Australia Issues New Import Conditions For Finishing And Deep Processing Of Plant Fiber Products

In September 24th, the Australian quarantine and Quarantine Bureau (AQIS) issued a quarantine warning (PQA0691), which announced the new import conditions for processed and deep-processed plant fiber products.

The finishing and deep processing of plant fiber products do not have the quarantine risk of dry plant fiber products, and are easy to distinguish from unprocessed or partially processed plant fibers.

The acceptable handling of such products must be visually verified.

For example, the description of "boiling in water or drying in the furnace" can not be verified intuitively, and import licensing evaluation is required.

The import conditions of the plant fiber products, such as the dry plant fiber products, which are not processed and processed in deep processing, can be referred to the applicable import conditions.

The specific terms of the new import terms are as follows:

I. non-commercial import conditions

1. No import license is required.

2. No entry quarantine is required.

3. Each batch of goods must be inspected at the time of arrival so as to determine the extent of their processing and do not carry seeds, live insects, soil and other quarantine risk materials without entry.

4. If the plant fibers are finely processed and further processed, such as bleaching, dyeing or other chemical treatments, they will be given.

5. If the goods do not meet the above requirements, please refer to the import terms of the relevant commodities.

Two, commercial import conditions

1. No import license is required.

2. Each shipment must be subject to entry quarantine.

3. If the manufacturer's declaration lists the name of plant material, it describes the production process of the finished and deep processed goods and meets the minimum documentation requirements of AQIS, and will be released.

4, the goods that meet the above conditions will be tested by random sampling.

5. The goods which are not accompanied by the manufacturer's declaration will be inspected at the time of arrival, so as to determine the plant fiber products that are processed and processed.

If the inspectors believe that the plant fibers are not processed in depth, they will refer to the import conditions of the relevant commodities.

6. Before shipment to Australia, every batch of goods must not contain live insects, soil, animal materials and other quarantine risk materials.

7, any packaging material of the goods must be clean and new.

8. Containers, wooden packages, wooden pallets or padded timber without AQIS approval shall be inspected and processed when they arrive.

9. If a live insect is found in the inspection process, the species will be identified by AQIS entomologist and the product will be treated with methyl bromide fumigation.

10, if any other contaminants, such as soil or African snail, are found in the inspection process, the goods will be temporarily withheld and AQIS approved methods will be used to remove pollutants or deal with them (if practicable), or goods will be required for re export or destruction, and the cost will be borne by importers.

Any questions about the new import conditions can be consulted by the AQIS plant product department.