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24 January 2024

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Plant Exports Management System (PEMS), Export Documents (EXDOC) and Quota Management System (QMS) users, including plant export clients and exporters, of expected system maintenance and associated outages.

Summary of changes and key points

Systems will be unavailable for the following periods:

Date of issue: 24 January 204

Date of effect: 24 January 2024

Attention

• Industry bodies, Seafood Export Consultative Committee
• Registered export manufacturing establishments
• Registered exporters and EDI users
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Central and Regional offices

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all export documentation (EXDOC) system users of an expected system maintenance and associated outages below.

Date of issue: 24 January 2024

Date of effect: 24 January 2024

Attention

• Registered export manufacturing establishments
• Registered exporters and approved export permit issuers
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices

Purpose

To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users of a planned outages.

Key points

The department will be undertaking planned NEXDOC maintenance.

Date of issue: 24 January 2024

Date of effect: 24 January 2024

Attention

• Registered export manufacturing establishments
• Registered exporters and approved export permit issuers
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users of a planned outages

Key points

The department will be undertaking planned NEXDOC maintenance.

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23 January 2024

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters of a planned outages for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) Export Documentation System (EXDOC) and Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system.

22 January 2024

Who does this notice affect?

Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal.

Information

Due to urgent system maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable from 22:00 to 23:00 Monday 22 January 2024 (AEDT).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.

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.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 28 January 2024 (AEDT).

Action

Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this planned maintenance period.

22 January 2024

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including Biosecurity Industry Participants, master consolidators, vessel masters, freight forwarders, importers, customs brokers and principle shipping agents – associated with the transport or importation of chemical or mined (inorganic) fertiliser.

What has changed?

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is undertaking external consultation in relation to proposed changes to its Imported Inorganic Fertiliser Management policies.