From 1 January 2021, the Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) component of the levy/charge on macadamia nuts, currently set at 0.20 cents per kilogram, will decrease to nil. The total levy/charge rate will decrease from 25.41 cents per kilogram to 25.21 cents per kilogram.

The EPPR levy/charge component is being deactivated (set to NIL) as a result of full repayment of unwritten industry costs for a response to varroa mite under the EPPR deed.

Changes to the levy/charge rates are shown in the table below:

From 1 January 2021, dairy cattle exported from Australia will attract an export charge of $6.00 per head and is payable by the exporter of the dairy cattle. Of this amount, $5.00 will be used to fund marketing activities and $1.00 will go towards research and development (R&D) activities.

The dairy cattle export charge will facilitate the continued funding of the Dairy Cattle Export program established by the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council (ALEC) in 2006.

From 1 January 2021, the Emergency Plant Pest Response (EPPR) levy component on logs produced from exotic softwood trees of the genus Pinus sp. felled in a plantation (forest growers levy) will decrease from 5 cents per cubic metre to nil. The total levy rate will decrease from 10.5 cents per cubic metre to 5.5 cents per cubic metre.

15 December 2020

8 December 2020

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that New Zealand (NZ) has revised the import conditions for pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo) and watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) from Australia.

7 December 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned outage.

Information

To support system maintenance, the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 12 December to 01:00 Sunday 13 December 2020 (AEDT).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.   

Monday 7 December 2020

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders associated with importing Full Container Load (FCL) consignments of seeds, grains and dried plant products.

What has changed?

The department will be updating the list of countries that are regulated for khapra beetle. This list is referred to as the Khapra beetle target risk country list.

Date of issue: 9 December 2020

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2020-20

Attention:

2 December 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All clients who are required to make inspection requests via QLDImportBookings@aff.gov.au

Information

The issue that was preventing emails being received by the QLDImportBookings@aff.gov.au email address has been resolved. All emails sent since 18:00 Monday 30 November 2020 (AEDT) have been received.

Departmental staff and clients can now utilise this email address as normal.