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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
- Packing materials and packaging of plants
- Toys
- Cryogenic shippers
- Plant material embedded in paper
- Rice husk chopping boards, logs and briquettes
- Synthetic material
- Incense
- Wisteria articles
- Cork and cork products
- Sawdust and woodchips
- Geotextiles for bioremediation
- Raw jute, jute waste and jute bales for processing
- Barkcloth
- Articles stuffed with dried herbs or seed
- Straw, cereal straw articles and products
- Plant based fabric, textiles or yarn
- Permitted plant fibres
- Confectionery for human consumption
- Retorted goods for human consumption
- Plant derived charcoal, wood pellets and briquettes
- Highly processed soybean products not for human consumption
- Cotton
- Thatching grass
- Used shipper owned empty containers imported as a good
- Ship or aircraft stores for transhipment
- Temporary Importations
- Gas Cylinders
- Articles and equipment used in water (fresh or sea water)
- Mineral and metal ores, rock and sand
- Metal waste and scrap
- Unaccompanied personal effects
- Banana fibre articles
- Biodegradable urns
- Artificial plants on natural stems
- Wooden manufactured articles containing bark
- Returning Australian products
- Machinery and equipment
- Coir peat
- Highly refined organic chemicals and substances
- Pet food, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Timber and Bamboo packaging
- Non-Commodity Cargo Clearance
- Snails for human consumption
- Fat and tallow for human consumption
- Noodles for human consumption
- Cane and rattan articles
- Dried willow and wicker articles
- Dried or preserved flowers and foliage
- Bioremedial products
- Stock feed, supplements and ingredients of plant origin
- Uncanned or unretorted meat for human consumption
- Peat
- Plant fibre products and seed handicrafts
- Feathers
- Plant products for ceremonial and exhibition use
- Goods for cultural performances and exhibitions
- Archaeological specimens
- Goods made with rawhide
- Animal trophies, articles and handicraft items
- Cake mixes
- Imported sea-going vessels
- Bamboo products
- Raw and sun dried tobacco
- Dried Tillandsia spp.
- Pine cones
- Oak barrels and chestnut bark hoops
- Sphagnum moss
- Human therapeutics and medicines
- Soil and articles containing soil
- Cooked biscuits, cooked breads, cooked cakes (including uncooked cheesecakes and cooked mooncakes)
- Manure
- Protein powders and body building supplements for human consumption
- Empty seashells
- Collagen and casings for human consumption
- Cosmetic and soaps
- Laboratory animal food
- Stock feed, stock feed ingredients and stock feed additives (not of plant origin)
- Baits, lures, attractants and poisons for agricultural or domestic use
- Baitfish, aquaculture feed and pet fish food
- Pet food
- Fertilisers
- Birdseed
- Carpets, clothes, bags and rags
- Coffee for processing or human consumption
- New or used vehicles, aircraft and parts
- Grape vine articles
- Horse equipment
- Used footwear
- Tyres
- Animal Transport Equipment
- Prefabricated office, accommodation units and caravans
- Egg shell ornaments
- Biodegradable plant pots
- Used veterinary equipment
- Timber and timber products
- Potpourri
- Bark for human consumption
- Hemp seed and hemp products
- Dried herbs products not for human consumption
- Logs, log cabins and oversize timber
- Fencing, screening material and blinds derived from plants