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The Special Representative for Australian Agriculture, Ms Su McCluskey, visited Thailand and Singapore in October 2024 to participate in the Thailand Sustainability Expo, to champion Australian climate-smart sustainability credentials and build st
10 February 2025
All clients required to use the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view electronic government certificates (eCertificates) and relevant attachments online via external verification for eCertificates (EVE) as part of document assessment for imported goods.
10 February 2025
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
Resolved time:
As of: 10:05 Monday 10 February 2025 (AEDT).
Between 07:45 and 10:05, the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) was experiencing an unplanned service disruption.
This issue has since been resolved and clients can now submit lodgements as normal.
In early December 2024, the 66th meeting of the Plant Health Committee—the peak government plant biosecurity policy and decision-making forum—took place in Canberra followed by a Border/Near Border workshop and field trip to Port Kembla (in Wollon
Date of issue: 7 February 2025
Date of effect: 15 February 2025
Registered fish and fish products exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of a system outage.
Date of issue: 7 February 2025
Date of effect: 15 February 2025
Registered eggs exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of a system outage.
Date of issue: 7 February 2025
Date of effect: 15 February 2025
Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of a system outage.
06 February 2025
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).
All clients required to use the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.
All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned maintenance period.
06 February 2025
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export Hass avocados to Japan, Thailand, and India.
4 February 2025
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of the following Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment and Cucurbitaceous seed for sowing requiring testing and/or treatment (including synonyms and subordinate taxa) imported from all countries.
