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234-2023: Commencement of 2023-24 Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) (Arhopalus ferus) flight season

7 November 2023 Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to international vessel masters, shipping agents and importers of timber and timber products. What has changed? The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) will commence its annual heightened…
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233-2021: Commencement of 2021-22 Burnt Pine Longicorn Season

16 November 2021 Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to all vessel masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial and non-commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance. What has changed? The Department of Agriculture, Water and…
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2025-29: Plant Exports – Updates to phytosanitary certificate template for China

11 June 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify exporters and EDI users of changes to the phytosanitary certificate template when exporting horticulture or grain products to China.Summary of changes and key pointsAs of Wednesday, 11 June 2025 the new certificate templates…
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99-2019 - BICON financial services will be impacted between 23:00 Saturday 29 June to 05:00 Sunday 30 June 2019 (AEST).

24 June 2019Who does this notice affect?All clients who will be required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this maintenance period. Information Due to scheduled…
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141-2019 - BICON invoicing services, COLS, OPP and PEBS unavailable from 23:30 Thursday 29 August to 00:15 Friday 30 August 2019 (AEST)

29 August 2019Who does this notice affect?All clients attempting to access invoices using the Department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this outage period. All importers and…
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216-2019 - Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - National Fumigation & Termite Service (AEI: US4039SB)

13 December 2019Who 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 shipped between 1 September 2019 that arrive in…
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Plant export legislation changes

  New plant export legislation commenced on 28 March 2021. The new export legislation consists of the Export Control Act 2020 and the Export Control Rules 2021. The Export Control (Plants and Plant Products) Rules 2021 (Plant Rules) set the specific requirements for the export of plants and…
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209-2022: Cancelled - Scheduled Outage: Thursday 27 October to Friday 28 October 2022 – MARS

26 October 2022 Who does this notice affect? All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period. Information This scheduled maintenance has been cancelled and an outage will not occur at the…
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64-2020 - BICON invoicing services, COLS, OPP and PEBS unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 14 May to 02:30 Friday 15 May 2020 (AEST)

11 May 2020 Who does this notice affect? All clients attempting to access invoices using the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system 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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61-2020 - BICON invoicing services, COLS, OPP and PEBS unavailable from 23:00 Tuesday 28 April to 00:00 Wednesday 29 April 2020 (AEST).

28 April 2020 Who does this notice affect? All clients attempting to access invoices using the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system 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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