Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Season 2018-2019

13 Aug

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Season 2018-2019

by tradewiseBrown Marmorated Stink Bug

Please find below the link to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) website regarding the measures implemented for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Season for 2018-19.

http://www.agriculture.gov.au/import/before/pests/brown-marmorated-stink-bugs

As of 1st September 2018, all Target Risk cargo manufactured in, or shipped from, Target Risk Countries will be subject to measures of some kind. 

In short, all “Target High Risk Goods” shipped as LCL, breakbulk, open top or flatrack containers will require mandatory offshore treatment.  That is, fumigation or heat treatment at origin.  Target High Risk Goods shipped in any of the above manners that are NOT treated at origin, will be directed for destruction or re-export by DAWR, at the importer’s expense.

All FCL or FCX (consolidated FCL) “Target High Risk Goods” will require offshore or onshore treatment.  That is, treatment can take place at origin, or on arrival.

All “Target Risk Goods” will be subject to heightened onshore intervention through random inspections and, possibly, further treatment.

This year, there are many more risk countries and many more types of risk cargo.  This means that there will be considerably more DAWR intervention over coming months.

The Target Risk Countries for the 2018-2019 BMSB season are:

  • United States of America
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • France
  • Russia
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Romania
  • Georgia
  • Japan (heightened vessel surveillance will be the only measure applied).

The Target High Risk Goods for the 2018-2019 BMSB season are:

36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations

74 - Copper and articles thereof

84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal

75 - Nickel and articles thereof

85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

45 - Cork and articles of cork

76 - Aluminium and articles thereof

86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds

57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings

78 - Lead and articles thereof

87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof

68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials

79 - Zinc and articles thereof

88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

69 - Ceramic products – including sub chapters I and II

80 - Tin and articles thereof

89 - Ships, boats and floating structures

70 – Glass and glass ware

81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof

93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof

72 - Iron and steel - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV

82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal

  

73 - Articles of iron or steel

83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metals

  

The Target Risk Goods for the 2018-2019 BMSB season are:

25 - Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

31 - Fertilisers

47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard

26 - Ores, slag and ash

38 - Miscellaneous chemical products

48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

39 - Plastics and articles thereof - – including sub chapters I and II

49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans

28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV and V

40 - Rubber and articles thereof

56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof

29 - Organic chemicals - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and X111

46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basket ware and wickerwork

  

 

 *** If you are unsure which, if any, category your goods fall into, please contact our office for advice - 1300 528 344 ***

Please be aware, the costs for treatment, inspections, and any other measures imposed by DAWR, are borne by the importer.  Given the huge quantity of cargo moving into Australia from these countries, we expect that there will be delays to all import cargo.

Our expectation is that LCL cut off dates in the Target Risk Countries will come forward by several days to allow for receipt of all cargo, consolidation and treatment.  This will mean cargo must be ready earlier in order to sail on the intended vessel.

We also expect that there will be long delays for delivery of full containers of High Risk or Risk cargo requiring treatment.  There are only so many Approved Establishments where fumigation can take place, each with limited space to place containers for treatment.  There are also only limited fumigators to actually treat the cargo.  As such, we imagine it will be a first come, first served scenario, and containers that need to be treated will have to wait in a queue. 

We do not anticipate shipping lines proving any leeway with container detention during this time, so please try to unload containers as quickly as possible once received and, unfortunately, expect that detention charges may be applicable.

At this time, BMSB measures only apply to sea shipments.  Airfreight is not affected.

Please contact our office for further details on how this will affect you and your upcoming consignments - 1300 528 344.