Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) wish to inform members that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), has announced via IIAN 273-2025, that new plant commodities have been added to the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS).
Who does this notice affect? Importers and brokers of CBIS eligible: - Retail ready powdered plant products <=500g (0904.22.00.05, 0904.22.00.04, 0910.12.00.12, 0910.30.00.03)
- Frozen fruit and vegetable products (0710, 0714, 0811, 0814)
What has changed? The department is incorporating 2 new plant pathways onto the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS). The pathways and intervention points are as follows:
Frozen fruit and vegetables – Documentation intervention
Retail ready plant products – Documentation intervention.
These changes are scheduled to take effect in late August 2025.
Read the full notice HERE.
Further information Subscribe to the relevant BICON case or visit the CBIS webpage.
If you have any enquiries relating to these changes, please contact the CBIS program CBIS@aff.gov.au or telephone 1800 900 090.
The department also announces changes on the CBIS webpage.
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