Preventing the invasion of the Brown marmorated stink bug
Brown marmorated stink bug
The Australian Department of Agriculture has introduced heightened measures to prevent the invasion of the Brown marmorated stink bug from other infested areas of the world. Any shipments originating from one of the following countries, containing any vehicles, machinery or parts and shipped to Australia on or after 1st September, and arriving on or before 30th April must be treated by an Australian government approved treatment provider at origin.
Any shipments that do not meet the requirements may be denied entry into Australia.
- Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan
- Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria
- Canada, Croatia, Czechia
- China (heightened vessel surveillance only)
- France
- Japan (heightened vessel surveillance only)
- Georgia, Germany, Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Japan (heightened vessel surveillance only)
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Liechtenstein, Luxembourg
- Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Portugal, Poland
- Romania, Russia
- Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland
- South Korea (heightened vessel surveillance only)
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- USA
- Uzbekistan
The following countries have been identified as emerging risk countries for the -BMSB risk season and may be selected for a random onshore inspection: United Kingdom, China, Japan and Republic of Korea.
- Random inspections will apply to goods shipped from United Kingdom, China, Japan and Republic of Korea between 1 September to 30 April (inclusive).
- In addition to the target high risk goods, chapters 39, 94 and 95 will be subject to random inspections for emerging risk countries only.
If you have any questions at all we recommend that you contact us or the Australian Department of Agriculture as soon as possible.
