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
The department is conducting I.T. infrastructure maintenance from 23:00 to 23:05 on Saturday 20 April (AEST). BICON users may experience a brief outage during this planned maintenance period.
Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.
If you are experiencing performance issues following the recent infrastructure change, please use the ‘Contact us’ feature, and tell us what issue is occurring for you.
In the details please provide any specific URLs you are having difficulty with and if helpful attach a screenshot.