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1 September 2023Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including Master Consolidators, vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principal agents—associated with shipping or…
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This page provides guidance on how to import biological materials including foods, therapeutics, laboratory materials, and vaccines.
Import conditions/is a permit required
You can use the departnment's Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON)to determine if the product you want to import…
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2 March 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All customs brokers and self-reporting importers.
What has changed?
The department has recently reviewed broker amendments to ship Lloyds’ registrations details for vessels on full import declarations and long form SAC lodgements. As these do not impact…
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7 February 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who request a ‘Location Change’ using the ‘Request a Reassessment’ function in the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS).
What has changed?
There are no changes to the COLS system but the Department has noted an…
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27 September 2016PurposeTo advise processors:advice has been received from the Scallop Fishermen’s Association of Tasmania that biotoxin testing of whole scallops (meat, roe and viscera) will no longer…
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This criterion reports on the role of Australia’s forests in the carbon cycle, including the amount of carbon stored in Australia’s forests, and the effects of natural disturbance, forest management and forest land-use change on forest carbon dynamics. It also reports the amount of carbon stored…
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2 February 2018Who does this notice affect?Clients who assess consignment specific and annual packing declarations under a Class 19.1 Approved Arrangement and clients who lodge packing declarations to…
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Australia is free from many pests and diseases found around the world.
Our animal, plant and human health rely on stringent controls and measures to manage the risk of these pests and diseases entering and becoming established in Australia.
This is known as biosecurity.
Many…
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24 February 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers (AOs), of an outage to the PEMS system due to department system maintenance.Summary of changes and key pointsPEMS…
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16 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections via the Biosecurity Portal.InformationStart time:As of: 08:16 Monday 16 June 2025.Detail:The…
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