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This step-by-step guide will help you to import frozen dog (Canis lupus familiaris) semen to Australia from a listed country.
These countries may also be referred to as ‘approved countries’.
If you and your pets are currently impacted by the Middle East conflict, please contact the department for advice on your specific situation, by phone on 1800 900 090 or via email at imports@aff.gov.au.
Cats and dogs must undergo a quarantine period in Australia. We provide this service at the Post-Entry Quarantine Facility in Mickleham near Melbourne, Australia.
Our facility provides high quality care for your cat or dog during quarantine.
Read more about quarantine and fees.
We charge fees for use of the post entry quarantine (PEQ) facility in Mickleham, Victoria, when you are importing your cat or dog into Australia. These fees and charges are calculated on a cost recovery basis.
The following table outlines the set fees and charges for cats and dogs completing post entry quarantine. Additional fees may apply if the animal needs extra parasite treatments, veterinary care, an extended stay in quarantine or other services.
Australia has a highly favourable animal health status. We are free from many cat and dog diseases. To protect our status, cats and dogs must undertake a period of quarantine upon arrival in Australia.
This quarantine period allows us to:
We operate a post entry quarantine facility for cats and dogs in Mickleham, Melbourne, Victoria.
Fees apply for cats and dogs in our post entry quarantine facility.
Import conditions for fresh apples from New Zealand are now on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of apples from New Zealand to Australia possible.
Import conditions for nectarines from China are available on the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON), making the import of these goods possible.
Import conditions for fresh table grapes (Vitis vinifera and hybrids) for human consumption from Sonora, Mexico have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits will now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Sonora, Mexico and an importer in Australia. The importer must meet the import conditions as set out in BICON.
We have published import conditions for greenhouse grown fresh oriental melon and rockmelon fruit from the Republic of Korea (Korea) on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits can now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Korea and an importer in Australia. The importer must meet the import conditions as set out in BICON.
