Malaysia - Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS): Import Regulations

Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has issued Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) Import Regulations. There is growing concern and demands towards legality of timber source, along the value chain. A practical definition of legally produced timber will require all laws and regulations right from harvest to export point, including imported products. The import regulation within TLAS requires additional documentation as supporting evidence on legal source of timber from producing countries.

This measure applies to Peninsular Malaysia only.

Proposed date of adoption: 1 November 2016

Proposed date of entry into force: 3 January 2017

Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures before 20 February 2016, so that these can be taken up suitably.