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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.

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Australia
26 April 2025

Locating an import case using a scientific name is a 3 step process. Use the filter to find available names, select from the list and then click search.

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Australia
26 April 2025

You may locate import cases by using at least the first 4 digits of a tariff code. Not entering the full 10 digits may return multiple results.

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17 April 2025

The department is conducting I.T. infrastructure maintenance from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 27 April 2025 (AEST). 

BICON users may experience several intermittent outages during this planned maintenance period.