2024-16: Other Goods to Singapore -Transition to NEXDOC

20 August 2024

Attention:

Registered exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) – Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that export certification to Singapore for Other Goods will transition to the Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) System on Monday 2 September 2024.

From this date, manual certificate applications (EX188B and EX188M) for Other Goods will no longer be available for products exported to Singapore.

Summary of changes and key points

If you are an exporter of Other Goods to Singapore, this notice is to advise that products which require the EX188B and EX188M certificates to this market will be moving to the NEXDOC System on Monday 2 September 2024. These products include the following non-prescribed goods:

Processed foods, ingredients, and beverages
Edible vitamins and supplements
Animal feed and feed additives (non-meat derived)
Fertilisers
Shells

To prepare for the transition to the NEXDOC System, registration is now open to exporters, agents and freight forwarders.

Please note that external software providers are not building capability to support the certification of Other Goods at this stage. All certification for these commodities to Singapore will need to be lodged via the NEXDOC portal.

Register on NEXDOC

If you are an Other Goods exporter, you will need to register via the department’s online service portal. If you are already a registered NEXDOC user, you will need to add the Other Goods commodity to your existing account.

Access the online service portal and register.

NEXDOC Virtual drop-in sessions

Online information sessions are available weekly. These sessions will demonstrate how to register as a NEXDOC user and lodge a request for export, as well as providing the opportunity to ask questions about the NEXDOC System.

More information can be found on the NEXDOC Transition webpage which includes the following session days/times.

More information, including user guides and instructions on the NEXDOC System, can be found at NEXDOC help

Background

The Australian Government is focused on growing Australian agriculture by reforming its export functions. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is moving products categorised as ‘Other goods’ products to the NEXDOC System, the Government’s web-based export management system.
Other Goods is a commodity group which covers the following products when they are exported as non-prescribed goods:
1. Processed foods, ingredients, and beverages
2. Edible vitamins and supplements
3. Animal feed and feed additives (non-meat derived)
4. Fertilisers
5. Shells
NEXDOC includes a range of new and enhanced features which provides Australia’s export industry with a modern, technical platform capable of integrating with other support systems and new technologies. The system provides Australian exporters with improved product traceability, automates many processes that are currently manual, enables better self-service.
We will be implementing the Other Goods transition to NEXDOC in phases, with more countries and certificates to follow. The first market includes NX188B and the NX188M (formerly EX188B and EX188M) to Singapore. If you export other goods to countries other than Singapore, you will need to continue your current manual process until the importing country is transitioned to NEXDOC.

Caroline Martin
Assistant Secretary
Digital Clearance Service
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

The information provided in this advice is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify these details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in this notice.