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