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:
- Peanuts for human consumption
- Lentils for human consumption
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Rice for human consumption or processing
- Coconut
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Tamarind for human consumption
- Sesame seed for human consumption
- Carob and cocoa beans and husk for human consumption
- Whole dried peas for human consumption
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Gulong tribute rice or millet for human consumption
- Soybeans (excluding frozen) for human consumption
- Processed tuber and corm products for human consumption
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Dried dates or doum for human consumption
- Sunflower kernels for human consumption
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Malted cereal products for processing
- Pearl barley
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Bulgur wheat for human consumption
- Freekeh for human consumption
- Dried grapes for human consumption
- Dried apricot kernels for human consumption
- Raw nuts for human consumption
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Groats for processing or human consumption
- Dried Prunus spp. fruit for human consumption
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Dried ginger for human consumption
- Split legumes for human consumption
- Raw almond nuts for human consumption
- Processed grain and seed products for human consumption
- Mixed seed for sowing (permitted species)
- Chickpeas for processing
- Shelled pine nuts for human consumption
- Dried vegetables for human consumption
- Dried pome fruit for human consumption
- Papaver somniferum seed for human consumption
- Cannabis spp. seed for sowing
- Bean seed for human consumption
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Restricted cereal grain and grasses requiring treatment
- Daylily rust host seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Brassica spp. seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Linseed for human consumption
- Broken corn for human consumption
- Bagged corn or maize grits for processing
- Freeze-dried vegetables for human consumption
- Dried fruit
- Fagopyrum esculentum for human consumption
- Dried and whole Ziziphus spp. for human consumption
- Dried mushrooms for human consumption
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Raw seed
- Birdseed