Australian Customs

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS PROHIBITED AND ! RESTRICTED GOODS MAY BE SEIZED BY CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IF YOU DON'T CARRY APPROPRIATE PERMITS. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DECLARE VISIT www.CUSTOMS.COM.AU FOR MORE DETAILS FOOD, PLANTS, ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND BIOLOGICAL GOODS PETS You may be allowed to bring your cat or dog into Australia if they meet the relevant import conditions'. Special regulations apply to birds, horses and rabbits. No other pets can be imported to Australia. These include animals such as chinchillas, fish, ferrets, guinea pigs, hamsters, lizards, mice, snakes, spiders and turtles'. As these could introduce serious pests and diseases into Australia, you have to declare all food, plant and animal goods, soils and sand on arrival. This includes snacks ILLEGAL TRADE STOP! BUYING COUNTERFEIT OR purchased on the plane, seeds and nuts, bones, horns, wool and fur, used sporting and camping equipment including tents and footwear, and other goods'. PIRATED ITEMS SUCH AS DVDS, HANDBAGS, OR CLOTHING SUPPORTS AN ILLEGAL TRADE, IF YOU Maximum penalty: Prosecution, fine of more than $66000, imprisonment for 10 years, criminal record'. IMPORT COUNTERFEIT ITEMS, In 2010, a teddy bear sent from the UK as a THEY MAY BE SEIZED BY baby gift didn't make it through Australian quarantine because it could release dangerous exotic pests or diseases into the country. "We do take security very seriously", explained a spokeswoman for DAFF. CUSTOMS AND BORDER Tip: Clean your shoes and equipment before departure - they must be free from soil contamination'. PROTECTION AND YOU MAY FACE PROSECUTION'. HERITAGE-LISTED GOODS CURRENCY MEDICINES Works of art, stamps, coins, archaeological objects, minerals, specimens and other heritage-listed goods require a permit to import and export10. You have to declare amounts of $10,000 You have to declare medicines that may be subject to misuse, abuse or dependence such as steroids. Australian over-the counter medicines such as aspirin or paracetamol, and a three-month-supply of prescription medicine aren't restricted. and over". In 2007, Sylvester Stallone was detained at Sydney airport for several hours because customs found and seized "prohibited items" - rumoured to be body building products - in his luggage. PROPERTY OF JUSTIN BIEBER4 FIREARMS, WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION PROTECTED WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS Some restricted agricultural and veterinary chemicals may require a permit, and all of them need to be declared. This may include personal insect repellents"! Firearms include imitation firearms and soft air firearms which are commonly purchased as "toy guns". Weapons include, but are not limited to paintball markers, blowpipes, all knives, electric shock devices, laser pointers, pepper sprays, and knuckle dusters 12. Most commonly seized items include elephant products (e.g. ivory), shark fin, whale products, crocodile and alligator products, marine turtle products, and hunting trophies". Maximum penalty: $275,000, imprisonment for 10 years, or both. DUTY-FREE'" GENERAL GOODS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TOBACCO INCLUDED: Cigarettes, cigars and tobacco products INCLUDED: Gifts, souvenirs, cameras, electronic equipment, leather goods, perfume concentrates, jewellery, watches and sporting equipment. INCLUDED: All alcoholic beverages. The volume of liquids may be restricted by aviation security. Over 18 Under 18 RESTRICTIONS: Over 18 Under 18 RESTRICTIONS: Under 18 Over RESTRICTIONS: 18 Up to 2.25 litres (includes all alcoholic beverages in accompanied baggage) Up to 50 cigarettes Up to 50 grams of cigars General goods worth up to $900 General goods worth up to $450 Up to 50 grams of tobacco products In 2009/10, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service seized 310,700 kg of illicit tobacco products at Australian ports". NATIONAL CUSTOMS STATE-BY-STATE REGULATIONS LOCAL RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS MAY APPLY TO DOMESTIC TRAVELLERS. SOME GOODS AND PRODUCTS CAN'T BE CARRIED FROM QUEENSLAND17 ONE STATE INTO ANOTHER (PROHIBITED), AND SOME GOODS MAY REQUIRE A PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE (RESTRICTED). PROHIBITED: Includes banana plants, strawberry plants, sugarcane, weeds and weed seeds, fish, honeycomb, bees & used beekeeping equipment, soil and anything containing soil NORTHERN TERRITORY16 PROHIBITED: Includes grapevines, weeds and weed seeds, certain animals (feral, yabbies), fishing bait (snails, worms etc) and soil RESTRICTED: RESTRICTED: Fruit and vegetables (fresh), fresh herbs, cut flowers, pot plants, animals (e.g. horses) and other goods and products Fruit and vegetables plants and seedlings, grapes and grapevines, pot plants, native plants, animals and other goods and products NSW & ACT'9 PROHIBITED: Includes banana planting material, planting material and soil RESTRICTED: WESTERN AUSTRALIA18 RESTRICTIONS MAY VARY BY STATE YOU ARE grapevines, potato PROHIBITED: Includes apple or loquat with peel, home-dried and several kinds of frozen fruits and vegetables, cut flowers and foliage and used agricultural/horticultural TRAVELLING FROM Fresh fruits and vegetables plants, seedlings and seeds, honey, agricultural equipment, animals, fish (live) and other goods and products containers RESTRICTED: Fresh fruit and vegetables, bulbs, garden/house/pot plants, seeds, animals and other goods and products SOUTH AUSTRALIA20 VICTORIA?" PROHIBITED: Includes fresh fruit and fruit salad. grapes and grapevines, melons, onions. garlic, leeks, spring onions etc, potatoes, spinach and silver beet RESTRICTED: Citrus, tomato and pinus plants, bees, bee products, and used beekeeping equipment, and other goods and products RESTRICTED: Fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts, seeds and seedlings, stock feed, timber, bee products and other goods and products TASMANIA2 MOST AUSTRALIAN STATES HAVE PROHIBITED: Includes fresh fruit salad, potatoes, goldfish, fishing bait, animals, honeycomb, bees and used beekeeping equipment RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE REGARDING FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. ONE REASON IS THE FRUIT FLY WHICH LAYS EGGS INTO FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. RESTRICTED: Fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh and frozen fish, private or commercial fish imports, fish products, animals, fishing and diving equipment, and other goods and products THIS IS TO STOP TRAVELLERS CARRYING INFESTED FRUIT INTO ANOTHER STATE, RISKING A FRUIT FLY OUTBREAK 23, 1 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Guide for Travellers - Know before you go, http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Guidefor Travellers-WEB2.pdf, p.9 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. What can'tI take into Australia, http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/travel/entering-australia/cant-take Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and What can'tI take into Australia, http://www.daff.gov.au/agis/travel/enterinautracant-e 5 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Frequently Asked Questions, http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/cat-dogs/faqs 6 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Other pets, http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/cat-dogs/other 7 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Other pets, http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/cat-dogs/other 8 Australian Custorns and Border Protection Service, Guide for Travellers- Know before you go, http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Guidefor Travellers-WEB2.pdf, p.11 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Guide for Travellers- Know before you go, http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Guidefor Travellers-WEB2.pdf, p.12 10 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Guide for Travellers- Know before you go, http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Guidefor Travellers-WEB2.pdf, p.13 11 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Guide for Travellers- Know before you go, http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Guidefor Travellers-WEB2.pdf, p.13 12 Australian Custo ns and Border Protection Service, Guide for Travellers- Know before you go, http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Guidefor Travellers-WEB2.pdf, p.10 13 Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Guide for Travellers- Know before you go, http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Guidefor Travellers-WEB2.pdf, p.10 14 Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Seizéd items and caution notices, hittp://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/wildlife-trade/enforcement/index.html ustoms and Border Protection Service, duty free concession, http://www.customs.gov.au/site/paged352.asp 16 Quarantine Dornastic. Destination: Northern Territory, http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-northern-territory.html 17 Quarantine Dornestic, Destination: Queensland, http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-queensland.html 18 Quarantine Domestic, Destination: Western Australia, http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-western-australia.html 19 Quarantine Domestic, Destination: New South Wales/ACT, http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-new-south-wales-act.html 20 Quarantine Dornestic, Destination: South Australia, http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-south-australia.html 21 Quarantine Dornestic, Destination: Victoria http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-victoria.html 22 Quarantine Domestic, Destination: Tasmania, http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-tasmania.html 23 Melbourne. 24 News.comau 013, lustin Bieber has a month to reclaim pet monkey Mal http://www.neNs.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/justin-bieber-has-a-month-to-redaim netemonkev-mally-from-germany/story-e6frfmgi-1226611320199 25 UK Daily Mail, August 2010, Teddy bear placed in quarantine by Australian customs officers. in case it was carrying exotic pests, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1303575/Teddy-bear-placed-quarantine-Australian-customs-officers.html 26 Entertainmentwise.com, February 2007, Sylvester Stallone Detained At Australian Customs, http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/28087/Sylvester-Stallone-Detained-At-Australian-Customs 27 Department of Health and Aging, Deloitte licit trade of tobacco in Australia, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/yourhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/Phillip-Morris-Limited-Annex-10-Phillip-Morris-Limited-Annex-10-part-10.UV4dEa/TBIE Quarantine & http://www.visitmelbourne.com/information/Quarantine-and-customs.aspx BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALLIANZ AUSTRALIA Allianz m