Import Conditions

Case: Rice husk logs and briquettes for combustion Effective 17 Sep 2016 to 24 Sep 2016

1. A Department of Agriculture import permit is not required.

2. The goods must be clearly identified and processing details must be listed.
   

   To demonstrate compliance with this requirement you must present the following on a Manufacturer's declaration, Export certificate, Certificate of inspection (Government Inspection Agency) or Certificate of analysis:

   1. The botanical name of the product.
      

   2. Details of the processing that the goods have undergone.
      

3. The product must not contain whole seeds or plant parts capable of propagation.

4. Consignments may be inspected to verify the commodity is free of live insects, whole or cracked grains and other biosecurity risk material.

5. Any packaging used with the consignment must be clean and new.

6. If live insects are found during inspection, the consignment will be:

   1. held pending identification by a Department of Agriculture entomologist and treated using an appropriate method, or
      

   2. exported, or
      

   3. destroyed.
      

   If other contaminants such as soil, weed seeds, sticks, or faecal matter are found on inspection, the consignment must be held, and the contaminants must be removed or treated via a method approved by the Department, if possible. Alternatively, the goods must be exported or destroyed.

7. Under the Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Regulation 2016 and Chapter 9, Part 2 of the Biosecurity Regulation 2016, fees are payable to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources for all services. Detail on how the department applies fees and levies may be found in the charging guidelines.

8. Non-commodity information requirements for imported cargo also apply, please refer to the BICON case Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance.

Warnings and Information Notices


Timber packaging, pallets or dunnage associated with the consignment may be subject to inspection and treatment on arrival, unless sufficient evidence of a Department of Agriculture and Water Resources approved treatment is provided.


All documentation presented to the department to assist in determining the level of biosecurity risk posed by transportation pathways and packaging must also meet the requirements of the non-commodity case.