How to arrange a Cargo Compliance Verification (CCV) inspection booking
The department will contact you or your agent, through the Agriculture Import Management System (AIMS), if your consignment has been selected for inspection and provide you with information about what will happen next.
To help reduce delays:
- When you request an inspection, nominate an agreed inspection time (not less than 2 hours), based on your knowledge of the consignment and how long it will take to unpack and inspect.
- The nominated container is to be held at the agreed location with seals intact until a biosecurity officer is present to conduct the inspection. All remaining containers in the consignment must remain with seals intact until the requested container is finalised and released.
- Arrange for your staff to be available to fully unpack the consignment within the agreed inspection time.
- Ensure all required documentation is submitted to the department in a timely manner and made available at the inspection including documentation that specifies the commodities listed on the Full Import Declaration.
- Please make sure the work environment is safe for our biosecurity officers and your staff.
We recognise that your consignment would not usually have been inspected and we will endeavour to minimise disruption to the import process.
For consignments containing imported foods, importers and their agents should be aware that inspection and testing processes required under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme (IFIS) may still apply after the CCV inspection. Please discuss any IFIS requirements with the department’s bookings officer to ensure that arrangements can be made to coordinate these activities.
What to consider when booking a CCV inspection time
When booking a CCV inspection, you need to consider the size of the container and whether the goods are palletised or loose, and the number of staff provided for manual unpacks.
It is also important to allocate time for the biosecurity officer to:
- be given a site induction at any non-AA locations
- supervise the breaking of the container seal and the full unpack of the selected container
- conduct the inspection of the goods, any packaging, and the container, keeping in mind that consignments with more lines require more time.
These considerations will assist the department in managing its workforce and ensure your goods can be inspected in a timely manner.
Required documentation
All Commodity and non-commodity documents must be submitted to the department including consignments with impediment free lines.
Types of documents include but are not limited to:
- Bill of Lading / House Bill of Lading or Seaway Bill
- Packing Declaration
- Commercial Invoice
- Packing List
- Any Health / Phytosanitary certificates
- Any Manufacturer’s declaration/ Country of origin declarations
- Import Permit
- And any other documents required for commodity and non-commodity
Fees and charges
No fees or charges will apply for consignments that comply with biosecurity requirements. Fees and charges will only apply where remedial action is required. Standard document processing fees will still apply.
We will seek to conduct inspections at the importer’s premises, or a premises nominated by the importer, at a mutually convenient time.
More information
- Know more about CCV
- Have a question? Contact the CCV program 1800 900 090
- To report a biosecurity concern, call the See. Secure. Report. Hotline on 1800 798 636
- Search (BICON) to know what biosecurity import conditions apply to your goods