Alerts
Clarification of seed identification requirements for seed arriving by mail or accompanied baggage
Effective from 3 March 2018This alert is to provide clarification of the import conditions for seed arriving through the mail or as passenger baggage.
If seed is not commercially packaged and labelled then one of the following documents listing the full botanical name must be provided:
Commercial invoice
Supplier’s declaration
Laboratory report
Phytosanitary certificate
Seed analysis certificate
ISTA Orange International Seed Lot Certificate
NAL quality certificate
Supplier’s declarations will be accepted from organisations or commercial entities. Supplier’s declarations must be presented on the organisation or business letterhead.
For further information please refer to the import conditions in the relevant BICON case or contact Plant Import Operations at imports@agriculture.gov.au
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Papaver somniferum seed for sowing
- Arabidopsis spp. seed for sowing
- Daucus carota seed for sowing
- Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum hosts as seed for sowing
- Permitted seed for sowing
- Orchid seed for sowing
- Ribes spp. seed for sowing
- Catharanthus roseus seed for sowing
- Camellia sinensis seed for sowing
- Rutaceae seed for sowing
- Daylily rust host seed for sowing
- Encephalartos spp. seed for sowing
- Fagopyrum esculentum seed for sowing
- Moko hosts seed for sowing
- Agropyron spp. seed for sowing
- Dactylis spp. seed for sowing
- Mangifera spp. seed for sowing
- Lolium spp. seed for sowing
- Annona spp. seed for sowing
- Xanthosoma roseum seed for sowing
- Allium spp. seed for sowing
- Nuts and woody tree seed for sowing
- Medicago spp. seed for sowing
- Vaccinium spp. seed for sowing
- Palm seed for sowing
- Brassica spp. seed for sowing