Alerts

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has implemented an AQIS Commodity Code (ACC) for fresh dates from the United States of America and dried dates from all countries.

In order to support this change, you will be required to lodge consignments with one of the following ACCs:

• For consignments of dried dates (Phoenix dactylifera), including permitted Ziziphus species, the following ACC must be used:
  DATE
  
• For consignments of fresh dates (Phoenix dactylifera) exported from the United States of America, the following ACC must be used:
  PHNX

Note: Fresh dates from the Middle East and North Africa region are not eligible for CBIS.

Please note that for consignments eligible for the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS), the number of consecutive compliant consignments required to qualify for risk-based intervention has remained unchanged.

Who does this alert affect:
Importers and brokers of fresh dates from the USA and dried dates from all countries.

What do I need to do?
Importers and brokers should continue to lodge documentation to the department as per their current practice (via COLS). When a consignment is lodged in the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) under the tariff code for dates (0804.10.00), you will be required to enter the relevant ACC, which must be entered in order to become eligible for CBIS. Consignments lodged without the required ACC will be ineligible for any benefits under the CBIS program.

Further Information:
More information can be found on the department’s CBIS webpage.

If you have any further questions, please contact Plant Import Operations on 1800 900 090 or via email at imports@awe.gov.au (Tier 2- CBIS).