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15 March 2021
The purpose of this notification is to remind stakeholders of upcoming changes that will be introduced for the following restricted apiaceous seed species (and their synonyms) imported for sowing purposes:
15 March 2021
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.
All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned maintenance period.
15 March 2021
This notice is of particular interest to importers of retorted, shelf stable, commercially sterile products containing animal based ingredients.
This notice follows on from Industry Advice Notice 04-2021 published on January 13, 2021 and is to notify industry that the changes outlined in that notice have now been implemented.
From 15 March 2021 the following commodities are no longer able to be imported using the standard permit for retorted goods:
12 March 2021
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that government certificate templates have been updated and the process to obtain a phytosanitary certificate for re-export and manual government certificate templates will change on 28 March 2021 for the commencement of the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act).
Notice issued: 10 March 2021
From 1 April 2021, the research and development (R&D), Plant Health Australia (PHA) and Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) components of the cherries levy and charge will increase, and the marketing component will decrease. The overall levy/charge rate will not change.
Changes to the levy/charge rates are shown in the table below:
Date of issue: 10/03/2021
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: IAN 2021-03
Attention:
10 March 2021
This notice is of interest to importers and customs brokers who import new horse floats under tariffs 871639, 871640 and 8716800036.
This notice supersedes the notice 222-2020: interim inspection requirements for rural consignments of new horse floats.
The department has finalised the review of the import conditions for new horse floats.
It is common for Australian registered vessels to ply waters beyond the 12 nautical mile limit as part of their daily activities or operations. Vessels that exceed this limit and which are exposed to another conveyance (vessel or aircraft), or go to an international port will be subject to biosecurity control when returning to Australian territory.
5 March 2021
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply and logistics chain.
On 28 May 2025, we updated the pre-export treatment and phytosanitary certification requirements for high-risk plant products and sea containers subject to khapra beetle target measures.
Three key changes were implemented. For more information, refer to the:
