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25 November 2024Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers of highly processed plant products not for human consumption.BackgroundThe department has maintained the BICON case titled: ‘Highly processed soybean and/or corn products not for human consumption’. The case has restricted imports to…
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OverviewSmaller consignment and packaging sizes make it less likely that enough pests will enter the environment together to establish a new population.Examples include bulk consignments of grain presenting a different risk profile to the same volume of grain being packed and distributed in small…
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29 May 2019
This Biosecurity Advice announces the formal commencement of a review of biosecurity import requirements for greenhouse-grown fresh oriental melon and rockmelon fruit from the Republic of Korea (Korea).
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) expects to…
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The department may request payment of initial assessment and inspection fees for import declarations upfront, when the full cost of the service can be determined prior to its delivery.Assessment of import declarations will not occur until the upfront payment is received.The department exempts…
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14 July 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view…
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The National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases methodology and dataset
OverviewThe National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases (abbreviated to Exotic Environmental Pest List (EEPL)) is comprised of 168 species from eight thematic groups of pests, weeds or diseases. The primary purpose of the EEPL is to facilitate activities that help…
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5 May 2023
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies, preparing veterinarians, and importers of cats and dogs to Australia from countries other than New Zealand and Norfolk Island.
What has changed?
This advice supersedes the…
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9 June 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All clients awaiting outcomes relating to Master Consolidator Declarations and Offshore Treatment Certificate assessments.
Information
The department’s Seasonal Pest application is currently experiencing an unplanned outage.
As a result, clients may…
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17 March 2017 Who 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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1 March 2016
Purpose
To advise that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has released HEP4001:5C Export inspection horticulture protocol - Pome fruit for the inspection of citrus to protocol markets.
Key points
HEP4001:5C will enable external authorised officers to be appointed…
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