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2 April 2024
Importers, biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s class 19 approved arrangements, freight forwarders and other industry participants who arrange documentation for imported goods.
2 April 2024
All importers and customs brokers who currently lodge imported cargo documentation and wish to request an assessment outside of business hours.
We continue to undertake all our regulatory activities as efficiently as possible, including actively using overtime arrangements to facilitate clearances where it is industry requested, and the overtime fees and charges are accepted and can be appropriately recovered.
2 April 2024
All customs brokers, importers, self-reporting importers, freight forwarders of goods AUD$1,000 or less in value.
2 April 2024
This notice affects importers of fresh horticulture produce and brokers.
Import conditions are now published on BICON for the importation of fresh chilli fruit from Fiji (except the Island of Rotuma). Three (3) varieties of chilli fruit from Fiji are permitted to be imported into Australia – bird’s eye, hot rod and red fire.
Australia has received confirmation from the Indonesian authorities that the export of live cattle from a particular registered establishment in the Northern Territory has been temporarily suspended, pending further investigations to determine the
4 April 2024
This Animal Biosecurity Advice notice announces the publication of the Issues Paper ‘Review of the biosecurity risks associated with veterinary immunobiologicals’. The department is undertaking this review with the intention of publishing new import policies for veterinary immunobiologicals, including vaccines.
The department invites stakeholders to put forward preliminary submissions in anticipation of the review. Interested stakeholders should provide submissions by close of business Thursday, 6 June 2024.
We have started a review of the biosecurity risks associated with importing veterinary immunobiologicals into Australia.
When we do this review, we:
