Yes, absolutely.
Under international rule, the ISPM 15 program that I alluded to, national plant protection organizations of signatory countries need to have domestic programs in place to ensure the phytosanitary standards of the wood packaging that moves in trade around the world.
About 20 years ago, our organization entered into a contract with two other Canadian organizations and with the CFIA to oversee the inspection portion of this in Canada. We now have somewhere in the neighbourhood of about 470 clients across the country that are engaged in manufacturing wood packaging for export. Our role, acting as an arm of the CFIA, is to ensure that there are quality and processing standards in place that ensure a chain of custody of the wood material back to the source of the heat treatment, which renders that wood safe to make these certified pallets out of.
Ultimately, this entire process ensures that wood packaging is there to be used to move products. It keeps it as the conveyance of choice.