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Notification of import condition reviews for nursery stock

Effective from 28 June 2018

Our 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.

This Alert applies to the following Cases: