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Date of issue: 15 April 2025
Date of effect: 31 March 2025
Exporters of Other Goods (processed foods, ingredients, beverages, vitamins and supplements, cosmetics and personal care products, animal feed (non-meat derived), fertilisers, shells), agents and freight forwarders.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
15 April 2025
Importers, Customs brokers and Accredited persons operating under approved arrangement class 19.2.
From 16 April 2025, grain and horticulture phytosanitary certificates from the United States of America (USA) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will be received as electronic phytosanitary certificates (ePhyto). This is an expansion for ePhyto in addition to the current paperless exchange we have for New Zealand.
Date of issue: 15 April 2025
Date of effect: Immediate
Related MAAs: MAA 2024-55, MAA2023-39, MAA2023-04, MAA2022-17, MAA2022-04
15 April 2025
Species: Sheep and goats
Countries: Malaysia
To advise exporters of the requirements for the export of sheep and goats to Malaysia in the lead up to Korban 2025.
Easter is just around the corner and it’s important to remember the rules that keep Australia safe. One of them is about eggs!
If you’re celebrating, remember only eggs of the chocolate variety are allowed to be brought into Australia.
Date of issue: 14 April 2025
Date of effect: 14 April 2025
Reference Number: MAA 2025-02
This Market Access Advice (MAA) is to notify exporters of changes to the export health certification for consignments of edible tallow exported from Australia to the European Union.
14 April 2025
Import-related biosecurity treatment stakeholders, including all importers, brokerages, onshore approved arrangement holders, overseas government and industry treatment providers, relevant domestic state and territory government agencies, and other shipping, freight, and logistics peak industry bodies.
This is a reminder that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) will implement version 3.0 of the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology on 1 May 2025.
11 April 2025
This notice affects importers of live plants (nursery stock), customs brokers and departmental staff.
The department has identified a scientific publication by Ahmad et al. (2024) reporting that the plant pathogenic bacteria, Xylella fastidiosa (Xylella), was detected overseas in commercial, field grown Cannabis crops.
Are you aware of the consequences of importing seeds that don’t comply with Australia’s strict biosecurity import conditions?
09 April 2025
All clients submitting the below declarations:
All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.
