Subscribe Import Industry Advice Notices email notification system Import Industry Advice Notices RSS Feed Import industry advice notices 2022 Date No. Description 23 June 2022 108‑2022 Biosecurity Portal for booking import inspections is enhanced with new features 22 June 2022 107‑2022 Services Restored: Tuesday 21 June 2022 – DAWE invoices/receipts 21 June 2022 106‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 25 June to Sunday 26 June 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 20 June 2022 105‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 25 June to Sunday 26 June 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 20 June 2022 104‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 26 June 2022 - BICON 17 June 2022 103‑2022 Webinar registration is now open for Continued Biosecurity Competency (CBC) activities 22-23/01 and 22-23/02 16 June 2022 102‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: as of Sunday 12 June 2022 – DAWE invoices/receipts 15 June 2022 101‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 19 June 2022 – BICON 15 June 2022 100‑2022 Review of import policy for mushrooms and truffles 14 June 2022 99-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 17 June 2022 – COLS 14 June 2022 98-2022 New Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) Pre-Arrival Report (PAR) including biofouling 10 June 2022 97-2022 Biosecurity Fumigation Treatment Industry Round Table 9 June 2022 96-2022 Upcoming Biosecurity Automated Threat Detection System (BATDS) Trial at DP World Australia's Brisbane Terminal 9 June 2022 95-2022 Imported food requirements under the Imported Food Control Act 1992 7 June 2022 94-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 10 June to Saturday 11 June 2022 – COLS, MARS and PEBS 7 June 2022 93-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 09 June 2022 – COLS 31 May 2022 92-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 04 June to Sunday 05 June 2022 – COLS, MARS 31 May 2022 91-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 03 June to Saturday 04 June 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 31 May 2022 90-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 03 June to Saturday 04 June 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 31 May 2022 89-2022 Services Restored: Friday 27 May 2022 – SWMS and the Biosecurity Portal 27 May 2022 88-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 27 May 2022 – SWMS, Biosecurity Portal 26 May 2022 87-2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 27 May to Saturday 28 May 2022 – MARS 25 May 2022 86-2022 Key dates and information for the 2022-23 Continued Biosecurity Competency period 25 May 2022 85-2022 Approval of new Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) facility in Japan for used vehicle and associated parts for export to Australia 24 May 2022 84-2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 29 May 2022 - BICON 23 May 2022 83-2022 Revocation of inorganic fertiliser reduced risk classification - Yantai Shengyuan Hengfeng Agricultural Technology Development Co Ltd 19 May 2022 82-2022 Release of new Aircraft Disinsection Information (ADI) application and new sign-up process via Import Relationship and Access Manager (iRAM) 18 May 2022 81-2022 Emergency measures to manage Xylella fastidiosa within Carya species imported as seed for sowing 17 May 2022 80-2022 Australian biofouling management requirements 16 May 2022 79-2022 Notification of planned emergency measures to manage Xylella fastidiosa within select nut species imported as seed for sowing 16 May 2022 78-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 21 May to Sunday 22 May 2022 – COLS, MARS 16 May 2022 77-2022 Services Restored: Sunday 15 May 2022 – Numbered points in BICON import 16 May 2022 76-2022 AEPCOMM expansion of Fertiliser 12 May 2022 75-2022 Variation of Import Permits for Mushrooms for propagation 11 May 2022 74‑2022 Measures to prevent the introduction of foot and mouth disease into Australia 9 May 2022 73‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May 2022 - BICON 9 May 2022 72‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 12 May to Friday 13 May 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 5 May 2022 71‑2022 Conclusion of the 2021-22 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Risk Season 4 May 2022 69‑2022 Importer–Supplier trial of fresh persimmons from New Zealand on the Compliance Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) 9 May 2022 68‑2022 Launch of Biosecurity Portal in Western Australia – you can now book your import inspections online 3 May 2022 67‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 06 May to Saturday 07 May 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 3 May 2022 66‑2022 Novel Automation Implemented for Document Assessment 29 April 2022 65‑2022 Conclusion of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season and BPL vessel inspections 28 April 2022 64‑2022 Service Disruption: 10 April 2022 – Numbered points in BICON import permits 26 April 2022 63‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 30 April to Sunday 01 May 2022 - BICON 22 April 2022 62‑2022 Updates to the Goods Determination to take effect 26 April 2022 21 April 2022 61‑2022 Khapra beetle measures: Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing (Phases 4 and 5) 19 April 2022 60‑2022 Launch of Biosecurity Portal in NSW and ACT – you can now book your import inspections online 19 April 2022 59‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 24 April 2022 - BICON 14 April 2022 58‑2022 Impacts to Service Standards in Victoria and New South Wales 13 April 2022 57‑2022 Resumption of cruise vessels, amendments to the negative pratique instrument and cruise vessel reporting requirements 11 April 2022 56‑2022 New biosecurity first point of entry determinations for Christmas Island and Norfolk Island ports 10 April 2022 55‑2022 Services Restored: Sunday 10 April 2022 - COLS, MARS 10 April 2022 54‑2022 *Update* Scheduled Outage: Saturday 09 April to Sunday 10 April 2022 – COLS, MARS 4 April 2022 53‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 09 April to Sunday 10 April 2022 – BICON 4 April 2022 52‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 09 April to Sunday 10 April 2022 – COLS, MARS 4 April 2022 51‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 08 April to Saturday 09 April 2022 – MARS 31 March 2022 50‑2022 Upcoming Import Management System for Sea Cargo Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) Reporters 30 March 2022 49‑2022 Revised Approved Arrangements General Policies 30 March 2022 48‑2022 Relocation of Department Melbourne Offices 25 March 2022 47‑2022 Biosecurity Arrangement Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) 24 March 2022 46‑2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 23 March 2022 – BICON 23 March 2022 45‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 23 March 2022 – BICON 23 March 2022 44‑2022 Services Restored: Tuesday 22 March 2022 – Telephony services 21 March 2022 43‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 25 March to Saturday 26 March 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 21 March 2022 42‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 27 March 2022 - BICON 21 March 2022 41‑2022 First Points of Entry Cruise Standard - additional human health requirements 16 March 2022 40‑2022 Update to list of approved countries for bovine fluids and tissues and list of countries free of lumpy skin disease (LSD) 16 March 2022 39‑2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 16 March 2022– Department Network 16 March 2022 38‑2022 Minimum documentary and import declaration requirements policy - Conflicting information on import documents 16 March 2022 37‑2022 Unplanned Outage: Wednesday 16 March 2022 – Department Network 15 March 2022 36‑2022 Launch of Biosecurity Portal in QLD, NT and SA – you can now book your import inspections online 15 March 2022 35‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 22 March 2022 – MARS 8 March 2022 34‑2022 Service Disruption: Tuesday 08 March 2022 – Telephony services 7 March 2022 33‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 11 March to Saturday 12 March 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 4 March 2022 32‑2022 Update to list of approved countries for bovine fluids and tissues and list of countries free of lumpy skin disease (LSD) 2 March 2022 31‑2022 Postcode classification framework review 28 February 2022 30‑2022 Service disruption – Queensland flooding event 25 February 2022 29‑2022 Measures to prevent the introduction of lumpy skin disease into Australia 24 February 2022 28‑2022 Decommissioning AQIS Commodity Codes (ACC) on seventeen plant pathways to improve the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) lodgement experience 23 February 2022 27‑2022 Upcoming Import Management System for Non-Bond Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) Reporters 22 February 2022 26‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 25 February to Saturday 26 February 2022 – MARS 22 February 2022 25‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 25 February to Saturday 26 February 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 22 February 2022 24‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 27 February 2022 - BICON 21 February 2022 23‑2022 National biosecurity strategy - consultation draft released 15 February 2022 22‑2022 Service Disruption: Friday 18 February to Saturday 19 February 2022 -SeaPest Messaging 15 February 2022 21‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 18 February to Saturday 19 February 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 14 February 2022 20‑2022 Addition of China to the BMSB Emerging Risk Country List 11 February 2022 19‑2022 Services Restored: Friday 11 February 2022 – Telephony services 11 February 2022 18‑2022 Service Disruption: Friday 11 February 2022 – Telephony services 10 February 2022 17‑2022 Urgent Service Disruption: Thursday 10 February 2022 – COLS, OPS, PEBS 9 February 2022 16‑2022 Revised rates for several plant products on the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) 8 February 2022 15‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 11 February to Saturday 12 February 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS 3 February 2022 14‑2022 Unplanned Phone Outage: Friday 4 February 2022 3 February 2022 13‑2022 Khapra beetle measures: Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing (Phases 4 and 5) 31 January 2022 12‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 03 February to Friday 04 February 2022 – COLS, OPS, PEBS 31 January 2022 11‑2022 Upcoming Import Management System for Non-Bond Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) Reporters 24 January 2022 10‑2022 Changes to the process for notifying DAWE of COVID-19 cases at Third Party Premises 24 January 2022 09‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 28 January to Saturday 29 January 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 24 January 2022 08‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 28 January to Saturday 29 January 2022 – MARS 24 January 2022 07‑2022 Working together to improve compliance 19 January 2022 06‑2022 Impacts to Service Standards in Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales for bookings and inspections during COVID-19 pandemic 17 January 2022 05‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 23 January 2022 - BICON 6 January 2022 04‑2022 Customs tariff classification changes affecting Class 19.2 approved arrangement (AEPCOMM) 5 January 2022 03‑2022 Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - Roca Defisan S.L (Sevilla) (AEI: ES4012SB) 5 January 2022 02‑2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 07 January to Saturday 08 January 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 5 January 2022 01‑2022 Conveyance Arrivals Modernisation (CAM) Program engagement with the non-scheduled airline industry