Alerts
Khapra beetle Phases 4 and 5, and extension of Phase 6A measures
Effective from 16 November 2021In early 2022, Phase 4 and Phase 5 of the khapra beetle urgent actions are expected to commence. Phase 4 will introduce revised phytosanitary certification requirements for other-risk plant products exported from all countries. Phase 5 will introduce phytosanitary certification requirements for seeds for sowing exported from all countries and arriving via all arrival modes.
Summary of the new requirements:
Phase |
Product |
Country of export |
Product requirements |
All countries |
Accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the exporting country with the additional declaration: “Representative samples were inspected and found free from evidence of any species of Trogoderma (whether live, dead or exuviae) in Australia’s list of Trogoderma species of biosecurity concern". | ||
Seed for sowing |
All countries |
Accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the exporting country with the additional declaration: “Representative samples were inspected and found free from evidence of any species of Trogoderma (whether live, dead or exuviae) in Australia’s list of Trogoderma species of biosecurity concern, Phase 5". |
Failure to comply with the above requirements may result in the export of the goods and/or the container on-arrival in Australia. We will consider transitional arrangements to accommodate consignments in-transit closer to the implementation.
If the products will be packed into an FCL/FCX sea container in a khapra beetle target risk country and will be unpacked in a regional grain growing area of Australia, the sea container itself will need to be treated. See further details on the sea container webpage.
Extension of Phase 6A measures
From 12 July 2021, mandatory offshore treatment requirements were introduced for FCL/FCX containers packed with all types of goods in a khapra beetle target risk country and destined to be unpacked in a rural grain growing area of Australia. To further minimise the risk of the introduction and spread of khapra beetle to high-risk rural areas, we will be extending this requirement to include containers destined for unpack in rural nut growing areas of Australia. This will come into effect for the above FCL/FCX containers exported on or from 15 December 2021. This expansion to the Phase 6A measures is anticipated to have minimal impact to industry.
The additional postcodes to be included for rural nut growing areas of Australia are: 4569, 4517, 4518, 4858 and 4560. For split postcodes, measures will apply to the rural areas of the postcode.
Note: Upon implementation, our sea container measures webpage, BICON case: Non-commodity cargo clearance, our postcode classification search tool and rural grain growing postcodes listing document will be updated to include the additional rural nut growing postcodes.
Who does this notice affect:
Importers of other-risk plant products, seeds for sowing and other stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply and logistics chain.
Background:
These changes are considered necessary because:
- Khapra beetle is a significant threat to Australian plant industries, including the grain export industry. Khapra beetle destroys grain quality making it unfit for human or animal consumption.
- Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing have been identified as hosts of khapra beetle and as such, a pathway for khapra beetle to enter Australia.
- If khapra beetle enters Australia it would have significant economic consequences. An outbreak could cost Australia $15.5 billion over 20 years through revenue losses arising from damaged grain in storage and exports.
Australia currently has biosecurity requirements in place for a range of products that could be infested with khapra beetle. However, we believe that the biosecurity requirements need to be expanded and strengthened to prevent a khapra beetle incursion.
Further information:
For further information, see:
- Sea container measures to protect against khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) webpage
- Urgent actions to protect against khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) webpage
- Khapra beetle bulletin
- BICON case: Khapra beetle sea container measures
- BICON case: Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance
For questions and information regarding sea container measures, please phone 1800 900 090 or email spp@awe.gov.au (please title the subject line of the email with ‘khapra urgent actions’).
For questions and information regarding Phase 4 and 5 measures, please phone 1800 900 090 or email imports@awe.gov.au (please title the subject line of the email with ‘Plant Tier 2 – khapra urgent actions’).
For questions and information related directly to offshore khapra beetle treatments, please email offshoretreatments@awe.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Plant species requiring further assessment
- Plant species that are weeds
- Plant material for research purposes
- Dried fruit
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Elymus spp. seed for sowing
- Chloris spp. seed for sowing
- Digitaria spp. seed for sowing
- Carthamus tinctorius seed for sowing
- Humulus spp. seed for sowing
- Gossypium spp. seed for sowing
- Avena spp. seed for sowing
- Helianthus spp. (sunflower) seed for sowing
- Panicum spp. seed for sowing.
- Vicia spp. seed for sowing
- Lens spp. seed for sowing
- x Triticosecale spp. seed for sowing
- Sorghum spp. seed for sowing
- Triticum spp. seed for sowing
- Secale cereale seed for sowing
- Hordeum spp. seed for sowing
- Vitis spp. (grape) seed for sowing
- Oryza spp. seed for sowing
- Solanum tuberosum seed for sowing
- Restricted legume seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Vangueria infausta seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Birdseed
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Linseed for human consumption
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Pearl barley
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Millet for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Helictotrichon sempervirens seed for sowing
- Sesame seed for sowing
- Ricinus communis seed for sowing
- Pascopyrum smithii seed for sowing
- Roegneria spp. seed for sowing
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Stockfeed, stockfeed ingredients and stockfeed additives
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Palm seed for sowing
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Dried apricot kernels
- Retail ready products containing a mix of grains, seeds, dried fruits and nuts for human consumption
- Truffles for human consumption
- Coffea spp. seed for sowing
- Biodegradable and/or edible tableware and packaging
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption
- Maize for human consumption or processing
- Lodoicea maldivica nuts
- Returning Australian products
- Setaria spp. seed for sowing
- Pennisetum spp. seed for sowing
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Aneurolepidium spp. seed for sowing
- Brachiaria spp. and Urochloa spp. seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Khapra beetle sea container measures
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Centrosema spp. seed for sowing
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Cenchrus spp. seed for sowing
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Banana seed for sowing
- Mexican jumping bean seed for sowing
- Euphorbia lathyrus seed for processing
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Azadirachta indica seed for sowing
- Linseed seed for sowing
- Colocasia spp. seed for sowing
- Water chestnuts for human consumption
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Zeia spp. seed for sowing
- Leymus spp. seed for sowing
- Leucaena spp. seed for sowing
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Cocos spp. seed for sowing
- Hibiscus cannabinus seed for sowing
- Cassava seed for sowing
- Telfairia occidentalis seed for sowing
- Dutch elm disease host seed for sowing
- Roasted seeds for human consumption
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) seed for sowing
- Processed nuts for human consumption