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Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) mandatory treatment for containerised goods from Italy
Effective from 18 January 2018From 17 January 2018, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has introduced further mandatory treatment measures to prevent BMSB arriving in Australia.
From 17 January 2018 all containerised goods from Italy will require mandatory BMSB treatment at an approved arrangement on arrival in Australian territory. These measures will be remain in place to the end of the BMSB risk season, 30 April 2018 (shipped up to and including the 30 April 2018).
Importers will need to nominate a treatment location and treatment type as per the BMSB treatment requirements.
Exceptions apply to goods already treated offshore with one of the approved BMSB treatments, or that fall within one of the excluded tariff groups:
Fresh produce (including nursery stock and live plants)
Live animals
Food for human consumption (including beverages)
Seeds for sowing
Registered pharmaceuticals
All other containerised goods (FCL/FCX or LCL) arriving from Italy will require treatment on arrival using methyl bromide, or where methyl bromide is not suitable, another approved treatment for BMSB.
ASG officers must ensure that treatment directions for BMSB are added as the first direction, prior to any further inspection or intervention. These measures are in addition to existing import conditions or requirements.
Further information
Please refer to the department's website for a list of approved treatments for BMSB.
For further information, including specific COLS lodgement advice for these entries, please refer to the relevant Import Industry Advice Notice.
This Alert applies to the following Cases:
- Animal derived glue
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Packing materials and packaging of plants
- Plant products for ceremonial and exhibition use
- Toys
- Goods for cultural performances and exhibitions
- Wooden manufactured articles containing bark
- Soil and articles containing soil
- Cryogenic shippers
- Feathers
- Plant material embedded in paper
- Rice husk chopping boards, logs and briquettes
- Egg shell ornaments
- Synthetic material
- Peat
- Incense
- Raw and sun dried tobacco
- Stock feed, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Laboratory animal food
- Baits, lures, attractants and poisons for agricultural or domestic use
- Animal trophies, articles and handicraft items
- Manure
- Dried Tillandsia spp.
- Cotton
- Thatching grass
- Wisteria articles
- Cork and cork products
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Sawdust and woodchips
- Archaeological specimens
- Goods made with rawhide
- Banana fibre articles
- Pine cones
- Stock feed, stock feed ingredients and stock feed additives (not of plant origin)
- Pet food
- Geotextiles for bioremediation
- Raw jute, jute waste and jute bales for processing
- Sphagnum moss
- Potpourri
- Oak barrels and chestnut bark hoops
- Biodegradable plant pots
- Artificial plants on natural stems
- Grape vine articles
- Biodegradable urns
- Bioremedial products
- Coir peat
- Dried willow and wicker articles
- Barkcloth
- Fencing, screening material and blinds derived from plants
- Timber and Bamboo packaging
- Horse equipment
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Empty seashells
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Plant based fabric, textiles or yarn
- Bark for human consumption
- Permitted plant fibres
- Highly refined organic chemicals and substances
- Cane and rattan articles
- Bamboo products
- Snails for human consumption
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- Cooked biscuits, cooked breads, cooked cakes (including uncooked cheesecakes and cooked mooncakes)
- Cake mixes
- Dried herbs products not for human consumption
- Confectionery for human consumption
- Noodles for human consumption
- Protein powders and body building supplements for human consumption
- Fat and tallow for human consumption
- Retorted goods for human consumption
- Gas Cylinders
- Temporary Importations
- Used veterinary equipment
- Used footwear
- Articles and equipment used in water (fresh or sea water)
- Tyres
- Mineral and metal ores, rock and sand
- Metal waste and scrap
- Carpets, clothes, bags and rags
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Ship or aircraft stores for transhipment
- Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance
- Cosmetic and soaps
- Used shipper owned empty containers imported as a good
- Dried or preserved flowers and foliage
- Machinery and equipment
- Prefabricated office, accommodation units and caravans
- New or used vehicles, aircraft and parts
- Animal Transport Equipment
- Imported sea-going vessels
- Uncanned or unretorted meat for human consumption
- Returning Australian products
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Baitfish, aquaculture feed and pet fish food
- Plant derived charcoal, wood pellets and briquettes
- Birdseed
- Timber and timber products
- Logs, log cabins and oversize timber
- Collagen and casings for human consumption
- Fertilisers
- Highly processed soybean products not for human consumption
- Human therapeutics and medicines