Alerts
Khapra beetle measures: Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing (Phases 4 and 5)
Effective from 21 April 2022Phases 4 and 5 of the khapra beetle urgent actions commence on 28 April 2022.
Phase 4 applies to listed other-risk plant products (e.g. raw seeds and nuts, green coffee beans, dried fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices) imported via certain modes of arrival.
Phase 5 applies to seeds for sowing imported via all modes for arrival.
Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing exported from any country on or after 28 April 2022 must be:
- inspected offshore by a government official of the exporting country; AND
- certified as being free from any listed species of Trogoderma (whether live, dead or exuviae) in Australia’s list of Trogoderma species of biosecurity concern.
Note: Importers may elect to fumigate other-risk plant products when they are being imported with high-risk plant products from a khapra beetle target risk country. To assist in streamlining treatment and certification requirements, the department will also publish import conditions for the voluntary methyl bromide fumigation of some other-risk plant products.
A full list of import conditions will be available on BICON on 28 April 2022.
Failure to comply with the above requirements may result in the export or destruction of the goods on-arrival in Australia.
Exclusions apply, visit our webpage for more detail on the khapra beetle urgent actions: https://www.awe.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/policy/legislation/list-other-risk-goods-host-khapra-beetle
Who does this alert 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.
Further information:
For further information, see:
- List of other-risk plant products (including mode of arrival and end use)
- Sea container measures to protect against khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) webpage
- Urgent actions to protect against khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) webpage
- Khapra beetle bulletin
For:
- questions and information related directly to offshore khapra beetle treatments, please email offshoretreatments@awe.gov.au.
- all other enquiries regarding these 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’).
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Euphorbia lathyrus seed for processing
- Water chestnuts for human consumption
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Returning Australian products
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Seed for sowing products
- Psyllium husks for human consumption
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Millet for human consumption
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Raw jute, jute waste and jute bales for processing
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Dried or preserved flowers and foliage
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Palm seed for sowing
- Cotton
- Birdseed
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Processed and dried hops for human consumption and processing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Dried apricot kernels
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Plant material for research purposes
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Truffles for human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Maize for human consumption or processing
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Dried Tillandsia spp.
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Mistletoe
- Potpourri
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Linseed for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Pearl barley
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Processed banana for human consumption
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Powdered plant products for human consumption
- Betel nuts for human consumption
- Kava for human consumption
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption