Latest update
Applications have now closed for the 2024 – 2025 BMSB Season.
Changes to ABF report requirements for 2024-25 BMSB season:
Applicants for the 2024 – 2025 BMSB season no longer need to include Australian Border Force (ABF) import data reports to support their application.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry offers the Safeguarding Arrangement Scheme as an alternative clearance pathway for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) targeted goods shipped from target risk countries, in hard six -sided containers during the BMSB risk season, 1 September to 30 April.
Applications are open for submission annually between 31 July and 30 January.
Note - application renewal is not automatically granted, applicants must submit a new application each year.
Please refer to the Safeguarding Arrangements Scheme: Supply Chain Processes Guideline to assist in the submission of your application.