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1 March 2024
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of ongoing updates being made to instructional material documents.
Summary of changes and key points
Instructional material relating to plant exports is undergoing template changes to meet current departmental style…
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The Pine wilt nematode is a microscopic unsegmented worm that affects firs, cedars, larches, spruces, and especially pines. It is unlikely to affect Australian native trees, but it would be damaging to Australia’s forestry industry and amenity trees.
Pine wilt nematode is indigenous to North…
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28 May 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice affects importers of plant products for human consumption (e.g. rice, beans, lentils, dried chilli, cumin and coriander seed), freight forwarders, biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s approved…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 5 tariff rate quotas put in place by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), including an annual quota for oranges and mandarins of 13,700 tonnes.
Access to the quota is on a first-come, first-served (…
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The Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support (MCAS-S) is a tool to view and combine mapped information. MCAS-S can inform spatial decision making and help with stakeholder engagement and communication. MCAS-S is powerful and easy to use. GIS…
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Date of Issue: 1 May 2015Date of Effect: ImmediateAttention:Industries - Seafood Department of Agriculture - Central and Regional officesAffected Markets:…
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22 November 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that a new export listing is now available for ‘intermediate facilities’ intending to export raw meat (excluding kangaroo, pork, poultry and wild boar) for the manufacture of pet food to Canada. Canada defines an ‘…
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20 August 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of the in-transit cold treatment (ITCT) certification requirements for the export of fresh fruits to the Philippines under the Specific Commodity Understanding 2 conditions for export of fruit fly host fruits from…
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18 October 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
Summary of changes and key points
PEMS will now automatically validate the ‘Accredited Farm Block Numbers’ and ‘Accredited Packhouse Numbers’ for…
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Date of issue: 16 April 2020Date of effect: Until further noticeReference Number: MAA 2020-03Attention:Approved certifying organisations and organic and bio-dynamic operatorsPurposeThe Organic Exports Program (the program) in the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment continues to…
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