Alerts
Notification of import condition reviews for nursery stock
Effective from 28 June 2018Our department has been conducting operational reviews of plant, animal and biological import conditions to protect Australia’s biosecurity status and to maintain our market access for agricultural products. The review of import conditions is part of strengthening biosecurity surveillance and analysis under the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper. Further information on the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper can be located on the department's website.
We have now commenced work on reviewing the conditions for nursery stock which encompasses over 30,000 species.
The nursery stock reviews will:
ensure import conditions are understandable and easy to find in our department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON)
make sure import conditions are based on current information and risk management approaches while being a minimum burden
allow us to identify the treatments available to manage biosecurity risks such as pests, disease and contaminants.
We have established an ‘Imported nursery stock regulation working group’, consisting of departmental and industry representatives who will be used to assist in the review of import conditions and managing biosecurity risks.
The amount of change to import conditions will vary between commodities. Some will have minimal or no change, and some may have significant changes. Where a major impact on industry is identified, we will work with the industry and keep them informed of the changes and how they will be implemented.
How to stay in touch?
There are three ways you can stay informed about the progress of these reviews.
As import conditions are reviewed, any updates or changes will be outlined in BICON. The best way to stay informed of changes is to register as a BICON user (use the follow case function to receive email notifications when a case changes or has an alert). Please refer to the online factsheet on how to ‘Follow a BICON case'.
If you are new to BICON, learn how to use BICON through our introductory elearning module.
Subscribe to import industry advice notices for general updates on plant and animal classes.
For further information or enquiries, please contact the Plant Import Conditions Review team at planticr@agriculture.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Juniperus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Teak for use as nursery stock
- Moko hosts requiring further assessment
- Candidatus liberibacter and moko hosts for use as nursery stock
- Vangueria infausta for use as nursery stock
- Stylosanthes guianensis for use as nursery stock
- Azadirachta indica for use as nursery stock
- Paulownia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Cucurbits as nursery stock requiring testing
- Sudden oak death and fireblight hosts for use as nursery stock
- Myrtus spp. as nursery stock
- Berberis, Mahonia and Mahoberberis for use as nursery stock
- Plant species requiring further assessment
- Plant species that are weeds
- Medium risk plants for use as nursery stock
- Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Allium sativum for use as nursery stock
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) for use as nursery stock
- Punica spp. for use as nursery stock
- Hibiscus spp for use as nursery stock
- Lavandula spp. for use as nursery stock
- Annona spp. for use as nursery stock
- Methyl bromide sensitive nursery stock that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa
- Forestry or amenity species that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa and Sudden Oak Death
- Ornamental virus, Sudden Oak Death and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Rutaceae as nursery stock
- Morus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Saccharum spp. as nursery stock
- Algae species that are weeds
- Solanum tuberosum for use as nursery stock
- Aquatic plants for use as nursery stock
- Araucaria spp. for use as nursery stock
- Dracaena sanderiana for use as nursery stock
- Eustoma, Lisianthius, Bilamista, Lobelia and Urananthus for use as nursery stock
- Daylily rust hosts for use as nursery stock
- Juglans spp. for use as nursery stock
- Xylella fastidiosa and sudden oak death hosts for use as nursery stock
- Cyphomandra species for use as nursery stock
- Guava rust hosts for use as nursery stock
- Coffea spp. for use as nursery stock
- Tropical and temperate species that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa for use as nursery stock
- Rosa spp. for use as nursery stock
- Humulus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Rubus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum hosts for use as nursery stock
- Brassica oleracea for use as nursery stock
- Ornamental virus hosts and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Saintpaulia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Zantedeschia spp. (Calla lily) for use as nursery stock
- Aquatic plants that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa for use as nursery stock
- Fragaria spp. for use as nursery stock
- Tropical and temperate species for use as nursery stock
- Mangifera spp. for use as nursery stock
- Corylus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Clonal grass for use as nursery stock
- Hypericum x inodorum for use as nursery stock
- Daphne spp. and Gladiolus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Chrysanthemum x morifolium for use as nursery stock
- Plant pollen
- Orchids for use as nursery stock
- Ananas comosus for use as nursery stock
- Persea spp. for use as nursery stock
- Ulmus spp., Planera spp. and Zelkova spp. for use as nursery stock
- Passiflora spp. for use as nursery stock
- Phoenix dactylifera for use as nursery stock
- Carica papaya for use as nursery stock
- Ribes spp. for use as nursery stock
- Malus spp., Pyrus spp., and Cydonia spp., for use as nursery stock
- Vitis spp. (grape) for use as nursery stock
- Camellia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Agathis spp. (kauri, dammar) for use as nursery stock
- Allium ampeloprasum for use as nursery stock
- Allium porrum for use as nursery stock
- Mentha spp. for use as nursery stock
- Musa spp. for use as nursery stock
- Prunus spp. for use as nursery stock
- Actinidia spp. (kiwi fruit, gooseberry) for use as nursery stock
- Ficus carica for use as nursery stock
- Dianthus caryophyllus for use as nursery stock
- Bulbs to be grown in open quarantine for use as nursery stock
- Ipomoea batatas for use as nursery stock
- Cacti for use as nursery stock
- Vaccinium spp. for use as nursery stock
- Castanea spp. for use as nursery stock
- Bromeliads for use as nursery stock
- Hoya kerrii rooted leaves for display purposes
- Packing materials and packaging of plants
- Olea spp. (olives) for use as nursery stock
- Methyl bromide sensitive nursery stock
- Cannabis spp. as nursery stock
- Forestry or amenity species that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and Xylella fastidiosa hosts for use as nursery stock
- Sudden oak death hosts for use as nursery stock
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. for use as nursery stock
- Ornamental hosts of fireblight for use as nursery stock
- Rhapis spp. for use as nursery stock
- Manihot spp. for use as nursery stock
- Colocasia spp. for use as nursery stock
- Bulbs that are hosts of Xylella fastidiosa for growth in open quarantine