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21 October 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that export certification for edible honey and apiculture products to Qatar will be moved to the Next Export Documentation System (NEXDOC) system from 27 October 2022.

Manual certificate applications will no longer be available for edible honey and apiculture products to this market.

All entities operating an approved arrangement must pay the annual charge each financial year.

This includes suspended approved arrangements, and approved arrangements that are revoked (cancelled) within the financial year. No reduction or refund applies to revoked approved arrangements.

Information about the annual charge is included on all notices sent by the Approved Arrangements Program.

How much is the annual charge?

The annual charge rate depends on:

Date of issue: 20 October 2022

Date of effect: 26 October 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify exporters of honey and apiculture products a planned outage for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s (the department) Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system.

Date of issue: 19 October 2022

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2022-34