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Notice issued: 26 June 2025From 1 July 2025, the levy rate on meat chickens hatched at a hatchery in Australia will change to 0.406 cents per meat chicken. The change will increase the biosecurity response component by 0.1416 cents per meat chicken.Rates from 1 July 2025ProductLevy rateMeat…
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Notice issued: 26 June 2025From 1 July 2025, the levy rate on laying chickens hatched at a hatchery in Australia will change to 26.07 cents per laying chicken. The change will increase the biosecurity response component by 10.8 cents per laying chicken.Rates from 1 July 2025ProductLevy rateLaying…
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26 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.What has changed?The…
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Biosecurity cost recovery implementation statement 2025–2026In 2025, the department will apply indexation to biosecurity and imported food regulatory charges. All legislated regulatory charges that are subject to an indexation provision will increase by 2.4% on 1 July 2025.Indexation does not…
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AttentionStakeholders in the import industries including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, compliance agreement holders and biosecurity industry participants.PurposeTo advise stakeholders about the changes to regulatory charges for biosecurity and imported food activities that will…
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27 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All vessel owners, operators, masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels, including cruise vessels preparing for arrival into Australian territory.What has changed?In December 2023, an Import Industry Advice Notice was…
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27 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders and biosecurity industry participants (approved arrangement and compliance agreement holders) vessel masters and shipping agents.What has changed?In 2025, the department will apply…
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27 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website.InformationStart time: As of 08:00 Friday 27 June 2025 (AEST)).Detail: The BICON website is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. As a result,…
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27 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment through the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS).What has changed?Non-account clients will need to have the necessary $40 document assessment…
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27 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website.InformationRestored time:As of: 15:00 Friday 27 June 2025 (AEST).Detail:The unplanned service disruption to the BICON website has been resolved.Clients should…
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