CHINA ADDED TO BMSB MEASURES

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWR) have released an industry notice advising that as a result of the detection of live Brown Marmorated Stick Bugs (BMSB) in cargo arriving from China, China will be added as an emerging risk country for the remainder of the 2021-2022 BMSB risk season. 

Increased random inspections will apply to the following goods: 

• Goods Manufactured in or shipped from China, and
• FCL/FCX containers - for goods shipped in sealed 6 hard sided containers, and 
• Goods Tariffed as Chapters 39, 68, 69, 70, 73, 84, 85 and 89 as follows:

39: Plastics and articles thereof. 

68: Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials 

69: Ceramic Products  

70: Glass and Glassware 

73: Articles of Iron and Steel 

84: Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery and Mechanical Appliances, Parts thereof. 

85: Electrical Machinery and Equipment and Parts Thereof, Sound Records and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Records and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles 

89: Ships, Boats and Floating Structures

There are currently no changes to the existing China import requirements however, cargo will be randomly inspected up until the end of the season (30th April 2022). 

If you wish to discuss these matters further, please do not hesitate to contact your SCORPION representative. 

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