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Non commodity conditions apply to all packaging, containers and transport methods used to bring goods into the country. Refer to the Non Commodity case to review the non commodity conditions related to your import.
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Microalgae Alerts Changes
Effective 14 September 2021 to 19 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of microalgae for human consumption, human therapeutic use and cosmetic use in humans only. Please note that this case only applies to the microalgae component of composite products. If you are importing a composite product, you must search BICON for each individual ingredient to determine the conditions that apply.
Matched term: consumption
Alcoholic beverages
Effective 14 September 2021 to 12 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of alcoholic beverages for human consumption.
Matched term: consumption
Pet fish food
Effective 14 September 2021 to 1 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of manufactured fish food for the consumption of pet fish in enclosed aquariums or ponds. Goods must not be used for aquaculture or any other purpose.
Matched term: consumption
Bee products Alerts
Effective 14 September 2021 to 1 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of bee products for all end uses other than as animal foods, fertilisers or for growing purposes. Examples of bee products are honey, honeycomb, royal jelly, propolis, beeswax bee venom, bee pollen for human consumption and therapeutic use, used beekeeping equipment and used beehives.
Matched term: consumption
Herbicides, insecticides, pesticides and other goods for environmental or industrial purposes
Effective 17 September 2021 to 19 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of herbicides, insecticides, pesticides and other goods for environmental or industrial purposes. Goods have an environmental purpose when they are imported for localised or unrestricted dispersal through the environment. Goods have an industrial purpose when they are imported to be used in manufacturing, construction or processing. Examples of goods with an industrial purpose include glues, waterproofing or ropemaking agents and mining compounds.
Matched term: processing
Returning Australian products Alerts
Effective 22 September 2021 to 1 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of goods returning to Australia. Goods covered by this case contain or consist of ingredients of plant, microbial or animal (excluding live animals) origin. Returning goods refers to goods originating from Australia that have been exported and are now being imported back into the country. This case also covers goods that have been shipped between two Australian ports but have exited and then re-entered Australian territory en route (e.g. trans-shipped goods). The goods must not have been altered while offshore. If any growing, processing or manufacturing occurs offshore that changes the nature of the product, the goods will then be considered a ‘new product’ rather than of Australian origin and you must search BICON to determine the conditions that apply.
Matched term: processing
Plant material embedded in a solid medium
Effective 25 September 2021 to 1 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of plant products that are embedded in a solid medium. Plant material embedded in plastic includes plant materials, wood or bamboo that have been fully embedded (that is, not capable of free movement) in a solid medium that is impervious to air and liquid. Plant or plant parts with soil attached are permitted, providing the soil is fully embedded. Acceptable embedding media include catalysed hard plastics and hard silicones, fibreglass, resin, or similar compounds which have been fully sealed around the plant material using heat, moulding or chemical processes. Plant material embedded in plastic does not include plant materials, timber or bamboo that have been surface coated with a laminate, lacquer, paint, stain or items that have been wrapped in other materials. It further does not include engineered or impregnated wood or plant products such as plywood, veneer, compressed agricultural waste/wood products and reconstituted wood or wood plastics.
Matched term: processes
Veterinary therapeutics and veterinary therapeutic ingredients Alerts
Effective 25 September 2021 to 29 September 2021
This case describes the requirements to import goods for veterinary therapeutic use (including vaccines, therapeutic products, medicines, and products for use in assisted reproductive technologies). This case must also be used for ingredients for use in veterinary therapeutic manufacturing. Veterinary therapeutic goods may come in forms such as tablets, pills, capsules, powders or liquids. Veterinary therapeutic goods are used to: prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate a disease or condition in animals, or prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate an infestation of animals by a pest, or cure or alleviate an injury suffered by animals, or influence, inhibit or modify a physiological process associated with a disease or condition in animals.
Matched term: process
Cake mixes
Effective 25 September 2021 to 19 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of cake mixes for human consumption.
Matched term: consumption
Sphagnum moss
Effective 25 September 2021 to 1 October 2021
This case describes the requirements for the importation of sphagnum moss for all uses other than animal foods, fertilisers or for growing purposes. Sphagnum moss is dried plant material used in the floral industry and nurseries to make wreaths, basket liners, water retention matting or for use in seed raising mixes. Sphagnum liquid waste absorbent is used for the cleanup of hazardous waste. The product consists of processed and dehydrated sphagnum moss that is often imported bagged, baled or as booms.
Matched term: processed