Alerts

Regional officers, importers and brokers are advised that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is concluding the Compliance-Based Inspection Scheme (CBIS) trial for peat and selected vegetable seeds as of Wednesday 15th December 2017.

The department would also like to thank stakeholders and staff for their participation and involvement in the trial.

What has changed?

Imports of selected vegetable seeds and pure peat will no longer be eligible for risk-based inspection rates under the CBIS.

What do I need to do?

Importers and brokers that were participating in the CBIS trial will need to clear these products under the import conditions listed in the relevant BICON cases. The change does not affect importers that were not participating in the trial.

Further information

More information will be published on the CBIS website.

For further information please email Plant Import Operations imports@agriculture.gov.au (please include ‘Tier 2 – CBIS’ in the subject heading) or phone 1800 900 090.