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 37 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, Czech Republic
China (random inspections will apply to goods shipped between 1 September to 31 December)
France
Georgia, Germany, Greece
Hungary
Italy
Japan (heightened vessel surveillance will be the only measure applied)
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg

Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro
Netherlands
Portugal, Poland
Romania, Russia
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland
South Korea (heightened vessel surveillance will be the only measure applied)
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom (random inspections will apply to goods shipped between 1 December to 30 April)
USA

If you have any questions at all we recommend that you contact us or the Australian Department of Agriculture as soon as possible.