3 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.

What has changed?

Following the identification of biosecurity concerns, we have listed Ace Pest Control Pte Ltd (AEI: SG4018SB) as ‘under review’ on the List of treatment providers.

03 April 2025

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise authorised officers (AOs) of updates to the instructional material for completing plant export inspection and treatment records.

2 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.

1 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• Full Import Declaration (FID)
• Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
• Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
• Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
• Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)

All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.

1 April 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Approved arrangement operators attempting to access online reports of entries referred to the department for biosecurity assessment, or management under a class 19 Approved Arrangement, via the Biosecurity Cargo Status Tracker (BCST).

Information

Start time:

As of: 08:49 Sunday 30 March 2025 (AEDT).

31 March 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period. 

All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.

All clients required to use the eCertificate exports portal who will be required to view or download export certification during this planned maintenance period.

All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.

31 March 2025

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 maintenance period.

All users of the Cargo Online Lodgement System Business to Government (COLSB2G) system 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.

2 May 2025

Who does this notice affect?

Importers and brokers of fresh:

• USA stone fruit, including apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums and interspecific hybrids (0809.10.00.05, 0809.30.00.07 and 0809.40.00.08).
• USA cherries (0809.29.00.22).

What has changed?

USA stone fruit and cherries are transitioning to a supplier based model for the 2025 season.

The department is transitioning the current importer based scheme to a suppliers based model.