20 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information.

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who are required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System.

Information

The unplanned service disruption to the following systems has been resolved. Clients can now access these systems as normal:

20 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information.

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who are required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System.

19 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this unplanned service disruption.

Information

The unplanned outage to the Biosecurity Portal has been resolved. Clients can now access the portal as normal.

Action

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

19 December 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry stakeholders and Authorised Officers of the 2022 23 end of year closure office arrangements for the department and the non-prescribed goods export program.

19 December 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this unplanned service disruption.

Information

The Biosecurity Portal is currently experiencing an unplanned outage. Staff may be unable to access the portal, or experience degraded performance.

Action

No action required. The department is investigating the issue as a priority and apologises for any inconvenience caused.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 5 tariff rate quotas put in place by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), including an annual quota for pears of 3,700 tonnes.

Access to the quota is on a first-come, first-served (FCFS) basis until the available quota amount has been exhausted.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 5 tariff rate quotas put in place by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), including an annual quota for oranges and mandarins of 13,700 tonnes.

Access to the quota is on a first-come, first-served (FCFS) basis until the available quota amount has been exhausted.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 5 tariff rate quotas put in place by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), including an annual quota for lentils of 150,000 tonnes.

Access to the quota is on a quarterly first-come, first-served (FCFS) basis until the available quota amount has been exhausted.

The quota will be split in equal volumes quarterly. Any unused quota within a quarter will roll over to the next quarter for use.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 5 tariff rate quotas put in place by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), including an annual quota for cotton of 51,000 tonnes.

Access to the quota will be administered via an allocation system and a first-come, first-served basis until the available quota amount has exhausted.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 5 tariff rate quotas put in place by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), including an annual quota for almonds of 34,000 tonnes.

Access to the quota is on a first-come, first-served (FCFS) basis until the available quota amount has been exhausted.