27 November 2023

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

Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 30 November to 03:00 Friday 01 December 2023 (AEDT).

Action

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

23 November 2023

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 import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal.

Information

Restored time:

As of: 10:20 Thursday 23 November 2023 (AEDT).

Detail:

The unplanned service disruption to the Biosecurity Portal has been resolved. Clients can now submit their request for inspection through the Biosecurity Portal as normal.

23 November 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All clients lodging Self Assessed Clearances

Information

Restored time:

As of: 09:45 Thursday 23 November 2023 (AEDT).

Detail:

The unplanned service disruption to the Import Management System (IMS) has been resolved. Messages that were queued during the disruption are now being sent through to IMS.

Action

No action required. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.

23 November 2023

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that applications are now open for the export of Hass avocadoes to India from Western Australian for avocado farms and packhouses that already hold accreditation for the Japan and/or Thailand protocol markets.

22 November 2023

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that a new export listing is now available for ‘intermediate facilities’ intending to export raw meat (excluding kangaroo, pork, poultry and wild boar) for the manufacture of pet food to Canada. Canada defines an ‘intermediate facility’ as an establishment which only handles (process/pack/store or export) inedible grade meat.

The Australian Government’s $3.5 million farm forestry, private native forestry and Indigenous forestry projects were developed in partnership with state and territory governments during 2020 21 and 2021 22. The aim of the projects was to support the states to offer advice on the establishment of new farm forestry assets, private native forestry and Indigenous forestry areas suitability for sustainable harvesting of forest products.

To approve export requests (REXs) under the Export Control Act and associated Rules, you must register as an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) with the department. You also need to register as a Client Group Member for the company you are approving export requests for, see How to register and access NEXDOC.

This applies to exporters of:

20 November 2023

Species: All

Country(s): All

Attention

• All livestock export stakeholders

Purpose

To inform stakeholders that the department has commenced consultation for stage 2 of the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) review.