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Case: Cotton Effective 02 Jul 2022 to 07 Jul 2022

Glossary

The following provides a definition of words or phrases that are found within the text. Some of these have a special meaning in relation to the importation or treatment of goods entering Australia and may be important to understand in meeting the requirements for import.

Term Definition
Approved Arrangement Site (AA Site)

An arrangement approved under Section 406 of the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cwlth) which permits a biosecurity industry participant to carry out specified activities to manage biosecurity risks associated with particular goods, premises or other things.

lint

Cotton lint is the long cotton fibres removed from the cotton seed after the first gin. Even high grade lint will contain cotton trash until it is subject to further processing.

linters

Cotton linters are whole and broken lint fibres and fuzz fibres, which are removed from ginned cotton seed by further ginning or a chemical process.

raw

Raw cotton is the cotton removed by the first ginning. Raw cotton includes lint and linters.

seed

Seed cotton is the cotton picked from the field before any further processing has been done. Cotton which has been harvested but not ginned, so that the fibre is still attached to the seed.

waste

Waste cotton is everything that remains after the usable raw cotton is removed at ginning. This product may include cotton trash in large quantities.