[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":58},["ShallowReactive",2],{"c:\u002Fglossary\u002Fkiln-drying":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"body":7,"description":40,"extension":41,"meta":42,"navigation":43,"noindex":44,"path":45,"related":46,"reviewed":51,"seo":52,"sources":53,"stem":56,"term":5,"__hash__":57},"glossary\u002Fglossary\u002Fkiln-drying.md","Kiln drying","Kiln drying removes moisture from timber in a heated chamber. Under ISPM 15 it counts as heat treatment only when the schedule brings the whole wood profile to 56 °C for 30 continuous minutes. EPAL's classification says new Euro pallets are chamber-dried to a maximum of 22% residual moisture.",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":33},"minimark",[10,15,19,23,26,30],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"drying-and-treating","Drying and treating",[16,17,18],"p",{},"ISPM 15 names kiln-drying chambers as one way to achieve heat treatment, as long as the facility can show its schedule reaches the required temperature and time. A pallet built from kiln-dried timber is therefore not automatically compliant: it needs the HT code and a registered facility code in its mark.",[11,20,22],{"id":21},"moisture","Moisture",[16,24,25],{},"Drying matters for a different reason too. Wet wood shrinks as it dries, loosening nails, and can grow mould on the load. EPAL's 2023 classification poster lists chamber drying to a maximum of 22% residual moisture as a characteristic of new Euro pallets. Used pallets are allowed surface moisture from use or the environment.",[11,27,29],{"id":28},"what-buyers-ask","What buyers ask",[16,31,32],{},"Food, pharmaceutical and reefer shippers sometimes ask for a moisture reading. If moisture matters for your load, put a figure in the purchase order rather than relying on the word \"dried\".",{"title":34,"searchDepth":35,"depth":35,"links":36},"",2,[37,38,39],{"id":13,"depth":35,"text":14},{"id":21,"depth":35,"text":22},{"id":28,"depth":35,"text":29},"How kiln drying relates to ISPM 15 heat treatment and EPAL moisture limits on new pallets.","md",{},true,false,"\u002Fglossary\u002Fkiln-drying",[47,48,49,50],"\u002Fglossary\u002Fheat-treatment","\u002Fglossary\u002Fresidual-moisture","\u002Fgrades\u002Fnew","\u002Fguides\u002Feuro-pallets-in-reefer-containers","2026-10-27",{"title":5,"description":40},[54,55],"ispm15","epal-classification","glossary\u002Fkiln-drying","JGd2nhzRgyFRBWv8T3_5qXplNbot-UVQbK5CCSrgFEo",1793132283586]