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2025-50: Plant Exports – Quota administration for cotton exports under Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA)

19 September 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify cotton exporters on current tariff arrangements and requirements under the Export Control (Tariff Rate Quotas – General) Rules 2021 (the Rules). These updates follow the Indian Government’s announcement of a temporary tariff…
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Group pest risk analyses

​​​We are improving the effectiveness and consistency of the pest risk analysis (PRA) process. A key step in this process is the development of a group PRA approach.In a PRA, we evaluate the evidence to determine whether an organism:is a pestneeds regulationneeds phytosanitary measures to manage…
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Importers

Australia’s illegal logging law reformsAs of 3 March 2025, Australia’s illegal logging laws have changed. Importantly, this includes changes to due diligence requirements for importers and processors of regulated timber and timber products.The Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 has been updated…
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Fees and charges

​​​​The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is responsible for applying fees and charges to industry and the public.Fees and charges are applied for services provided by the department, including:regulatory services, including biosecurity and export certificationrequests for…
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Economic potential for new plantation establishment in Australia

​Outlook to 2050 Authors: Linden Whittle, Peter Lock and Beau Hug [expand all] Summary Australia’s commercial timber plantation estate is fundamental to the sustainability and competitiveness of the Australian forestry sector and growing the estate has been a key Australian Government…
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34-2021: Sea container measures to protect against khapra beetle

5 March 2021Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply…
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13-2022: Khapra beetle measures: Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing (Phases 4 and 5)

3 February 2022 Who does this notice affect? Importers of other-risk plant products, seeds for sowing and other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers,…
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Offshore Ethylene Oxide ETO Treatment Providers

​​​​​Reminder: Check the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) and your import permit conditions (if relevant) to determine all import requirements prior to importing, and to confirm that offshore Ethylene Oxide (ETO) treatment is an acceptable treatment option for your commodity. ETO is…
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Biosecurity Advice 2017-01 - Fresh (chilled or frozen) beef and beef products from Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United States and Vanuatu — draft review revised closing date for comment

​​9​ January 2017​​The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has revised the closing date for stakeholders to provide comments on the department’s draft report on its review of the import…
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Biosecurity Advice 2016/32 - Cooked turkey meat from the United States - Draft review revised closing date for stakeholder comments

4 October 2016​The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has revised the closing date for stakeholders to provide comments on Cooked turkey meat from the United States—draft review to 15 November…
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