Transitioning commodities to NEXDOC

Commodities available now and transitioning soon

We are incrementally onboarding commodities onto NEXDOC. Meat and meat products will be transitioning to NEXDOC on Monday 20 April 2026. 

Commodities currently available on NEXDOC are:

• dairy
• eggs
• fish and fish products
• honey and edible apiculture (to markets in the below table)
• skins and hides
• wool and feathers
• inedible meat
• other goods.

Past transitions

Dairy

All dairy export certification is now issued through NEXDOC.

If you would like to be an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) in NEXDOC, you will need to register as a client group or exporter in NEXDOC, and then request to be an AEPI.

For further information please see the published advice Automated Export Permit Issuers.

Eggs

All egg export certification is now issued through NEXDOC.

If you would like to be an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) in NEXDOC, you will need to register as a client group or exporter in NEXDOC, and then, request to be an AEPI.

For further information please see the published advice Automated Export Permit Issuers.

Fish

All fish export certification is now issued through NEXDOC.

If you would like to be an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) in NEXDOC, you will need to register as a client group or exporter in NEXDOC, and then, request to be an AEPI.

For further information please see the published advice Automated Export Permit Issuers

Honey and apiculture

If you export honey or apiculture products to any of the below countries, you will now be required to use NEXDOC. Please note that this does not include live bees.

If you export to Northern Ireland, or markets other than listed in the table above you will need to continue the current manual application process to obtain export certification.

Skins and hides

All skins and hides export certification is now issued through NEXDOC.

You will need to be registered in NEXDOC to raise new export certification for the export of Skins and hides.

Wool

All wool product export certification is now issued through NEXDOC.

You will need to be registered in NEXDOC to raise new export certification for the export of wool.

Inedible meat

Most inedible meat export certification is now issued through NEXDOC.

Inedible meat products include raw and processed pet food, rendered products, and other animal-derived materials.

Exporters, agents, and freight forwarders are now required to submit certification requests through NEXDOC. While most certification processes have moved to the platform, some manual documents remain in use.

To clarify which documents are still issued manually, please contact nexdoc@aff.gov.au.

Other goods

All certificate applications — including the NX188B, NX188M, and NX418 (formerly EX188B, EX188M, and M418) — have transitioned to the NEXDOC system.

Need help?

For more information or assistance for NEXDOC, please contact NEXDOC@aff.gov.au