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The Animal Welfare Task Group (AWTG) is a committee of officials from all Australian jurisdictions. It oversees the development of national animal welfare standards and guidelines. These aim to improve national consistency, making it easier for industry, the community and trading partners to…
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7 January 2019
Date of effect: Immediate
Attention:
Industries—Industry bodies – Dairy Australia
Export dairy establishments
Licensed exporters
Purpose
To notify manufactures/exporters that from 27 December 2018, under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), Thailand has…
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29 November 2018Who does this notice affect? Biosecurity industry participants that are the holders of a biosecurity approved arrangement, operating under custom broker classes 19.1 and/or 19.2:Class…
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8 May 2017Who does this notice affect?Importers of fresh, chilled durian segments from Malaysia and Thailand under tariff code 0810.60.00.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is working towards a future compliance-based operating model to increase resource efficiencies…
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OverviewSanitation involves cleaning, washing, or disinfecting equipment and facilities to minimise the risk that pests could transfer onto the commodity.Sanitation is a common industry practice across the supply chain, especially for pathogens.Evaluating the efficacy of this measure requires…
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The Australian Government provides a range of primary producer tax benefits to help farmers protect agricultural land.
You may be able to claim a deduction for capital costs you incur on a Landcare operation, and riparian management works. This includes the establishment of shelterbelts on land…
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When levies and export charges applyLevyLevy applies to almonds harvested in Australia if the person who owns the almonds immediately after harvest:sold the almondsprocessed the almonds themselves, orhad the almonds processed by another person.Export chargeExport charge applies to almonds…
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What is farm productivity?Productivity is a key measure in the statistical toolbox used to assess farm industry performance.It is typically defined as a ratio of outputs produced (such as crops, livestock and wool) to inputs used (such as land, labour, capital, materials and services), and…
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Australian Hass avocados have received provisional access to the Indian market. New access was granted after Australia demonstrated that its high-quality avocados could meet India’s biosecurity and food import requirements.
10 trial shipments will be sent to India during the provisional access…
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AnnouncementsWe continue to enhance the CBIS to improve uptake and reward good compliance. Recent changes include:Addition of mushroom spawn and cultures for propagation from all countries onto CBIS inspection-controlled pathway.Addition of processed nut products onto CBIS under a documentation…
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