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8 December 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that New Zealand (NZ) has revised the import conditions for pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo) and watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) from Australia.
Summary of changes and key points
The NZ National Plant Protection…
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Easter is just around the corner and it’s important to remember the rules that keep Australia safe. One of them is about eggs!If you’re celebrating, remember only eggs of the chocolate variety are allowed to be brought into Australia.Live animal eggs are a high-risk commodity, and failing to…
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There is growing interest in goats as a source of lean red meat and as a hardy livestock animal that is resilient to temperature and drought. The global goat population increased by 19.3% between 2006 and 2016, while cattle and sheep increased by 6.7 and 6.8%, respectively.
Goats are a profitable…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry uses a number of risk mitigation strategies to prevent biosecurity risk from entering Australia. Among these strategies is the treatment of goods to mitigate the risk and prevent the introduction of unwanted pests and diseases.
Treatment types…
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Introduction
The Australian apple and pear industry takes this opportunity to express to Biosecurity Australia its extreme disquiet over the proposal to import apples from China and particularly over…
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The Indonesia–Australia Partnership on Food Security in the Red Meat and Cattle Sector (the Partnership) is a bilateral initiative established in 2013.
It aims to develop a competitive, efficient and sustainable Australia–Indonesia red meat and cattle industry as part of a globally competitive…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 10 quotas under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA), including wheat and meslin.
Australian exporters can export up to 80,000 tonnes of wheat and meslin at a 0% tariff rate. Access to the quotas is on a…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 10 quotas under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA), including sugar.
Australian exporters can export sugar at a 0% tariff rate under the following quota volumes.
Year of agreement
Quantity (MT…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 10 quotas under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA), including rice.
Australian exporters can export up to 1,000 tonnes/year of Long Grain Rice and 11,500 tonnes/year of Broken Rice at a 0% tariff rate. Access…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 10 quotas under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA), including barley.
Australian exporters can export up to 7,000 tonnes of barley at a 0% tariff rate.
Access to the quotas is on a quarterly first-come, first-…
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