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04-2025: Voluntary fumigation of fresh cut flowers and foliage in 2025

9 January 2025Who does this notice affect?Industry stakeholders including importers, approved arrangements, freight forwarders and brokers that deal with imported cut flowers and foliage.What has changed?Consignments of fresh cut flowers and foliage found to be infested with live insect pests have…
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16-2025: Commencement of the application of fees for post-inspection in-office imported food sample management activities on 3 February 2025

20 January 2025Who does this notice affect?Industry stakeholders, including commercial importers and brokers importing consignments of imported food subject to analytical testing under the Imported Food Control Act 1992.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the…
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46-2025: Engagement on changes to biosecurity and imported foods regulatory charges

​21 February 2025Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders and biosecurity industry participants (approved arrangement and compliance agreement holders) vessel masters and shipping agents.Changes to regulatory charging in 2025-26The department…
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2025-17: Grain and Seed Exports – Additional updates to grain and plant product instructional materials

14 April 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and authorised officers (AOs) of additional updates that have been made to the instructional material for the inspection of prescribed grain and plant products for export.Summary and key pointsWe previously published IAN…
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238-2023: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment providers suspended - Ensure Pest Control and Fumigation Pte Ltd (AEI: SG4010SB) and Fumigation Pest Management (AEI: SG4016SB)

9 November 2023Who does this notice affect?Clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers and customs brokers—associated with importing goods that require BMSB treatment during the BMSB risk season (goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries,…
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191-2023: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment providers under review - Fumigation Pest Management (AEI: SG4016SB) and National Fumigation (Charleston) (AEI: US4024SB)

14 September 2023Who does this notice affect?Clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers and customs brokers—associated with importing goods that require BMSB treatment during the BMSB risk season (goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries…
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IFN 06-25: Have Your Say on the draft scheduling arrangements for imported cargo inspections

AttentionIndustry stakeholders, including commercial importers and brokers importing consignments of food.PurposeTo advise stakeholders that revised draft arrangements for scheduling imported cargo inspections are now available for comment through the department’s 'Have Your Say’ platform.Key…
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Productivity growth for broadacre weakens

Broadacre productivity growth has slowed over the last financial year, but the slowdown is inconsistent, according to ABARES’s latest productivity estimates for 2023-24.ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville said while the headline productivity index for broadacre farming had decreased from…
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Research Strategy (July 2012 to June 2017)

Objectives of this research strategy The objective of this research strategy is to guide the investments in climate change research for agriculture under Filling the Research Gap in order to:…
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Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) codes

​​This page provides information on Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) codes, which you may need when applying for a JAEPA quota certificate. Any codes bolded are still…
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