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Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) wish to advise that the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has issued an updated Industry Advice Notice 51-2021 dealing with the measures to be taken on sea containers to protect Australia against Khapra Beetle.
For assurance purposes, customs brokers/importers will be required to enter an AEI number for all treatment certificates accompanying containers subject to the khapra beetle measures, including those issued by non-registered treatment providers.
What has changed? As notified in IAN 34-2021, Phase 6A of the khapra beetle urgent actions will commence from 12 April 2021. Phase 6A will introduce mandatory offshore treatment requirements for target risk sea containers. To assist in preparing stakeholders for these changes we have updated our website to include the following additional information; These updates can be found at:
Further information For further information, see: For: - questions and information related directly to offshore khapra beetle treatments, please email offshoretreatments@agriculture.gov.au.
- all other enquiries regarding these measures, please phone 1800 900 090 or email imports@agriculture.gov.au (please title the subject line of the email with 'Plant Tier 2 – khapra urgent actions').
The department also advise that they will be updating this web page regularly to provide you with further guidance on the requirements.
To ensure you remain updated on these changes, we recommend registering to receive BICON alerts and Import Industry Advice Notices.
Members can also access the recording provided by the department at our recent CPD events - - "Biosecurity Update" (Policy) delivered by representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Water & the Environment - RECORDING
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