Welcome to BICON
BICON houses the Australian Government's Biosecurity import conditions database for more than 20,000 plants, animals, minerals and biological products. It will help you to determine what import conditions exist and if an import permit is required. Please refer to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Importing to Australia page for more information about BICON.
Search for Import Item
Search for the commodity you want to import. You can also search for your import by scientific name or tariff code. Refer to the BICON Help page for tips on searching.
Alerts
News
To department is conducting scheduled I.T. infrastructure maintenance to BICON from 23:00 Saturday 29 March to 06:00 Sunday 30 March (AEDT).
BICON users are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.
To support a system release, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Friday 28 March to 03:00 Saturday 29 March 2025 (AEDT).
Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.