Alerts
Changes to the import conditions of seed arriving through the mail or as passenger baggage
Effective from 21 November 2017This alert is to detail upcoming changes to the import conditions of seed arriving through the mail or as passenger baggage
What is the change?
Seed arriving through the mail and as passenger baggage will need to be commercially packaged and labelled with the full botanical name (genus and species). Alternatively, a phytosanitary certificate, supplier’s declaration, International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) certificate or Naktuinbouw Authorised Laboratories (NAL) certificate that lists the botanical name of the seed can be presented.
Seed that already requires a phytosanitary certificate, mandatory ISTA testing or mandatory post-entry quarantine growth will be exempt from this requirement.
When will the change occur?
A trial period will commence 4 December 2017 and will run for two weeks. During the trial period, the change will apply to the Permitted seed for sowing BICON case only.
From 18 December 2017, the change will be effective on all remaining impacted BICON seed cases.
What do I need to do?
If you import, or plan to import, seed through the mail or as baggage, ensure that the seed is commercially packaged and labelled with the full botanical name (genus and species). Alternatively, ensure that you have organised acceptable documentation (refer to the above) that lists the full botanical name of the seed.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Plant Import Operations at imports@agriculture.gov.au.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Tomato seed for sowing
- Pinus spp. seed for sowing
- Zea mays seed for sowing
- Persea americana seed for sowing
- Nicotiana spp. seed for sowing
- Capsicum spp. (requiring testing) seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Chestnut seed for sowing
- Telfairia occidentalis seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing
- Pseudotsuga spp. seed for sowing
- Carica papaya seed for sowing
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Centrosema spp. seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Pea seed for sowing
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum hosts as seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Daylily rust host seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Catharanthus roseus seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Conifer (excluding Pinus spp. and Pseudotsuga spp.) seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Prunus spp. seed for sowing
- Myrtaceae seed for sowing
- Cucurbit seed for sowing requiring testing for plant viruses
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Brassica spp. seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing