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2025-01: Transition to NEXDOC – Other Goods registration open

Date of issue: 14 January 2025Dates of effect: 10 February 2025AttentionOther Goods exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders.Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices. PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise…
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2025-12: Grain and Seed Exports – Update to grain and plant product instructional materials

25 March 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and authorised officers (AOs) of updates to the instructional material for the inspection of prescribed grain and plant products for export.Summary and key pointsThe following instructional material has been updated on the…
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2025-13: Plant Exports Branch – Updates to Japan’s requirements for in-transit cold treatment for citrus and table grapes

25 March 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to provide clarity on recent amendments to requirements for in transit cold treatment (ITCT) on citrus and table grapes exported to Japan.Summary of changes and key pointsThe Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has…
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94-2025: Changes to the management of powdered plant products under the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS)

31 March 2025Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers of CBIS eligible:Powdered plant products (0904.22.00.05, 0904.22.00.04, 0910.12.00.12, 0910.30.00.03 and 0712.90.90.780)What has changed?Removal of the AQIS commodity code “POWD”The department is improving the CBIS eligibility by…
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Operation Avoca secures over 38 tonnes of biosecurity risk materials

A significant risk to Australia’s biosecurity has been prevented by biosecurity officers securing approximately 38 tonnes of risk material—including boxes of turtle meat, frog meat, plant products, avian meat, pig meat, beef meat, and raw prawns.On 15 February 2023, a Department of Agriculture,…
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National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce

The National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce (the National Standard) is Australia’s technical export standard for organic and bio-dynamic goods. The National Standard is owned and managed by the department and provides the basis for equivalence (government-to-government) arrangements…
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2025-20: Horticulture – Updates to the protocol for Tasmanian apple exports to China

06 May 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the apple industry and authorised officers (AOs) of key changes to the protocol for export of apples from Tasmania to China for the remainder of the 2025 season.Summary of changes and key pointsThe protocol has been expanded to…
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103-2018 - Department phone and fax services unavailable from 19:00 Friday 31st August to 04:00 Saturday 1st September 2018 (AEST)

29 August 2018 Who does this notice affect? All clients attempting to contact the Department by telephone or fax during this planned outage period.Information Due to scheduled maintenance, the…
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Phalaenopsis orchids nursery stock

Import conditions for Phalaenopsis orchids are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible. A decision to import these goods into Australia is a commercial decision between an importer in Australia and a supplier in the country of origin…
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136-2018 - Department phone and fax services unavailable from 22:00 AEST Friday 5 October to 03:00 AEDT Sunday 7 October 2018

​3 October 2018Who does this notice affect? All clients attempting to contact the Department by telephone or fax during this planned outage period.InformationDue to scheduled maintenance, the department…
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