The department has designed a modern, streamlined, enhanced exports traceability system to support overseas market access for exports of agricultural products.
This new system does not change our existing certification arrangements. It is designed to improve product traceability and to automate manual documentation and assessment processes.
NEXDOC will bring new functionality that will support industry including changes to certification, such as printing on plain paper and the introduction of QR codes to increase security. Exporters will be able to print certification using their own printers and also raise certification through the NEXDOC portal if they export infrequently.
Commodities currently available on NEXDOC are:
- Dairy
- Eggs
- Honey and edible apiculture (to markets in the below table)
- Other Goods to Singapore
- Fish and Fish products
The department is incrementally onboarding commodities onto NEXDOC. For information on upcoming transitions please see the NEXDOC webpage
Transition
Welcome to NEXDOC!
What is NEXDOC?
NEXDOC stands for Next Export Documentation System.
It is a software application used to manage export documentation.
It was developed by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
What are the benefits?
Printing certificates at your own office
Attaching supporting documents with your request to export.
Tracking your application and liaising with the department directly through the system.
You will be able to submit and amend your application at any time of the day or night. NEXDOC is a 24/7 self-service.
The department will be running training drop-in sessions in the lead up to go live.
And there is a dedicated team online to help with any questions you may have.
This is an exciting time to be a Honey or apiculture exporter!
For further information visit www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity-trade/export/certification/nexdoc
Important information on transitioned commodities
Drop-in sessions
Virtual drop-in sessions are available via Microsoft Teams for seafood exporters to register to export fish in NEXDOC. In these sessions we demonstrate the registration process, how to lodge a request for export (REX) and answer questions you may have on using the NEXDOC portal.
The next Drop-in sessions are scheduled for:
- Tuesday 26 November 2024, 1.30pm -2.30pm (AEDT)
- Thursday 28 November 2024, 10.30am – 11.30am (AEDT)
- Monday 2 December 2024, 11.30am – 12.30pm (AEDT)
- Wednesday 4 December 2024, 11.00am -12.00pm (AEDT)
- Tuesday 10 December 2024, 2.00pm – 3.00pm (AEDT)
- Thursday 12 December 2024, 11.30am – 12.30pm (AEDT)
Fish and Seafood products are now in NEXDOC!
All fish export certification is now issued through NEXDOC.
Lodge your requests for fish permits and certificates in NEXDOC.
Transition period closing
- The transition period from EXDOC to NEXDOC for fish and fish products is closing.
- From 5.00pm Friday 29 November 2024 (AEDT) incomplete fish permit and export certificate requests (RFPs) currently in EXDOC cannot be completed in EXDOC.
- Trading partners will not accept EXDOC certification issued after 29 November 2024.
- RFP’s currently in EXDOC that are not at COMP will need to be set to COMP and certificates printed in time for the goods to be cleared by the importing country using EXDOC certification before 29 November 2024.
- Any RFP remaining in EXDOC post the closing date, will need to be lodged in NEXDOC.
- If you have an EXDOC certificate that requires replacing, you will need to contact the EXDOC Helpdesk email - exdoc.helpdesk@aff.gov.au
Automated export permit issuers
If you are an existing authorised approved quality assurance (AQA) user in EXDOC, when you register as a client group or exporter in NEXDOC (formerly EDI) you will need to apply for the permission as an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) for NEXDOC.
If you would like to become an AEPI in NEXDOC, you will need to register as a client group or exporter, and in addition, request to be an AEPI.
For further information please see the published advice to industry at this link – Automated Export Permit Issuers
You will need to be registered in NEXDOC to continue exporting fish and fish products from 30 September 2024.
Fish and fish products exporters, software vendors and agents are invited to register with NEXDOC through the online services portal.
For information on accessing the NEXDOC system, see How to register and access NEXDOC or attend one of the virtual drop in sessions.
If you export honey or apiculture products to any of the below countries, you will now be required to use NEXDOC. Please note that this does not include live bees.
| Austria | Bahrain | Belgium | Bulgaria | Croatia |
| Republic of Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | Estonia | Finland |
| France | French Polynesia | Germany | Greece | Republic of Ireland |
| Hong Kong | Hungary | Iceland | India | Indonesia |
| Italy | Jordan | Kenya | Kuwait | Latvia |
| Libya | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Macau |
| Malaysia | Maldives | Malta | Mauritius | Netherlands |
| Norway | Oman | Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Philippines |
| Poland | Portugal | Qatar | Romania | Saudi Arabia |
| Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland |
| Thailand | United Arab Emirates | Vanuatu | Vietnam |
If you export to Northern Ireland, or markets other than listed in the table above you will need to continue the current manual application process to obtain export certification.