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25 April 2021

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Non Commodity
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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Egg shell ornaments

Effective 23 April 2021 to 14 May 2021

This case describes the requirements for the importation of egg shell ornaments for display purposes.

Matched term: ornaments

Incense

Effective 23 April 2021 to 14 May 2021

This case describes the requirements for the importation of incense. Incense may be composed of plant material that is processed in a variety of ways. The most common type of incense is a mixture of charcoal and essential oils. Incense can take a variety of forms including sticks, cones, granules, or pastes. It may also be a pure resin or a mixture of loose plant material.

Matched term: resin, Resins

Plant material embedded in a solid medium

Effective 23 April 2021 to 14 May 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: resin, Resins

Highly refined organic chemicals and substances Alerts

Effective 23 April 2021 to 29 April 2021

This case describes the requirements for the importation of highly refined organic chemicals and substances for all uses other than as animal consumption, use as bioremediation agents or fertiliser, or for veterinary therapeutic use. This case includes items such as acetone, alcohols, amino acids, varnish, sulphur compounds, dyes, or paraffin, vitamins and organic acids (e.g. citric acid, fatty acids).

Matched term: Resins, Oleoresin

Human therapeutics and medicines

Effective 23 April 2021 to 14 May 2021

This case describes the requirements for the importation of human therapeutics and medicines. This case includes human material for human therapeutic use e.g. organs for transplant, blood products for transfusions. This case may include, but is not limited to, complementary medicines (including Chinese medicines) containing animal and/or microbial derived material.

Matched term: Resins

Gum products

Effective 23 April 2021 to 14 May 2021

This case describes the requirements for the importation of gum products. Gum products include guar gum, gum arabic and karaya gum.

Matched term: Resins

Unidentified plant material requiring treatment

Effective 23 April 2021 to 14 May 2021

This case describes the requirements for the importation of unidentified plant products for all uses other than animal foods, fertilisers or for growing purposes.

Matched term: Ornaments

Veterinary therapeutics and veterinary therapeutic ingredients

Effective 23 April 2021 to 14 May 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: Resins

Empty seashells

Effective 23 April 2021 to 29 April 2021

This case describes requirements for the importation of empty seashells, and empty seashells (including oyster shell) which are a part of manufactured articles such as furnishings or decorative items. This case does not cover shells for which the meat is still attached. For the import of shells (including oyster shell) for animal feed use, please refer to the BICON case for Stock feed, stock feed ingredients and stock feed additives (not of plant origin).

Matched term: Ornaments

Ornamental hosts of fireblight for use as nursery stock Alerts Changes

Effective 23 April 2021 to 12 May 2021

This case describes the requirements for the importation of ornamental hosts of fireblight (includes sugarplum, flowering quince, pearl bush and red hawthorn) as nursery stock.

Matched term: Ornamental