Increased biosecurity measures are in place for importing uncooked prawns and prawn products for human consumption in order to facilitate the safe trade of prawns while meeting Australia’s appropriate level of protection (ALOP).

​​​​​Timber and bamboo packaging used to support, protect or carry imported goods must meet the import conditions outlined in BICON.

Import conditions vary depending on the type of packaging. The following BICON cases apply:

Timber, bamboo and related products must meet the import conditions published in our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).

Timber and plant products present a range of biosecurity risks. Our Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system outlines the import conditions for timber and plant products that reduce the biosecurity risk to an acceptable level.

Timber and plant products that meet these import conditions present a low level of biosecurity risk and do not need an import permit.

A bilateral arrangement exists between the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) that allows sawn wood produced under the Canadian Sawn Wood Certification Program (CSWCP) to be imported into Australia with reduced biosecurity intervention.

The CSWCP was recently known as the Canadian Green Sawn Wood Certification Program (CGWCP) - the program’s scope has been broadened to now include both green sawn wood and sawn wood that has been kiln dried at a temperature lower than 56° Celsius.