8 August 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All vessel owners, operators, masters, shipping agents and maritime industry personnel who represent and/or interact with international commercial vessels, including cruise vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.

What has changed?

There have been recent amendments to the pratique framework for vessels.

Commercial vessels are no longer granted pratique at the time of submission of the Pre-Arrival Report (PAR).

Last updated 1 July 2025

What is TRACE?

TRACE is our online service for managing livestock export approvals and Notices of Intention (NOIs). We also use it to manage regulatory information about:

• livestock export licences
• registered establishments
• accredited veterinarians.

Notices of Intention

If you are a licensed livestock exporter or export animal reproductive material, you need to use TRACE to:

Director Engagement and International Plant Health

The Australian Government is working with our Pacific neighbours to improve trade and biosecurity in the region. We are better together and can achieve more this way.

Together we can:

• stop the spread of pests and diseases
• maintain, and expand market access opportunities
• secure sustainable food systems across the region.

Here are a few of the ways we are supporting our partners.

To successfully export to Australia, you need to understand why biosecurity maters and what you need to do to meet our biosecurity requirements.

Each year around 2.5 million shipping containers arrive in Australia from all over the world. This puts not only our country but the countries we trade with, at risk of incursions from invasive pests and diseases. Some of these pests and diseases can wipe out entire crops, kill animals, destroy the environment and threaten livelihoods.

Invasive pests and diseases can cause crops to fail and livestock to die. This can destroy peoples’ livelihoods.

Australia has a rigorous biosecurity system. It protects our country, countries in our region and countries we trade with.

To prevent pests and diseases from entering Australia, we:

8 August 2022

Who does this notice affect?

Biosecurity industry participants (BIPs) and accredited persons operating under the department’s class 19.1 non-commodity for containerised cargo clearance (NCCC) approved arrangement, continued biosecurity competency (CBC) providers and registered training organisations (RTOs).

8 August 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and the registration of treatment facilities, to export table grapes to protocol markets including New Zealand for the 2022–23 season.