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
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Returning Australian products
- Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance
- Sesame seed for sowing
- Ricinus communis seed for sowing
- Mexican jumping bean seed for sowing
- Elymus spp. seed for sowing
- Chloris spp. seed for sowing
- Euphorbia lathyrus seed for processing
- Digitaria spp. seed for sowing
- Zeia spp. seed for sowing
- Leymus spp. seed for sowing
- Cooked seeds for human consumption
- Cocos spp. seed for sowing
- Pascopyrum smithii seed for sowing
- x Triticosecale spp. seed for sowing
- Ziziphus jujuba Mill. (Chinese jujube) seed for sowing
- Vitis spp. (grape) seed for sowing
- Coffea spp. seed for sowing
- Vangueria infausta seed for sowing
- Leucaena 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
- Azadirachta indica seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Restricted legume seed for sowing
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Banana seed for sowing
- Centrosema spp. seed for sowing
- Brachiaria spp. and Urochloa spp. seed for sowing
- Carthamus tinctorius seed for sowing
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Humulus spp. seed for sowing
- Gossypium spp. seed for sowing
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Solanum tuberosum seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Pea seed for sowing
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption
- Linseed for human consumption
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Pearl barley
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Millet for human consumption
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Powdered herbs for human consumption
- Birdseed
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Chickpeas for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Roegneria spp. seed for sowing
- Cenchrus spp. seed for sowing
- Linseed seed for sowing
- Colocasia spp. seed for sowing
- Pennisetum spp. seed for sowing
- Aneurolepidium spp. seed for sowing
- Helictotrichon sempervirens seed for sowing
- Lodoicea maldivica nuts
- Setaria spp. seed for sowing
- Retail ready products containing a mix of grains, seeds, dried fruits and nuts for human consumption
- Processed nuts for human consumption
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Biodegradable and/or edible tableware and packaging
- Vacuum sealed nuts for human consumption
- Water chestnuts for human consumption
- Vicia spp. seed for sowing
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Horse chestnuts
- Triticum spp. seed for sowing
- Oryza spp. seed for sowing
- Panicum spp. seed for sowing.
- Hordeum spp. seed for sowing
- Lens spp. seed for sowing
- Secale cereale seed for sowing
- Avena spp. seed for sowing
- Helianthus spp. (sunflower) seed for sowing
- Sorghum spp. seed for sowing
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Stockfeed, stockfeed ingredients and stockfeed additives
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Pelted wheat for human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Truffles for human consumption
- Peanuts for human consumption or processing
- Dried apricot kernels
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Maize for human consumption or processing
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Khapra beetle sea container measures
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Plant species that are weeds
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Plant material for research purposes