Charging schedule for import permit applications
On this page you will find:
- AQIS import permit fees
- More specific information on live animal import permit fees, including cats and dogs
Please note that applications are not assessed until full payment is received. All fees are in Australian dollars.
AQIS import permit assessment and application fees
| Service | Fee (AUD) | |
|---|---|---|
| LODGEMENT of Import Permit Application | Permit Application Fee - Manual Or Permit Application Amendment Fee - Manual |
$150.00 |
| Electronic |
$85.00 |
|
|
Lodgement fee PLUS an assessment fee |
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| ASSESSMENT of Import Permit Application | Category 1 (Standard goods) |
Each assessable item=$40.00 |
| Category 2 (Non-standard goods) |
Each assessable item=$80.00 (for an initial assessment period up to 1 hour) |
|
| Category 3 (Non-standard goods) |
Each assessable item=$160.00 (for an initial assessment period up to 2 hours) |
|
| Category 4 (Non-standard goods) |
Each assessable item=$240.00 (for an initial assessment period up to 3 hours) |
|
| Category 5 (Non-standard goods) |
Each assessable item=$320.00 (for an initial assessment period up to 4 hours) |
|
| Fee for service per ¼ hour (where required) |
$40.00 |
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| LODGEMENT and ASSESSMENT of an ePermit application for Category 1 Standard goods |
$125.00 |
|
Explanatory notes
- An import permit application fee must contain a lodgement and assessment fee.
- Manual lodgement applies to applications that are scanned and emailed, faxed or posted.
- Electronic lodgement applies to applications received via AQIS's online lodgement system.
- For each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, that an assessment exceeds the initial assessment period, a Fee for Service charge will also be payable.
- A single assesment fee of $40 is payable for an ePermit application for Standard goods (Category 1) listed as 'ePermitable'.
- Standard Goods means goods, other than live animals and animal reproductive material, for which AQIS has established import permit conditions.
- Non-standard goods means:
(a) goods for which AQIS has no established import permit conditions, and
(b) live animals and animal reproductive material.
Category 2—(non-standard) goods
- A product to which a compliance agreement applies
- A cell line derived from laboratory animals
- A cell line derived from a non-laboratory animal
- A fermented product that is not a veterinary therapeutic product or a stock food product
- A parasite
- Canned pet food
- Cats or dogs, other than the first cat or dog in a consignment
- Cosmetics
- Cut flowers
- Dried herbs
- Dried spices
- Food items for human consumption
- Fruit
- Herbarium specimens not infected or infested
- Hides or skins
- Human therapeutics (private and commercial)
- Human vaccines
- Laboratory material (proteins, DNA, animal sera)
- Microbes
- Natural fibres and fibre products
- Non-organic fertiliser (bulk)
- Plant-based stockfeed samples for in vitro use
- Plant material, seeds or grains, or both, for in vitro use
- Seeds or grains for processing or human consumption or both
- Soil samples
- Vegetables
- Water
Category 3—(non-standard) goods
- Herbal teas
- Herbarium specimens infected and infested plant material and seeds or grains for in vitro use (infected or infested)
- Plant pollen for in vivo use
- A micro-organism (possible pathogen)
- Aquaculture feed or bait
- Wood chips or charcoal for cooking or smoking food
- Wine barrels
Category 4—(non-standard) goods
- Animal reproductive material
- Biological control agent
- Bird seed
- Live animals, including the first cat or dog in a consignment, but not subsequent cats or dogs in a consignment
- Plant-based stock feed
- Plant pathogens for in vivo or in vitro use
- Seed or plant material for processing into pet food
- Bulk culture (medium)
- Dried pet food
- Organic fertiliser
Category 5—(non-standard) goods
- Biological material for in vivo use
- A single new master seed
- An additional new master seed which is part of a live or inactivated veterinary vaccine
- A single new veterinary vaccine that is live or inactivated with a single master seed
- A single veterinary vaccine renewal that is live or inactivated
Example calculations for import permits
| Service | Lodgement | Assessment | Total (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ePermit lodgement and assessment |
$85.00 |
$40.00 |
$125.00 |
|
Service |
Lodgement | Assessment | Total (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual lodgement and assessment |
$150.00 |
$80.00 |
$230.00 |
| Electronic lodgement and assessment |
$85.00 |
$80.00 |
$165.00 |
| Service | Lodgement | Assessment | Total (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual lodgement and assessment |
$150.00 |
$240.00 x 2= $480.00 |
$630.00 |
| Electronic lodgement and assessment |
$85.00 |
$240.00 x 2= $480.00 |
$565.00 |
Live animal (cats and dogs) import application fees
All fees are in Australian dollars.
Total fees for cat and dog applications—Online electronic lodgement (eLodgement)
Lodgement and assessment fees apply to each animal in a consignment.
|
Electronic lodgement (eLodgement) |
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Service |
Lodgement |
Assessment |
Total (AUD) |
|
First cat or dog in a consignment |
$85.00 |
$240.00 |
$325.00 |
|
For each additional animal thereafter in the same consignment |
$85.00 |
$80.00 |
$165.00 |
Total fees for cat and dog applications—Manual lodgement (posted, faxed or scanned and emailed applications)
Lodgement and assessment fees apply to each animal in a consignment.
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Manual lodgement |
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|---|---|---|---|
|
Service |
Lodgement |
Assessment |
Total (AUD) |
|
First cat or dog in a consignment |
$150.00 |
$240.00 |
$390.00 |
|
For each additional animal thereafter in the same consignment |
$150.00 |
$80.00 |
$230.00 |
Explanatory notes:
- A separate application must be submitted for each commodity.
- Manual lodgement applies to applications that are scanned and emailed, faxed or posted (these applications are manually entered into the permit system by AQIS staff).
- eLodgement applies to applications received via AQIS's online lodgement system (these applications do not require AQIS staff to manually enter the information).
- A consignment for this purpose is defined as dogs and/or cats being sent to Australia, at the same time from the one country of origin, with the same importer and exporter details listed on the import permit application.
AQIS operates under the Australian Government Cost Recovery Policy administered by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. Once an AQIS import permit has been granted a refund cannot be issued as the services provided by AQIS have been completed.
Live animals (other than cats and dogs) and reproductive material import permit application fees
| Service | Lodgement | Assessment | Total (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual lodgement and assessment |
$150.00 |
$240.00 |
$390.00 |
| eLodge lodgement and assessment |
$85.00 |
$240.00 |
$325.00 |
Explanatory notes
- A separate application must be submitted for each commodity.
- Manual lodgement applies to applications that are scanned and emailed, faxed or posted (these applications are manually entered into the permit system by AQIS staff).
- eLodgement applies to applications received via AQIS's online lodgement system (these applications do not require AQIS staff to manually enter the information).
AQIS operates under the Australian Government Cost Recovery Policy administered by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. Once an AQIS import permit has been granted a refund cannot be issued as the services provided by AQIS have been completed.