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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 10 quotas under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA), including barley.
Australian exporters can export up to 7,000 tonnes of barley at a 0% tariff rate.
Access to the quotas is on a quarterly first-come, first-served (FCFS) basis until the available quota amount has been exhausted.
24 February 2023
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.
Due to urgent system maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable from 12:30 to 12:32 Friday 24 February 2023 (AEDT).
Clients may not be able to login to the Biosecurity Portal during the period or perform normal operations during this period.
Dr Bertie Hennecke has been appointed as the new Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Date of issue: 21 February 2023
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: 2023-07
Related market access advice(s): 2022-30
February 2023
21/02/2023
All vessel owners, operators, masters, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels including cruise vessels, preparing for arrival in Australian territory, or reporting a voyage change.
The Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) offline forms for commercial vessels have all been revised.
21/02/2023
All vessel owners, operators, masters, and shipping agents who represent international commercial vessels, preparing for arrival in Australian territory.
An amended ballast water report and offline forms will be released in MARS on 24 February 2023 to include revised ballast water questions.
The ballast water report changes included:
20 February 2023
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.
Due to scheduled system maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable from 00:01 to 01:30 Saturday 25 February 2023 (AEDT).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
20 February 2023
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 23 February to 03:00 Friday 24 February 2023 (AEDT).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
