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Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) have received the following update from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) via import industry advice notice 145-2025 confirming the minimum requirements for fumigation certificates for treatments performed under version 3.0 of the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology.
What has changed?
DAFF implemented version 3.0 of the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology on 1 May 2025. The methodology includes changes to the minimum requirements for fumigation certificates for treatments performed according to the methodology. These minimum requirements are listed in version 3.0 of the methodology in section 12 Documentation. Templates that meet the new requirements are available now.
The Minimum documentary and import declaration requirements policy (Min Docs policy) will be updated with revised requirements for methyl bromide fumigation certificates. This change harmonises certificate requirements where possible, and these will now be articulated through import conditions in BICON rather than the Min Docs policy.
Version 4.2 Wording:
Fumigations:
• name of fumigant/chemical
• dosage expressed as mass per volume; for example, grams per cubic metre
• duration/exposure period; for example, hours or minutes
• minimum temperature
• maximum pressure (if applicable for fumigations performed under vacuum)
• date the treatment was completed
• additional information and template requirements for methyl bromide fumigation certificates are included in import conditions outlined in relevant BICON cases.
Import industry advice notice 122-2025 outlines that a transition period for treatment certificates will be in place until 30 June 2025.
Methyl bromide fumigation certificates that meet the requirements of section 12.3 of the Methyl bromide fumigation methodology version 3.0 will be accepted for treatments commencing after 1 May 2025 00:00 (midnight local time).
Certificates that meet current import conditions and Minimum documentary and import declaration requirements policy version 4.1 requirements will continue to be accepted for treatments commencing prior to 1 July 2025 00:00 (midnight local time).
Unless otherwise stated in import conditions, all offshore fumigation certificates for treatments commencing after 1 July 2025 00:00 (midnight local time) must contain the information outlined at section 12.3 of the Methyl bromide fumigation methodology v3.0.
A help card will be available on Learnhub for accredited persons who assess methyl bromide fumigation certificates as part of their class 19 approved arrangement.
Further information
For further information about these changes, refer to the following webpages: For further details about version 3.0 of the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology, visit the Departments website.
If you have any questions relating to the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology, please contact Offshore Treatments at offshoretreatments@aff.gov.au.
If you have any questions relating to the class 4.6 Fumigation Site or class 12.1 Methyl Bromide Fumigation conditions, please contact Approved Arrangements Program at aa.canberra@aff.gov.au.
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