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31/08/2023
Who does this notice affect?
All vessel owners, operators, masters, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels preparing for arrival in Australian territory.
What has changed?
On 23 February 2023, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the…
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Andrew Cameron & Jared Greenville
This two-part ABARES Insights series discusses the recent growth of Australian agriculture and how changes in the market and policy landscape over the last 50 years have shaped the sector, what factors matter now, and what trends will matter in the near-future…
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Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to to provide updated advice to food processing and storage facilities handling product for export to China on how to access their Chinese issued registration number issued by the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC).
Key points
GACC…
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19 August 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who are lodging inspection requests to the department.
Information
The unplanned service disruption to the Biosecurity Portal and Scheduling and Workload Management System (SWMS) has now been resolved.
Action…
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What's new?Safeguarding Arrangement applications will be open between 28 July 2025 and 30 January 2026.The department has introduced several mandatory and important changes for the 2025-26 BMSB (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug) season.Updates include:Revised application formIntroduction of the mandatory…
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09 February 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the kiwifruit industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and registration of treatment facilities to export kiwifruit to Thailand for the 2022 season.
Summary of changes and key…
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21 December 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All masters and agents required to submit ballast water assessments.
Information
The unplanned service disruption to the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) has been resolved. Clients will now receive their ballast water assessment outcomes…
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19 December 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this unplanned service disruption.
Information
The unplanned outage to the Biosecurity Portal has been resolved. Clients can now access the…
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18 December 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information.
Information
The unplanned outage to the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) has been resolved. Users can now log in as normal.…
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23 September 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department.
Information
The unplanned service disruption to the Biosecurity Portal has been resolved. Clients can now submit new import inspection requests as…
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