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1 February 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and authorised officers (AOs) that the use of the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) will be mandatory from 1 February 2021.
Summary of changes and key points
From 1 February 2021, PEMS will become the only…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 27 January 2021, troughs, low-pressure systems and weak cold fronts generated showers and thunderstorm activity across parts of northern, central and eastern Australia. In those summer cropping…
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19 January 2021
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to provide guidance to industries and exporters about the documentation requirements to apply for letters of free sale from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department). A letter of free sale are sometimes…
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19 May 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that accreditation applications for the export of mangoes and lychees to the USA, China, Japan and South Korea for the 2020–21 season are now open.
Key points
Lychee farm and packhouse managers wanting to export to the USA…
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18 May 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the Consultation Draft Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Rules 2020 has been released for public consultation until COB 19 June 2020.
Summary of changes and key points
The Consultation Draft Export Control (…
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13 May 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the Indian Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) has approved phosphine fumigation as an additional treatment option to the current mandatory methyl bromide fumigation for Australian barley exported to India.
Summary of…
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13 May 2020
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of the following cucurbitaceous seed for sowing (including synonyms) from all countries:
Citrullus lanatus (watermelon)
Cucumis melo (cantaloupe)
Cucumis sativus (cucumber)
Cucurbita…
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Biosecurity Matters
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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5 May 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of the in-transit cold treatment (ITCT) certification requirements for the export of citrus to the USA in 2020.
Summary of changes and key points
ITCT must start in Australia and finish prior to arrival in the USA.…
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5 May 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of the in-transit cold treatment (ITCT) certification requirements for the export of citrus to Japan in 2020.
Summary of changes and key points
Exporters, shipping companies, freight forwarders and plant export…
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