Date of issue: 19 November 2024
Dates of effect: 25 November 2024
Attention:
- Registered wool, skins and hides (including feathers, deer antler velvet, trophies) exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders
- Central and regional offices of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department)
Purpose
To notify stakeholders of the export certification templates available in NEXDOC from 25 November 2024
Key points
- Further to IAN 2024-26 and 2024-27 there will be changes to the available manual certificates for the export of wool, skins and hides.
- Most certificates will transition on 25 November 2024 and will only be available directly through NEXDOC. Please see Table 1 for details on the wool certificates transitioning to NEXDOC and Table 2 for the details of the skins and hides certificates transitioning to NEXDOC.
- There will be a small number of certificates that will not transition to NEXDOC. These are certificates that were previously only available manually and were not available via EXDOC. Further information about applying for manual certification can be found here - Application for a government export certificate for non-prescribed goods - DAFF
- The Department’s Manual of Importing Country Requirements will be updated to identify those certificates that will only be available via a manual application.
Register for wool, skins and hides in NEXDOC
Be ready for the changeover and register for NEXDOC! Registration is open in NEXDOC for exporters, agents and freight forwarders.
Access the online service portal and register
If you are a wool, skins and hides exporter or EDI user, you will need to register via the departments online service portal.
If you are already a registered NEXDOC user, you will need to add the wool, skins and hides commodity to your account.
NEXDOC service online portal
The NEXDOC portal is a direct means for exporters to apply for export documentation, with the department. The portal is accessed through the department’s online services.
The portal is a free platform offered by the department to obtain your export documentation.
Table 1 – Wool certificates transitioning to NEXDOC
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Z450 | Declaration and Certificate for Shipments of Skins, Hides and Wool |
| E242A | Generic Inedible Animal Products |
| Z510 | Declaration and Certificate for Shipments of Skins and Hides and Wool to China from Domestic Ruminants, Equines & Pigs |
| Z511 | Declaration and Certificate for Shipments of Skins and Hides and Wool to China from Species other than Domestic Ruminants, Equines & Pigs |
| Z400 | Wool to Czech Republic |
| SWJP01 | Extract From Data - Shipments of Skins, Hides and Wool to Japan |
| M466 | Ovine Wool - Mexico |
| Z495 | Wool to Korea - Electronic Version |
| IJP001 | Extract from Data - Inedible Animal Products to Japan |
| Z729 | EU Animal By-Products to be Used for Technical Purposes, English Only |
Table 2 – Skins and Hides certificates transitioning to NEXDOC
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| Z450 | Declaration and Certificate for Shipments of Skins, Hides and Wool |
| EX324S | Veterinary Certificate for Skins and Hides to Russia |
| M511 | Skins and Hides to Brazil for Bovine, Ovine and Porcine |
| Z510 | Declaration and Certificate for Shipments of Skins and Hides and Wool to China from Domestic Ruminants, Equines & Pigs |
| Z511 | Declaration and Certificate for Shipments of Skins and Hides and Wool to China from Species other than Domestic Ruminants, Equines & Pigs |
| M402 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, French |
| M403 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, German |
| M404 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, Greek |
| M406 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, Italian |
| SWJP01 | Extract From Data - Shipments of Skins, Hides and Wool to Japan |
| M425 | Macedonia - Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates |
| M409 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, Polish |
| M410 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, Portuguese |
| Z494 | Skins & Hides to Korea (Electronic) |
| M502 | Veterinary Health Certificate for Export of Cattle/Sheep/Deer Skins to South Africa |
| M414 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, Spanish |
| Z487 | Skins & Hides - Turkey - Treated |
| Z450D | Hides and Skins |
| Z760 | Meat Inedible - English - Game Trophies |
| M505 | Skins and Hides - Deer Velvet - Vietnam |
| M407A | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates Transit Cert, Latvian |
| M074C | Inedible - Rendered Products to Taiwan |
| M400 | EU Treated Skins & Hides of Ungulates, English |
Caroline Martin
Assistant Secretary
Digital Export Program Branch
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry