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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 and Water Resources' Importing to Australia page for more information about BICON.

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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
19 June 2019

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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Import Into: Australia
19 June 2019

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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19 June 2019

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29 May 2019

Did you know you can keep up to date with import conditions by following a case in BICON? When you follow a case, you will be emailed when there are any changes to that case.

Please refer to the BICON Help Task Card ‘How do I use Case Options and Case details?’ for instructions on how to follow a case, to receive notifications and utilise the Case Options and Case details functions.

Further Instructional material can be found by selecting the Help tab, located in the top ribbon of your BICON web page.

 
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