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99-2016 – Updates to the COLS – Questions and answers webpage – Import declaration amendments

​​24 October 2016Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who lodge import declarations and utilise the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) to submit imported cargo documentation to…
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38-2025: *Update* Scheduled Outage: Saturday 15 February to Sunday 16 February 2025 – Multiple Systems

14 February 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 through the Biosecurity Portal.Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and…
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97-2025: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 03 April to Friday 04 April 2025 – Multiple Systems

31 March 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.All clients required to use the eCertificate exports portal who…
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303-2025: Scheduled Outage: Saturday 06 September to Sunday 07 September 2025 – Biosecurity Portal (myID), BCST, EVE, RAM website

04 September 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and…
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320-2025: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 18 September to Friday 19 September 2025 – Biosecurity Portal (myID), BCST, EVE, RAM website

17 September 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and…
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378-2025: Scheduled Outage: Friday 07 November to Saturday 08 November 2025 – Biosecurity Portal (digital identity), BCST, EVE, RAM website

06 November 2025Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required…
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380-2025: Scheduled Outage: Saturday 08 November to Sunday 09 November 2025 – Biosecurity Portal (digital identity), BCST, EVE, RAM website

06 November 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight…
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Questions and answers

29 July 2011​​Why is this analysis being undertaken? After a long dispute with the New Zealand government, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that Australia’s measures for New Zealand apples…
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Area of low pest prevalence (ALPP)

 OverviewProvides the required confidence in low pest prevalence within the designated area, thereby allowing trade to occur from within that area.ALPP measures are most commonly used where pest prevalence in the area is already expected to be low, for example in an outbreak zone within a Pest…
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Trade situation in Cyprus

On 16 December 2025, the department received preliminary reports of outbreaks of FMD in Boğaziçi village, Ayios Sergios and Lapithos on the island of Cyprus. The department is actively monitoring the outbreaks and has, for precautionary reasons while we continue to gather information, decided to…
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