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17 April 2023
Who does this notice affect?
Offshore biosecurity treatment providers, and associated industry members, operating under one of the department’s government to industry offshore treatment assurance schemes.
What has changed?
This is a reminder to complete our survey seeking feedback…
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17 April 2023
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container…
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14 April 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise all users of the Plant Export Management System (PEMS) of an upgrade to the system on 15 April 2023.
Summary of changes and key points
On 15 April the PEMS system will be enhanced with the following:
RFP Net Metric Weight…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is working on drafting more modern and streamlined agriculture levies and charges legislation. You will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft legislation soon. The proposed consultation will be divided into 2 phases:
Phase…
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Australian Hass avocados have received provisional access to the Indian market. New access was granted after Australia demonstrated that its high-quality avocados could meet India’s biosecurity and food import requirements.
10 trial shipments will be sent to India during the provisional access…
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On 13 March 2023, the Office of the US Trade Representative announced the reallocation of unused quotas under their imported raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ). Australia was allocated an additional 24,479 tonnes (11% of the unused quota balance). This is in addition to the initial allocation of 89,…
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14 April 2023
Who does this notice affect?
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal.
Information
Resolved time:
As of: 23:00 Thursday 13…
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Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Livestock at Processing Facilities and Establishments
AWTG 02-23 noted an update from Queensland that drafting of the new standards and guidelines is continuing. Further engagement with the stakeholder advisory group and other targeted stakeholders,…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 12 April 2023, troughs were responsible for widespread showers and storms across much of southern Australia as well as localised parts of eastern Australia. Meanwhile an intense low-pressure system which…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has opened consultation to help shape the way the new biosecurity protection levy will be applied.
The 2023-24 Federal Budget delivered sustainable funding to Australia’s critical biosecurity system. This included $1.03 billion over the…
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