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We have identified a group of priority exotic and unwanted plant pests and diseases. These pose the greatest risk to our industries and environment.Explore our advice on these plant pests and diseases. See more about:how to keep these pests and diseases out of Australiawhere they come fromhow to…
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Follow these steps to export organic and bio-dynamic goods, and understand how you comply with Australian export laws and meet importing country requirements.
This process may be lengthy and fees and charges apply to some steps.
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Step 1: Check how your goods are defined
You…
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To successfully export to Australia, you need to understand why biosecurity maters and what you need to do to meet our biosecurity requirements.
Each year around 2.5 million shipping containers arrive in Australia from all over the world. This puts not only our country but the countries we trade…
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Some points to consider when choosing your software package and provider:Do you require a stand alone or a networked system, (one PC or many PCs)?If you require a networked version, can your provider integrate their system with your existing system?If you intend to print health certificates in…
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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17 March 2023Species: AllCountries: AllAttentionAllPurposeTo advise all stakeholders that consultation on the Australian Government’s commitment to phase out live sheep exports by sea has commenced. The consultation paper and feedback form are available on the department’s Have Your Say platform…
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The Plant Export Management System (PEMS) is an IT system that is used by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, to capture and store information relating to the export of plants and plant products from Australia; including plant export Authorised Officer (AO) inspection and…
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What is an AO?An 'AO' is a plant export Authorised Officer.AOs are individuals, trained and assessed by us and are appointed as Australian Government officials (public officials) under the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act). An AO is able to perform a range of export functions on behalf of the…
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The Land Use and Management Information System (LUMIS) is currently being developed as part of a cooperative effort between Federal and State bodies. The framework aims to provide nationally consistent information at a scale relevant to the user needs. A key consideration is the linkage of land…
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The importation of some commodities is, by law, subject to the biosecurity conditions outlined in the departments Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system. Some commodities are only allowed into Australia upon the granting of an import permit from the department.Import permit fees apply for…
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