Pre-border biosecurity
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s approach to biosecurity incorporates a variety of strategies and initiatives aimed at addressing biosecurity risks.
Biosecurity measures have been established to prevent the arrival and establishment of exotic pests and disease. These measures include requiring biosecurity treatments to be performed on consignments, or cleaning of sea containers prior to export to Australia.
Before you import goods to Australia, it is important that you understand your responsibilities as an importer and the import conditions that may apply to your goods. Complying with these requirements can reduce costly delays and help keep biosecurity risks offshore.
When planning to import goods into Australia, you need to check the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
Pre-border biosecurity treatment assurance
To ensure pre-border biosecurity treatments effectively manage biosecurity risk before it reaches our shores, we have established a number of pre-border biosecurity treatment assurance schemes. These schemes set out the requirements for treatment providers to become registered, defines ongoing responsibilities and compliance management requirements.
Further information on our pre-border schemes can be found below:
Pre-border Biosecurity Treatment Providers
Pre-border biosecurity treatment providers play an important role in managing biosecurity risks. In some instances, as part of the biosecurity import condition, a pre-border biosecurity treatment is required to be conducted by a treatment provider from our List of Treatment Providers.
Lists of registered and unregistered treatment providers have been established to assist importers in meeting biosecurity import conditions here:
Useful links
Further information on treatment methodologies and guidance on conducting heat, methyl bromide or sulfuryl fluoride treatments and pest-specific seasonal measures can be found below:
