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Forest and Wood Products Council (FWPC)

​​​The Forest and Wood Products Council (FWPC) is a forest industry advisory body established under section 11 of the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 (RFA Act). FWPC is now operating as the Strategic Forest and Renewable Materials Partnership. It was previously operating as the Forest…
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05-2024: Service Disruption: Saturday 27 January to Sunday 28 January 2024 BICON and COLS

22 January 2024 Who does this notice affect? All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period. All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for…
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283-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Sunday 31 August 2025 – COLS, COLSB2G

25 August 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period (e.g. clients required to use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) and Cargo…
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237-2022: Service Disruption: Monday 28 November to Tuesday 29 November 2022 – COLS and PEBS

25 November 2022 Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period. All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use…
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2019-18 - Horticulture Exports Program – Application for accreditation of farms and packhouses for the export of avocados to Japan

16 May 2019PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export Hass avocado to Japan…
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Biosecurity Advice 2018-24 - Draft group pest risk analysis for mealybugs and the viruses they transmit on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports

28 September 2018 This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft group pest risk analysis for mealybugs and the viruses they transmit on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports. The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) is…
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2020-08 - Horticulture Exports Program – Methyl bromide fumigation requirements for horticulture exports

28 February 2020 Purpose This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to provide clarity to industry on the methyl bromide fumigation requirements for horticulture exports. Summary of changes and key points Fumigation dose rate compensation is not allowed for horticulture exports unless specified by…
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150-2025: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 15 May 2025 – Multiple Systems

12 May 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.All clients required to use the eCertificate exports portal who will be…
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Grain levy (coarse grains, grain legumes, oilseeds, and wheat)

 When levies applyLevy applies to grains harvested in Australia if the person who owns them immediately after harvest:sold the grains to a business purchaserprocessed the grains themselves, orhad the grains processed by another person.ExemptionsLevy does not apply to grain if the grain is…
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2023-27 Horticulture Exports Program – Applications for the export of Tasmanian apples and pears to protocol markets 2023-24

07 June 2023PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the Tasmanian apple and pear industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms, packhouses and cold stores, and registration of treatment facilities to export apples and pears to protocol markets for the 2023-24…
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