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Cats and dogs returning to Australia

Taking your cat or dog overseas? Check whether it can come back to Australia.When your cat or dog leaves Australia it immediately loses its Australian health status. This means you might not be able to bring it back to Australia at short notice. Please consider the information below before…
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Questions and Answers - Lychees from Taiwan and Vietnam

​Why has this announcement on fresh lychee fruit from Taiwan and Vietnam been made? Both Taiwan and Vietnam requested market access for fresh lychee fruit in 2003. Lychees are Taiwan’s and Vietnam’s top priority horticultural market access requests to Australia. The department is now in a…
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209-2020 - Notification of upcoming changes to khapra beetle target risk countries

Monday 7 December 2020 Who does this notice affect? Stakeholders associated with importing Full Container Load (FCL) consignments of seeds, grains and dried plant products. What has changed? The department will be updating the list of countries that are regulated for khapra beetle. This list is…
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185-2018 - Updated - BICON Invoicing Services, Cargo Online Lodgement System, Maritime Arrivals Reporting System, Online Payment Service and the Post Entry Biosecurity System Unavailable

from 23:00 Wednesday 12 December to 04:00 Thursday 13 December 2018 (AEDT)​​12 December 2018Update to this noticeA component of the sceduled up​grade has been postponed meaning that fewer IT systems…
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Notification letter for Tahitian Limes

​Letter as sent to stakeholders on 9 February 1999. 98/3461 Dear Stakeholder IMPORT RISK ANALYSIS ON TAHITIAN LIME FROM NEW CALEDONIA I am writing to formally notify you that the Australian…
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135-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Saturday 03 May 2025 – Multiple Systems

01 May 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)Approved arrangements…
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134-2020 - Commencement of urgent actions for khapra beetle: Phase 1

28 August 2020 Who does this notice affect? Travellers, importers of unaccompanied personal effects and/or low value sea and air freight, freight forwarders, customs brokers and biosecurity industry participants operating at a Class 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 Approved Arrangement. What has changed? On 13…
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MAA 2025-09: All Markets: Avian influenza market access issues update #21: High pathogenicity avian influenza – certification updates for Kiribati and the Republic of Korea

Date of issue: 26 March 2025Date of effect: ImmediateReference Number: MAA 2025-09Related MAAs: MAA 2024-08, MAA 2024-10, MAA 2024-12, MAA 2024-13, MAA 2024-15, MAA 2024-16, MAA 2024-18, MAA 2024-20, MAA 2024-22, MAA 2024-25, MAA 2024-26, MAA 2024-29, MAA 2024-30, MAA 2024-32, MAA…
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Biosecurity Fact Sheet: Group pest risk analysis for mealybugs

​Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, September 2018The factsheet provides an overview of the group pest risk analysis for mealybugs, and the viruses they transmit, for a 60 day public…
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61-2018 - Cargo Online Lodgement System – Services Impacted 19:00 Friday 22nd June to 03:00 Saturday 23rd June 2018 (AEST)

19 June 2018 Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned…
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