04 March 2024
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of upcoming changes to Request for Permit (RFP) requirements for exports to New Zealand using the Export Plan for Fresh Produce from Australia to New Zealand (Export Plan).
Summary of changes and key points
- On 2 August 2023 we notified stakeholders of changes to sampling rate requirements in IAN 2023-48.
- EXDOC has been updated to support this change to the Export Plan.
- From 11 March 2024, the grower line declaration is no longer required to be entered in RFPs.
Background
The Export Plan sets out the operational requirements for the export of fruit fly host commodities to New Zealand.
Previously stakeholders were required to add the following declaration to New Zealand RFPs:
“The produce covered by this permit has been inspected on a grower line basis (or equivalent) for those quarantine pests categorised by NZ MPI and specified tolerances have not been exceeded.”
This declaration was required to demonstrate compliance with sampling requirements in a previous version of the Export Plan.
The Export Plan was updated in August 2023 removing the requirement for the declaration.
The Export Plan can be accessed through the ‘Documents’ section of the Manual of Importing Country Requirements (Micor).
Industry responsibilities
Familiarise yourself with the updated RFP requirements as per the Export Plan.
Ensure the exporter declaration field is not populated in RFPs raised from 11 March 2024.
Contact information
If you have any questions regarding this IAN, please email EXDOC Plant Programs.
Rosanna Carr
Acting Assistant Secretary
Plant Export Operations Branch