard for Chain of Custody Certification” for the purpose of classifying FSC product groups. The organization’s product groups covered by FSC Chain of Custody certification will be publicly listed on the FSC certificate database ( www.info-fsc.org ). This document will be updated at regularly intervals in order to reflect the increasing range of certified products covered by FSC Chain of Custody certificates.

Note on use of this standard addendum

All aspects of this standard are considered to be normative, including the scope, standard effective date, references, terms and definitions, tables and annexes, unless otherwise stated.

Please send any comments or suggestions regarding this standard to:

FSC International Center – Policy and Standards Unit – Charles-de-Gaulle Str. 5 53113 Bonn, Germany Phone: +49-228 / 367-66-0 Fax: +49-228 / 367-6630 E-Mail: [email protected]

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Contents

A Scope B Effective date C References D Terms and definitions FSC Product Classification 1. Wood Products 2. and Products 3. Non-timber Forest Products (NTFP’s)

A Scope This standard addendum stipulates the product nomenclatures that shall be used by Certificate Holders for classifying its FSC Product Groups.

B Effective date Draft for public consultation.

C References The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For references without a version number, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

FSC-STD-40-004 FSC Standard for Chain of Custody Certification

D Terms and definitions For the purposes of this international standard, the terms and definitions given in FSC-STD- 01-002 FSC Glossary of Terms and the following apply:

Banner: Displayed using a stand or placeholder, typically larger than posters. Blockboard: Engineered wood product characterised by an intermediate ply consisting of sawn bars. Booklet: Brochure composed by less than 49 pages. Boule: Rectangular, unedged block of wood. Brochure: Type of leaflet, also referred to as a pamphlet. Catalogue: Publication containing a list of general merchandise from a company. Compressed wood: Wood that has been densified by pressure. Crepe: Paper that has been coated with and then creped to create gathers.

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Crude balsam: Soluble within essential oils. Decking: Floor decking normally used for terraces (a low or high raised flat platform). Deinked pulp: Processed recycled paper which has been treated with chemicals, thus removing inks and other unwanted elements. Dimensional timber, finished: Dimensional timber refers to the wood used in constructing the wall, floor, roof framing of a house and similar (e.g. boards). This term is used for timber that is finished (e.g. moulded, planed or sanded) and cut to standardized width and depth. : Pulp consisting of nearly pure . It is also called high purity cellulose. Edging: Rough edged, often conical pinnacled trimmings, also called splinter. Embossed paper: Embossing results in a three-dimensional image or design in paper. Ethanol: Alcohol fermented from natural wood sugars that are extracted from the waste sulfite liquor produced from the specialty cellulose pulp process. Flitch: Unedged block of wood. Fluting: Corrugating medium between the linerboard of corrugated board. Flyer: Single printed with no folds, sometimes called leaflet. Folder: A folder is a single fold paper, seamed, not stitched. Fuelwood: Roundwood or other parts of a (felled) tree used for energy production. e.g. splitwood, split billets, chips, forest pellets, faggot and firestarters, also called firewood. Glued laminated timber: Type of structural product composed of several layers of dimensioned timber glued together, also called glulam or manufactured trusses. : Paper that is impermeable to oil or grease and is normally used in cooking or food packaging. Gum resin: Solid form of resin, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vaporize the volatile liquid terpene components. Hammock: Sling suspended between two points, used for swinging, sleeping or resting. I-joist: I-joist comprises the web and flange. The web is sandwiched between a top and bottom flange. Laminate flooring: Multi-layer synthetic flooring product fused together with a lamination process. Laminate flooring simulates wood (or stone, in some cases) with a photographic appliqué layer under a clear protective layer. The inner core layer is usually composed of melamine resin and fibre board materials. Laminated compressed wood: Consists of laminated veneer sheets that are densified under pressure. It is also called densified wood. Laminboard: Engineered wood product that has an intermediate ply consisting of upright standing strips of peeled veneer. Lichens: Composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic association of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner. Linerboard: Type of specially manufactured for the production of corrugated board. Linerboard is also called testliner. Magazine: Publication generally published on a regular schedule, at least four times a year. In academic use it is called journal and refers to a serious, scholarly publication.

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Moulded plywood: Formed plywood under heat and moisture for special purposes, e.g. chair seats. Moulding: A strip of material used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. Natural lacquer: Lacquer is a clear or coloured varnish that dries by solvent. Natural lacquer is a sap from a tree, which is used as a highly durable lacquer. Non-timber forest product: All forest products except timber, including other materials obtained from trees such as and leaves, as well as any other plant and animal products. Examples include, but are not limited to, seeds, fruits, nuts, honey, ornamental plants and other forest products whether they were originated inside a forest system. : Book or binder composed of pages of notes, often ruled, used for various purposes including recording notes, drawing or something like this. They are of varying sizes. are also called notepads, writing pads, drawing pads, etc. Padded paper bag: Paper bag that has a bubble wrap for delicate items. Paper: A material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances having a weight up to 224 g/m², used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material. Paperboard: A material manufactured from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances having a weight above 224 g/m², used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material. Sometimes it is referred to as . : Cellulose-based paper that is used as a disposable non-stick surface intended for use in baking. Parquet flooring: Geometric mosaic of solid wood pieces used for flooring. Particleboard: Engineered wood product manufactured from wood particles (mainly shavings), also called chipboards. Periodical: Published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. Plank flooring: Flooring where each plank is made of solid wood. Poster: Printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Pressboard: Board made by compressing layers of paper together. Rolled : Thermographic paper in roll (e.g. paper roll used for cash register). Roundwood: Felled, limbed, if applicable cross-cutted and if applicable debarked wood as raw material for the subsequent chain-of-custody, e.g. sawmill wood, veneering wood, sleeper timber, pole timber and industrial timber. Semi-chemical pulp: Pulp from classical semi-chemical pulp process, NSSC (neutral sulphite semi chemical) process, sulphate semi-chemical pulp process. Series: Sequence of publications, usually marketed as a group, published at regular intervals. Shaving: Fine particle of wood produced as a by-product of sawing, also called sawdust or sawings. Slab: The outer part with rough edge of a log, produced during sawing. Smooth-surface panels: The surface layer of the particleboard consists of fibres. Soil conditioner: Material used to improve the physic-chemical and biological qualities of soil. Stool: A kind of chair without back or arm rests.

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Substrates for plants: Growing medium for plants. Sulphate pulp: Pulp from . Sulphite pulp: Pulp from calcium bisulphite and magnesium bisulphite process. Thermographic paper: Paper that changes its colour on heating. Timber: Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural material for construction or wood pulp for paper production. In this classification timber is a term also used for sawn wood products. Translucent paper: Paper that allows light to pass through diffusely. Veneer: Thin slices of wood, thinner than 6 mm. Veneer plywood: Plywood that consists of only parallel veneer layers. Veneer strip: The breadth of veneer strips is up to 80 mm. Wood flour: Wood flour is pulverized wood. The consistency is fairly equal to sand or sawdust, but can vary ranging in size from a fine powder to roughly the size of a grain of rice. Wood wool: A thin but elastic produced during planning, also called excelsior. Wooden ceramic: Porous ceramic based on wood and its structure. Silicium is filled into wood. Under high temperature it reacts with the carbon of the wood. The result is a basic material for special purposes, e.g. filter.

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FSC Product Classification

Certificate Holders shall define their product groups using the nomenclatures provided in the table below. It shall always be ensured that the highest level of accuracy is obtained. This means that a product group that can be described using the nomenclatures provided in level 3 for example, shall not be classified using the preceding levels 1 or 2.

For example: ‘Magazines’ shall be defined as ‘Magazines’ (level 3) and not as ‘Periodicals’ (level 2) or ‘Printed Materials’ (level 1)

1. WOOD PRODUCTS

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Examples W1.1

Roundwood (logs) W1 W1.2

Rough wood Fuel Wood W1.3

Twigs W2 E.g. Barbecue charcoal Wood charcoal W3.1

Wood chips W3.2

Sawdust W3.3

Wood Shavings W3 W3.4

Wood in chips or particles Wood wool W3.5

Wood flour W3.6

Wood pellets W3.7

Sawdust briquettes W4.1

Impregnated roundwood W4 W4.2 Impregnated wood or wood Railway or tramway sleepers products, treated with paint, (cross-ties) of impregnated stains, creosote or other wood preservatives W4.3 Stakes, pales and fences made with impregnated wood W5.1

Flitches and boules W5.2

Solid Wood Boards W5.3

Beams W5.4

Planks W5 W5.5 Solid Wood (sawn, chipped, Poles and piles sliced or peeled) W5.6 Railway or tramway sleepers

(cross-ties) of non- impregnated wood W5.7

Raw parquet blocks W5.8

Slabs and edgings W6 W6.1

Products from planning mill Dimensional timber, finished W7 W7.1

Veneer Peeled veneer

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W7.2

Sliced veneer W7.3

Sawn veneer W7.4

Veneer strips W8.1.1

Blockboard and laminboard W8.1.2

Veneer plywood W8.1.3

W8.1 Star plywood Plywood W8.1.4

Laminated veneer lumber W8.1.5

Parallel strand lumber W8.1.6

Moulded plywood W8.2.1

One-layer particleboards W8.2.2

Three-layer particleboards W8.2.3

Multiple-layer particleboards W8.2.4

Graded particleboards W8.2.5

W8 Smooth-surface panels Wood panels W8.2.6 W8.2 Veneered chipboard panels Particleboards W8.2.7

Wood cement particleboards W8.2.8

Plasterboards W8.2.9

Strawboards W8.2.10 Oriented Strand Boards (OSB) W8.2.11

Laminated strand lumber W8.3.1

Hardboards W8.3.2

Medium-hard-fibreboard W8.3 W8.3.3 Fibreboards E.g. (noise-)insulating boards Softboards W8.3.4 Medium-density fibreboards (MDF) W9.1 W9 Laminated veneer lumber Engineered wood products (LVL) W9.2

Parallel strand lumber (PSL) W9.3

Finger jointed wood W9.4

Wood-wool board W9.5

Solid-wood board W9.6

Glued laminated timber W9.7

I-joists, I-beams W9.8 E.g. Laminated wood Laminated compressed wood W9.9 E.g. Cellular boards Composite boards E.g. Resin-treated W9.10 compressed wood, heat- Compressed wood stabilized compressed wood

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W9.11

Wood-plastic composites W10.1 E.g. Cases, boxes, crates,

Solid Wood Packaging cases for jewellery or cutlery. W10.2 W10 Cable-drums Wood package and similar W10.3 E.g. Pallets, box pallets, products Load boards skids W10.4 E.g. Staves, barrels, casks,

Cooper's products vats, tubs W11.1 E.g. Flush doors, fire doors Doors and door frames W11.2

Windows and window frames W11.3

Stairs W11.4

Dividers W11.5.1

Laminate flooring E.g. Assembled parquet W11.5.2 panels, block parquets, solid W11.5 Parquet flooring parquets Flooring W11.5.3

Plank flooring W11.5.4

Wood-block flooring W11.6

Trusses and roofs W11 W11.7

Wood for constructions Wall cladding W11.8 E.g. MDF mouldings,

Mouldings softwood mouldings W11.9

Hot tubs and saunas W11.10

Wooden insulation W11.11 Window blinds, shutters and similar products W11.12 E.g. Prefabricated facade Prefabricated buildings and construction elements building elements W11.13 Marine constructions, except boat buildings W11.14

Gates and garage doors W11.15 E.g. Shingles, shakes. Roofing tiles W12 W12.1

Indoor furniture Cabinets W12.2

Shelves W12.3

Tables W12.4

Beds W12.5

Couches and Armchairs W12.6

Chairs and stools W12.7

Benches W12.8

Office furniture W12.9

Wardrobes W12.10 Cupboards and chests

W12.11

Kitchen worktops

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W12.12

Parts of furniture W13.1.1

Garden Tables W13.1.2

Garden Benches W13.1 W13.1.3

Garden furniture Garden Chairs and stools W13.1.4

Hammocks W13 W13.1.5 Outdoor furniture and Litter Bins gardening W13.2

Trellis and plant support W13.3

Shelters W13.4

Fences, fence stakes, pales W13.5

Decking W14.1 E.g. Violin, guitars, harps String musical instruments W14.2 Keyboard musical E.g. Piano, organs instruments W14 W14.3 Musical instruments Wind or mouth-blown music instruments W14.4 E.g. Drums, bongos Percussions W14.5 E.g. Guitar necks Parts of musical instruments E.g. Roundabouts, swings, W15.1 slides, cable railway, sheds Playground equipment and similar products W15.2 Toys and games made with wood W15 W15.3.1 Recreational Goods Bicycles W15.3.2 W15.3 Bats, sticks, poles, clubs and Sports goods paddles W15.3.3

Boards and skis E.g. Frames for paintings, W16.1 photographs, mirrors or Frames similar products objects W16.2 E.g. Brush bodies and Brooms, brushes and brush handles, combs handles W16.3 E.g. Wooden spoons, Tableware, kitchenware and chopsticks, toothpicks, similar products pepper mills, bbq sets W16.4 E.g. Clothes hangers, W16 Boot or shoe lasts and clothes-pegs Household articles similar products W16.5

Toilet seats W16.6

Matches W16.7

Mousetraps W16.8

Fans W16.9

Ladders W17 W17.1

Stationery of wood Pens W17.2

Pencils W17.3

Ruler

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W17.4

Stamps W18.1

Dowels W18.2

Coffins W18.3 E.g. Orthopaedic products,

Medical supplies prosthetic limbs W18.4 Tools, tool bodies and tool E.g. Hammer, axes handles W18.5

W18 Ice lolly sticks Other manufactured wood W18.6 products Jewellery E.g. Wood marquetry, inlaid W18.7 wood, statuettes and similar Works of art products W18.8 Ornamental & decorative objects W18.9

Wheels W18.10

Boat building W19

Other wood products n.e.c.* * The n.e.c. abbreviation means that the category includes those products “not elsewhere classified”.

2. PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTS

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Examples P1 P1.1.1

Pulp P1.1 Groundwood Mechanical pulp, unbleached P1.1.2 E.g. RMP, TMP, CTMP Refiner pulp P1.2.1

P1.2 Groundwood Mechanical pulp, bleached P1.2.2 E.g. RMP, TMP, CTMP Refiner pulp P1.3.1

Sulphite pulp P1.3.2

P1.3 Sulphate pulp Chemical pulp, unbleached P1.3.3 Chemical unbleached pulp E.g. Bamboo pulp from non-wood cellulosic material P1.4.1

Sulphite pulp P1.4.2 P1.4 Sulphate pulp Chemical pulp, bleached P1.4.3 Chemical bleached pulp from E.g. Bamboo pulp non-wood cellulosic material P1.5 Semi-chemical pulp, bleached P1.6 Semi-chemical pulp, unbleached P1.7 P1.7.1

Dissolving pulp and products Dissolving pulp from dissolving pulp E.g. Cellulose ethers, P1.7.2 cellulose esters, cellulose Cellulose derivatives acetate, nitrocellulose P1.7.3

Cellophane (film) P1.7.4 E.g. Artificial silk, textile Synthetic fibres fibres, yarn

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P1.7.5 E.g. Microcrystalline Specialty cellulose cellulose P1.8.1 Recovered fibre pulp, not P1.8 deinked Pulp from recovered paper P1.8.2

Recovered deinked pulp P2.1 E.g. Copying, printing, Coated in rolls or communication and couché sheets papers P2.2 E.g. Copying, printing, Uncoated papers in rolls or communication papers, sheets wrapping papers P2.3

Newsprint P2.4 E.g. Japanese papers /

Hand-made papers P2.5.1 Impregnated papers in rolls

or sheets, except laminating papers P2.5.2 E.g. Overlay papers Laminating papers P2.5.3

Photographic base papers P2.5.4 E.g. Thermal transfer papers Thermographic papers P2 P2.5.5

Paper Translucent papers P2.5.6 E.g. Carbon papers, transfer Self-copying and carbon papers, spirit duplicator copy papers papers P2.5 P2.5.7

Speciality papers Cigarette papers P2.5.8 E.g. Tea-bag tissues Filter papers P2.5.9 Parchment papers,

greaseproof papers and similar products P2.5.10

Crepe papers P2.5.11 Embossed paper and perforated paper P2.5.12

Composite papers P2.5.13 E.g. Paper money, vouchers, coupons P3 P3.1 Paperboard, single and multi- Uncoated paperboard in rolls ply and sheets P3.2 E.g. , Coated paperboard in rolls , and sheets white lined chipboard P3.3 Impregnated paperboard in rolls and sheets P3.4

Hand-made paperboard P3.5

Pressboard P3.6.1 High-pressure decorative laminates (HPDL, HPL) P3.6.2 Low-pressure laminates P3.6 (LPL) Paper laminates

P3.6.3 Continuous Pressure

Laminates (CPL)

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E.g. Transferred metalized paperboard, direct metalized P3.7 paperboard, metalized film Metalized paperboard laminated paperboard, foil laminated paperboard P3.8

Crepe paperboard P4.1

Kraftpaper P4.2

Linerboard or Testliner P4 P4.3 Corrugated paper and Fluting paperboard P4.4

Corrugated paper P4.5

Corrugated paperboard P5.1 E.g. Colour boxes, gift boxes Cardboard boxes P5.2

Corrugated paper boxes P5.3 E.g. Carrier bags Sacks and bags of paper P5.4

Food wrap papers P5 Paper Packaging P5.5 Beverage packaging E.g. Beverage containers material P5.6 Egg boxes and similar products P5.7 Optical disc packaging and cover for CDs / DVDs E.g. Manila folders, P6.1 presentation folders, File folders corporate folders P6.2

Business cards P6.3 E.g. Record sleeves Slip cases P6.4 E.g. Letter pads Pads P6.5 E.g. Exercise books Notebooks P6.6

Ring binders P6.7

Rolled thermal paper P6.8 Calendars, diaries and organisers P6 P6.9 E.g. Letter papers with Stationery of paper and Letter papers letterhead paperboard P6.10

Post and greeting cards P6.11

Envelopes P6.12

Padded paper bags P6.13 Forms, except self-copying papers P6.14 Gummed papers and papers E.g. Post-it notes with an adhesive layer P6.15 E.g. Parcel labels Adhesive labels (non-printed) P6.16

Transfers P6.17

Postage stamps

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P7.1 Cleaning tissues and paper E.g. Towelling paper towels P7.2 Facial tissues and refreshing tissues P7.3

P7 Napkins / serviettes Household, sanitary or P7.4 hospital articles from pulp, Toilet paper cellulose wadding, paper and P7.5 paperboard Sanitary towels, tampons, diapers and similar products P7.6

Tablecloths P7.7 E.g. Cups, plates, trays Dishes and similar products P7.8

Ear buds P8.1

Books Series Magazines E.g. Daily newspaper, P8.2 Newspaper Periodicals weeklies, Sunday papers Bulletins and newsletter E.g. Monthly bulletins Annual reports, yearbooks E.g. Financial reports and almanacs P8.3 Brochures and leaflets (except advertising material) E.g. Mail catalogues, travel Catalogues catalogues Single-sheet brochures, Brochures P8 booklet brochures Printed Materials Flyers and sales sheets P8.4 Posters Advertising materials Banners Displays Printed labels, tags and E.g. Bottle tags, hangtags for hangtags textiles Mailshot Decorative papers and E.g. Ornamentation papers, P8.5 prestige packaging (gift) wrapping paper Pictures, designs and Other printed matter photographs Toys and games made with E.g. Puzzles, playing cards paper P9 Bobbins, spools, rolls and similar products P10 Other pulp and paper products n.e.c.* * The n.e.c. abbreviation means that the category includes those products “not elsewhere classified”.

3. NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFPs)

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Examples N1

Barks N2 Soil conditioner and E.g. Bark mulch substrates for plants

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N3.1

Natural cork, raw or boiled N3.2

Cork powder N3.3

Cork granules N3 N3.4 E.g. cork closures used in

Cork and articles of cork Cork closures wine bottles N3.5

Rolls of compressed cork N3.6

Panels of compressed cork N3.7

Articles of cork N4 E.g. Osier branches, Straw, wicker, rattan or other basketry, roofs plaiting materials N5.1

Natural bamboo N5.2

Eadible bamboo N5.3 E.g. Pellets, charcoal Fuel bamboo N5.4 E.g. Plywood and OSB N5 Bamboo plywood Bamboo and articles of N5.5 bamboo Bamboo flooring N5.6

Bamboo furniture N5.7 E.g. Baskets, containers, Bamboo household articles curtains, mats, hats, combs, and wickerwork brushes, frames N5.8

Bamboo textiles N6.1

Flowers and buds N6 N6.2

Ornamental plants Ferns, mosses and lichens N6.3

Christmas trees N7.1.1

Natural rubber N7.1.2

Tyres N7.1.3 N7.1 Balls Rubber (latex) N7.1.4

Footwear N7.1.5 Manufactured articles of rubber N7.2 Balata, gutta-percha,

guayule, chicle and similar natural gums N7 E.g. Gum arabic, gum Natural gums, resins, oils N7.3 tragacanth, gamboge, and derivatives Gum resin frankincense, myrrh E.g. Dammar, elemi, N7.4 sandarac, canada balsam, Resin and manufactured benjamin, pitch, lacquer, resin products unguents, incense N7.5 E.g. Urushi Natural lacquer N7.6

Lac N7.7

Tannin N7.8

Crude balsam N7.9 E.g. Camphor, Brazil nut oil,

Essential oils Copaiba Oil

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N8.1

Starch N8.2

Ethanol N8.3

Dyestuffs, pigments N8.4

N8 Medicinal products Chemical, medicinal and E.g. Salicylic acid, quinine, N8.5 cosmetic products paclitaxel, betulinic acid, Raw materials for snakewood extract, neem pharmaceutical industry extract N8.6 Cosmetics and health care products N8.7 E.g. Insecticides, fungicides,

Biocides bactericides, herbicides N9.1 E.g. Brazil nuts, cashew nuts Nuts N9.2 E.g. Erva-mate Tea N9.3

Palm-hearts N9.4 E.g. Shiitake mushrooms,

N9 Mushrooms, truffles pine mushrooms Food N9.5 E.g. Berries, açaí Fruits N9.6 E.g. Maple syrup Mapple syrup N9.7 E.g. Deer, rabbit Game N9.8

Honey N10 Other Non-Timber Forest Products n.e.c.* * The n.e.c. abbreviation means that the category includes those products “not elsewhere classified”.

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