29 April 2022

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is of interest to international vessel masters, shipping agents and importers of timber and timber products

What has changed?

The Ministry of Primary Industries New Zealand (MPI NZ) has advised the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) that the 2021-2022 flight season of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetle concluded on 26 April, 2022.

Date of issue: 28 April 2022

Date of effect: 28 April 2022

Attention:

• Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.
• Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

To notify stakeholders of a planned outage for the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s (the department) exports systems.

Date of issue: 28 April 2022

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2022-10

Date of issue: 28 April 2022

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2022-09

28 April 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All clients reviewing import permit PDF documents issued from the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.

Information

Due to a technical system issue, numbered points in some BICON import permits may display out of sequence in some PDF documents. This impacts a number of import permits issued since 10 April 2022.

Note: This list displays current notices only.​​

26 April 2022

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to inform owners, operators and managers of plant export registered establishments that applications to register an establishment and/or approve a proposed arrangement (EX26a) can be lodged online via the Exports Service.

26 April 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 30 April to 01:00 Sunday 01 May 2022 (AEST).

Action

Users are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access BICON.

22 April 2022

Who does this notice affect?

This notice applies to regional officers, importers, customs brokers and industry stakeholders.  

What has changed?

Importers are advised that the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-Prohibited Goods) Determination 2021 (Goods Determination) has been amended. This is part of the department’s ongoing review of the currency and effectiveness of import conditions and the appropriate application of import permits.

Date of issue: 22 April 2022

Date of effect: 27 April 2022

Reference Number: MAA2022-07

Relates to: MAA 2021-04, 2021-05, 2021-06, 2021-09