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Notices to import agents for importing cargo
The Target Evaluation team sends out regular notices to import agents to help them when importing cargo.
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2024
December
November
- 25 November : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 18 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and notification of upcoming outage of electronic certificate portal
- 11 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 5 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Notification of updates to Biologic.all and Microic.all IHS
October
- 29 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 21 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 14 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 7 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
September
- 30 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 23 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Food Safety Notification
- 16 September : Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Hold removal for containers being transhipped to another port
- 9 September : Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Changes to the Movement and Destruction of Grain under a Grain Import System
- 3 September : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
August
- 26 August : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 19 August : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Updates to AF9 Master List and Low Risk Wood Products List, Heat treatment of goods on arrival in NZ
- 12 August : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 5 August : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
July
- 31 July : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 23 July : Target Evaluation: Updated guidance for Importing Seeds for Sowing and Weekly update
- 15 July : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 8 July : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 1 July : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
June
- 24 June : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 17 June : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 10 June : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 4 June : Target Evaluation: Weekly update and notification of change to requirements for offal products from Australia
May
- 27 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 20 May: Target Evaluation: Hold Removal for containers being shipped to another port and Weekly update
- 13 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 5 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
April
- 29 April : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Revised Importing Food Notice Published, Urgency requests to manifest inbox and Original documents
- 22 April : Target Evaluation: Weekly update and What to do if a Transitional Facility won’t accept your BACC
- 17 April : Target Evaluation: Weekly update and tips
- 9 April : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 3 April : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
March
- 28 March : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Outage reminder
- 25 March : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Outage notification
- 18 March : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Outage notification, IHS update and Notification of suspension of 3 BMSB Treatment providers
- 11 March : Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Amendment to “Changeover to new MPI BACC format” messaging
- 4 March : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
February
- 26 February : Target Evaluation: Changeover to new MPI BACC Format – Friday 29 March, Weekly update
- 19 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Electronic certificate availability for some products and countries
- 12 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 8 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Facilities for inspection of Nursery stock
January
2023
December
- 18 December : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Christmas Counter Hours and AF9 update
- 11 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 4 December : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
November
- 27 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 20 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 13 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 6 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
October
- 30 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 24 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 16 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 9 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 2 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
September
- 25 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Aquaprod IHS update
- 18 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 4 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB season reminder, Original documents reminder, Aquatic products IHS update
August
- 28 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB season reminder
- 21 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 14 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 7 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
July
- 31 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 24 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB Update, Seed Importer Declaration Update
- 17 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 10 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Biennial QD Process Update, AF9 Master List Update, Food Safety update
- 3 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and FACC Pre-invoicing Notification
June
- 26 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Domestic Transhipment Request (DTR) for Sea Cargo
- 19 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Domestic Transhipment Request (DTR) for Sea Cargo
- 12 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Aquatic Animal Products IHS Update
- 6 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
May
- 29 May : Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 22 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Covid dispensation update, Payments at MPI public counter update
- 15 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Payments at Target Evaluation Public Counter
- 8 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Covid dispensation update
April
- 24 April : Target Evaluation – Weekly update, BMSB stats and Low Risk Wood Products update
- 17 April : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 11 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 3 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
March
- 27 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 20 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 13 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 6 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
February
- 27 February : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 20 February : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 14 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Notice regarding Port Holds, Notification of additional category for third country pork under the import health standard (IHS) Pig Meat and Pig Meat Products from Australia, BMSB stats
- 7 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
January
- 31 January: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 23 January: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 16 January : Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Tip for avoiding Port hold issues, BMSB stats
- 10 January: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
2022
December
- 19 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 14 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 6 December: Target Evaluation: Import industry advice
November
- 29 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 21 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats, Aquaprod IHS
- 14 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 8 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
October
- 31 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 25 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 20 October: BMSB and FMD border verification updates
- 18 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 10 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 4 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
September
- 28 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 20 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 12 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats and Original Documents Scheme update
- 5 September : Target Evaluation: Weekly update and AF9 Update
August
- 30 August: Target Evaluation: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Emailing Target Evaluation
- 17 August: Target Evaluation: Reminder: Consultation closing soon for changes to Food Notice
- 15 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and import requirements for biological products
- 8 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and update on Indonesian Container Inspections
- 1 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
July
- 19 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Notification of additional MPI Intervention for Indonesian Containers
- 12 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 6 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
June
- 27 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Consultation of the changes to the Food Notice: Importing Food
- 20 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Update for AF9 holders, Food Safety update
- 14 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Notification of changes in Food Safety Contact Phone number and Charges to accounts
- 8 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
May
- 30 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Notice for importers of pork, Notification of new IHS – Aquaprod.Gen
- 25 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB Stats and Notice for importers of pork
- 16 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 9 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats, Imported Food Phone Line issue
- 5 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
April
- 28 April: Target Evaluation: Notification – Phone system outage
- 27 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 20 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB stats
- 11 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and notification of outage
- 4 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
March
- 30 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, Hubbing update, New Import Health Standard – Rumnprod.gen and notification of outage
- 22 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB Enquiry stats
- 7 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB Enquiry stats
- 1 March: Target Evaluation: Urgent Update – phone outage
February
- 28 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB Enquiry stats
- 21 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update, BMSB Enquiry stats and Question regarding Australia adding China to emerging BSMB risk list
- 14 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 8 February:Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Notification of suspended BMSB treatment provider
January
2021
December
- 20 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and availability over the Christmas period
- 13 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 6 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Important Notification from MPI Food Safety
November
- 29 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB enquiries update
- 22 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB enquiries update
- 15 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB enquiries update
- 8 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB enquiries update
- 1 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB enquiries update
October
- 18 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB enquiries update
- 12 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and BMSB update
- 4 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
September
- 28 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 21 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 13 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 6 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
August
- 30 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 23 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 16 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 12 August: Target Evaluation: Import Health Standard: Vehicles, Machinery, and Parts has been released
- 9 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 2 August: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and Guide to MPI Biosecurity and Food Responses in TSW
July
- 26 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 13 July: Target Evalutaion: Weekly update
- 6 July: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
June
- 29 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and reminder for Sawn Timber consignments
- 22 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 18 June: Industry Update: Reminder: Importing Food, drinks and /or ingredients? Check you are registered to avoid delays before 30th June 2021
- 14 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 8 June: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
May
- 31 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 17 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 10 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and notification of closure of Christchurch treatment provider BioSSol
- 10 May: Industry Update: Importing food, drinks and/or ingredients? Check you are properly registered to avoid delays
- 5 May: Target Evaluation: BMSB Survey
- 3 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and VMP IHS Consultation information
April
- 27 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 20 April: Target Evaluation: Urgent update – Suspension of treatment provider Fumico Fumigations B.V (NL4004SB), The Netherlands
- 19 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update and clarification on process for empty sea containers
- 16 April: Target Evaluation: Urgent update – Movement of Air Freight
- 13 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
March
- 29 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 24 March: Industry Notification: MPI notice to inform importers about QTC's decision to stop treatment work
- 22 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 19 March: Industry Notification: Change in Declaration Requirements for Importers
- 16 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 1 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
February
- 23 February: Target Evalutaion: Weekly update
- 16 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 10 February: Industry Notification: Change in Declaration Requirements for Importers
- 10 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 4 Febraury: Industry Notification: Biennial Quarantine Declarations are now available
January
2020
December
- 23 December: Industry notification: Guidance on MPI work-around for CargoWise outage
- 21 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update
- 17 December: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme Treatment provider suspension: A.B.R.A.S. Srl (AEI: IT4001SB)
- 17 December: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme Treatment provider suspension: Centro Disinfestazione Livornse Srl (AEI: IT4004SB)
- 16 December: Industry Update: Target Evaluation: Service hours throughout Christmas and New Year
- 14 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 7 December: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
November
- 30 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 26 November: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme Treatment provider suspension: Fumigation Services and Supply Inc (Harrison) (AEI: US4034SB)
- 23 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 16 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 9 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 2 November: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
October
- 27 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 21 October: Industry Notification: Guidance around MPI/DAWE BMSB requirement differences
- 19 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 12 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 8 October: Industry Notification : 2020/21 BMSB offshore treatment provider list including MPI’s separate list of treatment providers in Japan
- 6 October: Industry notification: Online MPI personal effects - supplementary declaration form is now available
- 5 October: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
September
- 30 September: Target Evaluation: updated average turnaround for lodgements to MPI
- 30 September: Industry Notification: 4-month transition period ceases under the new import health standard SPECPROD.ALL
- 29 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update – Your questions answered
- 14 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update - Your questions answered
- 8 September: Industry notification: Industry notification: IHS requirements tool for vehicles, machinery and parts (VMP) is now live
- 7 September: Target Evaluation: Weekly update - Your questions answered
- 7 September: Industry notification: Clarification on resubmissions of lodgements for MPI
- 4 September: Industry notification: Effects of TSW outage 3 September on MPI lodgements
- 1 September: Industry notification: Finalised Import Health Standards Vehicles, Machinery and Parts and Sea Containers from All Countries
August
- 31 August 2020 Industry notification: Delays to Paperless Import Certificates from Australia
- 31 August 2020 Industry notification: Weekly Evaluation update
- 24 August: Industry notification : Paperless Import Certificates from Australia
- 20 August: Industry notification: Interim Approval for Treatment Providers Previously Registered in 2019-20 for New Zealand
- 17 August: Industry notification: Provisional release of Vehicles, Machinery and Parts (VMP) and sea containers (SEACO) import health standards
- 8 August: Industry notification: Charging advice around reconciliations by MPI for uncleared consignments.
July
- 9 July: Industry update: New Import Health Standard: Specified Animal Products
- 6 July: Industry notification: Acceptance of non-compliant quarantine declarations (QD) by target evaluation
- 3 July: Industry update: eBACCa tracking application is up and running again
- 2 July: Industry update: eBACCa tracking application outage information
June
- 25 June: Industry update: Outage confirmed Saturday 27 June, due to Risk and Intelligence functionality roll out
- 19 June: Industry update: Risk and Intelligence release notification
May
- 14 May: Industry update: Draft standards: Vehicle, Machinery and Parts (VMP),Sea containers from all countries (Seaco), released
- 11 May: "Have your say" survey for the 2019 -20 Brown marmorated stingkbug season, survey closes 24 May
- 11 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly Update
- 6 May: Target Evaluation: Revised Cleaning certificate (Vehicles, Machinery, Parts Standard) and ABTRT (Treatment Standard) for used outdoor or targeted machinery to manage African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV)
- 5 May: Industry Notification : Enforced restriction on importation, manufacture, supply and use of point of care (POC) test kits
- 4 May: Target Evaluation: Weekly Update
April
- 28 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly Update
- 20 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly Update
- 16 April: Target Evaluation: BMSB season end date for New Zealand
- 14 April: F12/20 Export and Import Certification during the Covid-19 Lockdown Period
- 14 April: Target Evaluation: Weekly Update
- 7 April: Amendments to urgency criteria to include Covid-19 test kits and related biologicals
- 6 April: Target Evaluation : Weekly Update
March
- 30 March: Target Evaluation : Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 27 March: Industry Update : Transitional Facilities – Safe Practices for Transitional Facilities
- 23 March: Target Evaluation : Important update: Original certification delays due to COVID-19
- 23 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 16 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 9 March: Target Evaluation: Low risk wood products update
- 9 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 2 March: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
February
- 24 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 17 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 14 February: Delayed China GACC issued certification
- 10 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 10 February: Reinstatement of Italian offshore treatment provider: Centro Disinfestazione Livornese Srl (CDL) IT4004SB
- 3 February: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
January
- 29 January: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme Treatment provider suspension: Yakutlar Liman Hizmetleri IIaclama Tas.San Ve Tic Ltd.Sti (AEI:TR4014SB) and Success Pest Control Sdn.Bhd. (MY0145MB)
- 29 January: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 21 January: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 13 January: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered
- 6 January: Target Evaluation: Weekly update: Your questions answered