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2 June 2016 Who does this notice affect?Importers, customs agents and brokers involved in the import of consignments of used machinery, used equipment and used parts.What is changing?From 16 June…
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14 September 2010
Above average rainfall across eastern Australia in August and early September has enabled strong crop growth and provided a basis for a bumper winter…
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31 May 2016 Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of wood-based products regulated under Australia’s illegal logging legislation (ie products imported under specific Customs…
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This webpage contains information reproduced from the Australian Standard AS 1604 series, produced with permission from SAI Global under licence agreement 0907-c133. Public users may view this document and may make one hard copy for personal use, but may not reproduce it for other parties in…
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This page lists timber preservative formulations (by chemical class as a list of acceptable trade names) that the department has approved for use as biosecurity treatments as well as the minimum preservative retention requirement for each formulation. To be accepted by the department,…
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The department accepts certain permanent preservative treatments as biosecurity treatments for use on certain timber products and timber packaging. To find out whether a product requires a treatment for biosecurity purposes, please check the department's Biosecurity Import…
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Exotic pests of timber include termites and insect borers such as beetles and wasps. These pests can arrive in timber and timber products as eggs or larvae. These pests may go unnoticed until frass (a sawdust-like substance produced by feeding wood boring insects) and holes appear or chewing sounds…
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Australia depends heavily on imported seeds to produce a wide range of crops, including vegetables. Large quantities of these seeds are imported into Australia annually.
The distribution of pathogens (that cause disease) associated with seed is expanding across the world and new biosecurity risks…
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In response to the increase in the global movement of seeds for planting and associated phytosanitary regulation, the department held a workshop titled ‘The International Clean Seed Pathway’ on 7-8 June 2018 in Brisbane.
The objectives of the workshop were:
to provide a forum for seed producers…
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Emergency measures[expand all]What is Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV)?ToMMV is a member of the Tobamovirus genus:
It is transmitted through propagation materials (seeds, plants for planting,…
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