Current phase out schedules are inadequate for the protection of the ozone layer not only because they allow for unnecessarily prolonged use of methyl bromide, but also because they fail to curtail continued production for export once they come into force.

A corresponding production phase out schedule is necessary to remove incentives for industry to maintain high levels of production for exports to developing countries.

Furthermore, it is important that companies in industrialized countries are discouraged through legal and financial measures from relocating their obsolete methyl bromide production facilities in developing countries. Such dumping of obsolete technology would undermine the intent of the Montreal Protocol.

At minimum, countries should require total transparency from industry in terms of production data in both Article 2 and Article 5 countries.