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