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Commencement of Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season

Effective from 5 December 2015

The Ministry of Primary Industries New Zealand (MPI NZ) has advised the Department of Agriculture that the 2015/16 flight season of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetle will commence for all New Zealand ports as of midnight (NZST) on 25/11/2015. Please Note the following exemptions:

  1. Consignments already loaded onto vessels before the commencement of the flight season are exempt from fumigation.

  2. Consignments already loaded and sealed into containers before the commencement of the flight season are exempt from fumigation.

Any inquiries please contact imports@agriculture.gov.au

This Alert applies to the following Cases: