25 February 2020

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the department will be closing a number of PO Boxes around the country and will be using a single primary address for the receipt of all departmental mail.

Summary of changes and key points

• The department’s primary mailing address is now GPO Box 858 Canberra.
• Please note the example address shown below

Mr Jack Smith

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

Biosecurity Operations Division – Perth office

28 February 2020

Who does this notice affect?

Importers, approved arrangements, freight forwarders and brokers that deal with imported fresh produce from New Zealand and the United States.

What has changed?

This is a reminder that from 1 May 2020, the department will no longer be providing offshore pre-shipment inspections (OPI) for horticultural fresh produce exports from New Zealand and the United States.

Date of issue:  27 February 2020

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2020-06

Attention:

26 February 2020

The information in this Notice has been superseded by IAN 106-2020

Who does this notice affect?

Yacht operators and their agents.

Date of issue: 26 February 2020

Date of effect: Immediate

Reference Number: MAA2020-05

Attention:

Date of issue: 25 February 2020

Date of effect: 25 February 2020

Attention:

Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment—Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

To notify exporters of dairy products that the proposed transition of EXDOC to NEXDOC, will not occur in February as expected.

28 February 2020

In December 2018, the department engaged Deloitte Access Economics to research the Australian agvet chemical market.

Deloitte's brief was to:

24 February 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned outage period.

All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned outage period.

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage period.

24 February 2020

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including master consolidators, freight forwarders, treatment providers, importers and customs brokers—associated with importing goods that require increased biosecurity intervention during the 2019-20 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) risk season.