24 February 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Importers and brokers of:
- Fresh cherries of the species Prunus avium from New Zealand only
- Fresh cherries of the species Prunus avium from the USA only
- Dried dates, including permitted Ziziphus species from all countries
- Fresh dates of the species Phoenix dactylifera from the USA only
- Fresh immature coconuts from all countries
- Fresh immature corn from all countries
- Fresh lemons and limes from the USA only
- Fresh mature coconuts with the husk removed or in the form of a prayer unit from all countries
- Fresh/chilled mushrooms of the permitted species only from all countries
- Fresh oranges from the USA only
- Dried mushrooms of the permitted species only from all countries
- Dried truffles of the permitted species only from all countries
- Fresh stone fruits including apricots, nectarines, peaches, plumcots, plums, pluots or prunes from New Zealand only
- Fresh stone fruits of the permitted species, including apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums or approved interspecific stone fruit hybrids from the USA only
- Fresh pomegranates from the USA only
- Sphagnum peat with or without approved additives from countries free from foot and mouth disease (FMD)
- Fresh/chilled truffles of the permitted species only from all countries
What has changed?
The department is decommissioning a range of AQIS Commodity codes (ACC) in the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) to improve the CBIS lodgement process. We have listened to the requirement for better lodgement practices, which we can now deliver using profiling questions to identify and rule goods in for CBIS processing. This functionality was previously unavailable for CBIS, however with some enhanced system capability we have removed the need on most pathways for Industry to manually apply an ACC code to qualify their goods for CBIS. The changes are expected to increase the number of goods qualifying for CBIS, which should provide benefits to Industry by enabling risk-based intervention for commodities included on the scheme. The system changes are scheduled to be available in the ICS from the 2 March 2022.
Further information
If you have any enquiries relating to these changes, then please contact the Program and email Imports (Tier 2- CBIS) or telephone 1800 900 090.