Date of issue: 2 April 2025
Date of effect: 7 April 2025
Attention:
Exporters of Other Goods (processed foods, ingredients, beverages, vitamins and supplements, cosmetics and personal care products, animal feed (non-meat derived), edible rendered animal fats and oils, fertilisers, shells), agents and freight forwarders.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
Purpose:
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to remind industry that export certification for Other Goods to all markets (other than China, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea) will move to the Next Export Documentation System (NEXDOC) on Monday, 7 April 2025.
From this date, manual certificate applications (EX188B, EX188M and M418) for Other Goods will only be available for China, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea.
Summary of changes and key points:
Registration reminder for Other Goods into NEXDOC.
If you are an exporter of Other Goods, you will need to register via the online service portal. If you are a registered NEXDOC user for another commodity, you will need to add the Other Goods commodity to your account.
Access the online service portal and register.
These products include the following Other Goods:
- Processed foods, ingredients, and beverages
- Edible vitamins and supplements
- Cosmetics and personal care products
- Animal feed and feed additives (non-meat derived)
- Edible Rendered Animal Fats and Oils
- Fertilisers (plant, seaweed and/or mineral ingredients only)
- Shells.
NEXDOC endorsement numbers
Fit for human consumption endorsement 9003:
An optional fit for human consumption endorsement is available in NEXDOC for edible non-prescribed goods. If the optional fit for human consumption endorsement 9003 is used, clients must attach a manufacturer’s declaration, exporter’s declaration or HACCP certificate to the NEXDOC Request for Export (REX) to demonstrate the consignment’s compliance with endorsement 9003.
New NEXDOC endorsement numbers:
The manual endorsements currently used for a variety of products/countries, have been added as soft coded endorsements in NEXDOC. Please refer to Table 1 for a list of the relevant country, product, certificate templates and NEXDOC endorsement number combinations available from 7 April 2025. When raising a REX, please refer to Table 1 and use the relevant NEXDOC endorsement number instead of using free text endorsements. Table 2 outlines the endorsement text for each endorsement number.
NEXDOC Registrations are now open for exporters of Other Goods
The Australian Government is growing Australian agriculture exports by reforming export systems and functions. The department is transitioning Other Goods products onto its new web-based export management system, the Next Export Documentation System, NEXDOC. Export certificate applications for all markets (other than China, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea) will move to the new NEXDOC system on Monday, 7 April 2025.
From this date, manual applications for export certification for Other Goods to these countries will not be accepted with the exception of replacement certificates for certificates originally issued manually.
These countries are in addition to Cambodia, Canada, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States of America and Vietnam, which have already moved to the NEXDOC system.
Virtual drop in sessions
Online information sessions are available to find out more. Links to join the sessions are on the NEXDOC webpage. To join a session, visit the webpage below and click on the session link you want to attend.
www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/export/certification/nexdoc
More information
Help guides and instructions: www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/export/certification/nexdoc/help
Email: NEXDOC@aff.gov.au
If you have any questions regarding this IAN please email the NEXDOC Helpdesk at NEXDOC@aff.gov.au
Ingrid Massa-Ward
A/g 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.
Table 1: Other Goods new country/product/certificate/endorsement combinations:
| Country | Product | Category code/s | Certificate Template | NEXDOC endorsement number (refer to Table 2 for endorsement text) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | Edible rendered animal fats and Oils | OG0017 OG0018 OG0019 | NX188M | 9014 |
| India | Animal feed and feed additives | OG002 OG003 OG005 OG006 OG007 OG009 OG008 OG0010 | NX188M | 9015 |
| Japan | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (collagen casings onforwarded to Korea only) | OG0107 | NX188M | 5306 |
| Japan | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (frozen fruits and vegetables only) | OG0085 OG0086 OG0087 OG0088 OG0089 OG0090 OG0091 OG0199 | NX188B | 9016 |
| Kuwait | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (veal stock – establishment sourced and suitable for human consumption only) | OG0177 | NX188M | 5323 |
| Oman | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (edible processed foods only) | Multiple | NX188B | 9017 |
| Qatar | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (edible processed foods and almond nuts only) | Multiple (edible processed foods) OG0147 (blanched almonds) | AFQT1 | 9018 |
| Saudi Arabia | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (Edible processed foods) | Multiple | AFSA1 | 9018 |
| Saudi Arabia | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (Bone broth products only) | OG0106 OG0133 | NX188M | 9020 |
| United Arab Emirates | Processed foods, ingredients and beverages (blanched almonds only) | OG0147 | NX188B | 9019 |
Table 2: Endorsement numbers and endorsement text:
| NEXDOC endorsement number | NEXDOC Endorsement text |
|---|---|
| 5306 | The collagen casings were derived from hides of healthy bovine animals of Australian and New Zealand origin that have undergone ante and post-mortem inspection and found to be free from infectious diseases. |
| 5323 | The products or the by-products originate from government licensed establishments that are authorised to process meat for human consumption under government supervision. The products are derived from animals which passed ante-mortem inspection at the time of slaughter. The products have been produced, prepared, inspected and transported in accordance with the Australian Standard and are suitable in every way for human consumption. |
| 9006 | This product is fit for human consumption. |
| 9007 | The product is intended to be further refined and is suitable for use in processing of product for human consumption. |
| 9008 | The gelatine described above has been derived from bones of bovines and originates in a region of negligible risk for BSE, and is exported from a region of negligible risk for BSE. |
| 9009 | The gelatine described above has been derived from hides and skins of bovine animals. The gelatine described above is fit for human consumption. |
| 9010 | The gelatine described above has been derived from porcine bones and originates in a region of negligible risk for BSE, and is exported from a region of negligible risk for BSE. |
| 9011 | The gelatine described above has been derived from hides and skins of porcine animals. The gelatine described above is fit for human consumption. |
| 9012 | The above products were produced from poultry meat and/or offal derived from a country or state free from Newcastle disease and highly pathogenic avian influenza. The raw poultry meat and/or offal used to produce the above products has passed ante- and post–mortem inspection in the country of origin. The product has been packed in new container(s). |
| 9013 | The products described above: are highly processed and have undergone a standard heat treatment process to minimise the risk of infestation/ contamination; are fit for their intended use. |
| 9014 | The bovines, swine and poultry from which the fat was rendered satisfactorily passed ante and post mortem inspection / Los bovinos, porcinos y aves de los cuales se extrajo la grasa aprobaron satisfactoriamente la inspección ante y post mortem. |
| 9015 | The animal feed supplement additive does not contain any animal origin material. |
| 9016 | The fruit and/or the vegetables in the consignment have been frozen at -17.8 degrees C or less and the temperature has been maintained until the time of import inspection. |
| 9017 |
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| 9018 | The food products are safe and fit for human consumption. The food product(s) was handled at an establishment that has been subjected to inspections by the competent authority and/or officially recognised body and implements a food safety management system based on HACCP principles or an equivalent system. |
| 9019 | The food product(s) is safe and fit for human consumption. The food product(s) was handled at an establishment that has been subjected to inspections by the competent authority and/or officially recognised body and implements a food safety management system based on HACCP principles or an equivalent system and they are certified by nationally accredited certification bodies. |
| 9020 | This product contains ingredients which have been sourced and derived from healthy animals which have been inspected and have no apparent evidence of any contagious and/or infectious disease as listed by the OIE. |