25 June 2021

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to provide clarification to industries and exporters about the evidence required to apply for a manual export certificate for non-prescribed goods (NPGs) under the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act).

Key points

In accordance with the Act, certification for NPG exports can occur to meet importing country requirements. 

The department is responsible for Australia’s export regulatory system and maintaining international confidence in Australia’s agricultural and food exports.

28 June 2021

Notice issued: 24 June 2021

From 1 July 2021, the laying chickens Emergency Animal Disease Response (EADR) levy component will be activated and set to 1.1 cents per laying chicken. The EADR levy component will be used to repay the industry’s share of costs to respond to an outbreak of avian influenza.
 
Changes to the levy rates are shown in the table below:

24 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

All industry stakeholders involved in imports and exports.

What has changed?

Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation in NSW and the restrictions announced by the NSW Premier on Wednesday 23 June 2021, measures have been implemented to enable biosecurity operations to continue.

24 June 2021

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2022.

Date of issue: 23 June 2021

Date of effect: 01 August 2021

Reference Number: MAA2021-22

Attention:

23 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

All industry members who submit documentation to the department for import assessment via the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) or other departmental approved systems.

Publication details

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2022

This list includes those highly processed tallow derivatives that are approved by the department subject to import permit conditions.

Importers should consult the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON) for the full range of import conditions for all goods intended for importation.​

23 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

First point of entry (FPOE) operators, aircraft and vessel operators, shipping agents, airlines, importers, brokers and others.

What has changed?

New FPOE determinations commenced on 16 June 2021, replacing transitional determinations previously in place at four FPOE. The airports and ports with new determinations are:

23 June 2021