Alerts
Removal of Uruguay from the list of Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma granarium) countries
Effective from 6 February 2016Notification of the planned removal of Uruguay from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources’ list of khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) countries.
Who does this notice affect?
This notice affects clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) who import seeds, grains and stored plant products (excluding fresh produce) from Uruguay.
What is the change?
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has implemented an immediate removal of Uruguay from the department’s ‘khapra beetle countries’ list, following confirmation from the Uruguay National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) that Uruguay is free from khapra beetle.
Full container loads will no longer require the added endorsement on phytosanitary certificates stating that the consignment was found to be free of khapra beetle.
What has changed?
Uruguay has been removed from the khapra beetle countries list (http://www.agriculture.gov.au/import/before/pests/khapra_beetle) on the department’s website.
BICON commodity cases and import conditions affected by this change have been amended.
Changes to be implemented:
Variations to all active ICON and BICON import permits which currently include additional khapra beetle phytosanitary requirements for Uruguay.
Importers are advised that until import permits are amended, current permit conditions remain in effect.
Further information:
For further information, please contact the Department of Agriculture on 1800 900 090 or imports@agriculture.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Coconut
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Dried ginger for human consumption
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Lentils for human consumption
- Gulong tribute rice or millet for human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Dried Prunus spp. fruit for human consumption
- Broken corn for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Pearl barley
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Dried apricot kernels for human consumption
- Bagged corn or maize grits for processing
- Dried mushrooms for human consumption
- Dried pome fruit for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Freeze-dried vegetables for human consumption
- Chickpeas for processing
- Sunflower kernels for human consumption
- Peanuts for human consumption
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Raw almond nuts for human consumption
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Daylily rust host seed for sowing
- Brassica spp. seed for sowing
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Birdseed
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Restricted cereal grain and grasses requiring treatment
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Linseed for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Raw seed