Date of issue: 28 January 2025
Dates of effect: 10 February 2025
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 provide further updates to previous IANs regarding the transition of Other Goods to NEXDOC.
Summary of changes and key points:
The department previously issued industry advice notice 2025-01 advising Republic of Korea (South Korea) would move to the Next Export Documentation System (NEXDOC).
This IAN advises that Other Goods to the South Korea will not transition to NEXDOC on 10 February 2025 and has been moved to a later release date. Please continue with your manual export application process until further notice.
As per previous advice, if you are an exporter of Other Goods to Cambodia, Canada, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, United States of America and Vietnam, please be advised that products requiring NX188B, NX188M, and NX418 (previously EX188B, EX188M, and M418) certificates for these markets will transition to the NEXDOC System on Monday 10 February 2025. 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.
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 will need to be lodged via the NEXDOC portal.
We will be implementing the Other Goods transition to NEXDOC in phases, with more countries to follow.
If you export other goods to countries other than the ones listed below, you will need to continue your current manual process until the importing country is transitioned to NEXDOC.
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United States of America
- Vietnam.
The first market included NX188B and NX188M (formerly EX188B and EX188M) to Singapore.
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 about the NEXDOC System and the online sessions, can be found on the NEXDOC Transition webpage.
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.
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.
Caroline Martin
Assistant Secretary
Digital Export Program Branch
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.