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What is MARS?
MARS is an online web portal to be used by commercial vessel masters and shipping agents to submit pre-arrival documents required of all international, commercial, vessels preparing for arrival in Australian territory. MARS has functionality to…
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4 November 2024Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers of:Australian registered (AUST R) human therapeutics and medicines imported under tariff 3002.41.00.01 -- Vaccines for human medicine (AUST R human vaccines).What has changed?The department is expanding the Compliance Based…
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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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21 June 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2024.
Summary of changes and key points
Only farms located in Queensland are eligible to apply for…
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Prior to departing your last overseas port, you must comply with our biosecurity reporting requirements.The Biosecurity obligations for aircraft arriving in Australian territory outlines the mandatory obligations at each stage of aircraft clearance.Here we’ve reproduced the section on our…
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We issue export documents required by Australian export laws and by your importing country authority.
Export documents include export permits and certificates. These verify that your goods meet all requirements.
You must have all required documents before you can export your goods.
Check export…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, November 2017This factsheet for interested stakeholders provides background information on the review of biosecurity import requirements…
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12 June 2024PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the cherry industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and the registration of treatment facilities to export cherries to protocol markets for the 2024-2025 season.Summary of changes and key…
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Food importers can enter into a Food Import Compliance Agreement (FICA) with us. These agreements are made under section 35A of the Imported Food Control Act 1992.Many food importers have documented food safety management systems for sourcing and importing safe food. Under a FICA, we…
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16 May 2022PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and for the registration of treatment facilities, to export mangoes and lychees to protocol markets for the 2022-23 season.Summary of key…
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