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25 August 2022
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to submit additional cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
Due to a technical system issue, some documents submitted through the ‘Add Documents’ feature in the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) are not being recorded against the original lodgement.
25 August 2022
All customs brokers, importers, biosecurity industry participants, and food importers who have premises that departmental officers may attend (for inspections, surveillance, or other purposes).
Earlier this year, the department advised of delays in assessment, booking and inspection services in Victoria and New South Wales, largely due to a changing biosecurity risk profile and higher overall cargo volumes (11.7 per cent higher in FY 2021/22).
25 August 2022
This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies and importers of cats and dogs to Australia.
Companion animal services will remain fully operational until COB Friday, 24 December 2022 and will re-open at the commencement of business on Tuesday 3rd January 2023.
25 August 2022
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.
The unplanned outage to the following systems has been resolved. Clients can now access these systems as normal:
25 August 2022
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.
The following systems are currently experiencing an unplanned outage:
Date of issue: 24 August 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-15
30 August 2022
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the formal commencement of a review of biosecurity import requirements for fresh passionfruit for human consumption from Vietnam.
We expect to release the draft report for public consultation in 2023.
We have published import conditions for fresh passionfruit from Vietnam on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits can now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Vietnam and an importer in Australia. The importer must meet the import conditions as set out in BICON.
22 August 2022
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 28 August 2022 (AEST).
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.
22 August 2022
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period.
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
