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Some importing countries require our involvement when you export non-prescribed goods.
Follow these steps to understand your responsibilities and our role. Fees and charges apply to some steps.
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Step 1: Check how your goods are defined
You need to understand how your product is…
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4 July 2016Who does this notice affect?The illegal logging laws affect businesses that import regulated timber and timber products of specific Customs tariff codes within Chapters 44 (wood and wood…
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There’s been an increase of non-compliance at the national post-entry quarantine facility (PEQ) in Victoria with biosecurity officers detecting imported pets with false laboratory reports and fake vaccination certificates.
Three dogs recently imported to Australia were re-exported after…
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The best international runners are raring to go after clearing the hurdle of post-arrival biosecurity quarantine.
Twenty-three international racehorses arrived in Australia for the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival and the Sydney Everest Carnival.
They have completed their quarantine at Werribee…
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27 July 2017Purpose The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that all Tasmanian orchards, packhouses, cold stores and fumigation facilities intending to export apples to China, Japan…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Episode 6
Host: Steve Peios
Guest: Dr Gabrielle Vivian Smith
Dr Gabrielle Vivian Smith and Steve Peios take us through the threat of the Khapra Beetle to Australia’s grain and dry-goods industries. We find out how the beetle could…
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Once again, it has been a busy year on the frontline for Australia’s biosecurity system, with over 238,000 biosecurity risk items intercepted at airports and an additional 32,800 biosecurity risk items stopped in mail centres.
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and…
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If you have experienced a financial loss or some other detriment due to our error, you may be able to make a claim for compensation.
1. Types of compensation
This webpage contains information about claiming compensation for loss suffered as a result of one or more of the following…
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I’m importing my vessel into Australia – what do I need to do?You will need to notify the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) of your intention to import a vessel prior to arrival.The department requirements are to ensure that…
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23 March 2016Who does this notice affect?All clients currently lodging import documentation for biosecurity assessment via email.For informationThis information is following on from Industry Advise…
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