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@agriculture.gov.au (please title the subject line of the email with ‘Plant Tier 2 – khapra urgent actions’).
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Euphorbia lathyrus seed for processing
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Kava for human consumption
- Processed banana for human consumption
- Chestnuts for human consumption
- Maize for human consumption or processing
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Psyllium husks for human consumption
- Returning Australian products
- Cotton
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Dried Tillandsia spp.
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Birdseed
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Millet for human consumption
- Processed and dried hops for human consumption and processing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Betel nuts for human consumption
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Brassicaceous seed for sowing requiring treatment
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Dried fruit
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Truffles for human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Powdered plant products for human consumption
- Mushrooms for human consumption
- Dried herbs for human consumption
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Chestnut blight hosts as seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing requiring treatment and/or testing
- Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Petroselinum crispum seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Cucurbita moschata seed for sowing
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Potpourri
- Regulated vegetable crop seeds for human consumption
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Raw jute, jute waste and jute bales for processing
- Kibbled cereal mix for human consumption
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Mistletoe
- Brassicaceous seed for sprouting or micro-green production
- Dried or preserved flowers and foliage
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Phaseolus spp. seed for sowing
- Plant material for research purposes
- Whole lentils for human consumption
- Pea seed for sowing
- Sunflower kernel or seed for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Linseed for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Dried apricot kernels
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Water chestnuts for human consumption
- Raw seed for human consumption
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Dried herb products not for human consumption
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Ground or whole peppercorns and pepper for human consumption
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Pearl barley
- Cucumis sativus seed for sowing
- Trichosanthes cucumerina seed for sowing
- Unrestricted cucurbitaceous seed for sowing
- Lagenaria siceraria seed for sowing
- Cucurbita pepo seed for sowing
- Citrullus lanatus seed for sowing
- Momordica charantia as seed for sowing
- Cucurbita maxima seed for sowing
- Cucumis melo seed for sowing
- Seed for sowing products
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing