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Charging Schedule for Import Permit Applications
The following table outlines the fees required for an Application for Permit to Import Quarantine Material.
Please note that applications will not be assessed until full payment is received.
AQIS Import Permit assessment and application fees:
Category 1 - (standard) goods:
Assessment for an Import Permit application for standard goods.
1 Assessable Item = $17.00 in addition to applicable manual lodgement fee
Category 2 - (non-standard) goods:
A product to which a compliance agreement applies; canned pet food; a cell line derived from laboratory animals; 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; 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; soil samples; vegetables; water.
1 Assessable Item = $60.00 in addition to applicable electronic lodgement fee or manual lodgement fee
(Maximum time taken is 1 hour), and for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, after the 1-hour period - $15.00
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.
1 Assessable Item = $120.00 in addition to applicable electronic lodgement fee or manual lodgement fee
(Maximum time taken is 2 hours), and for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, after the 2-hour period - $15.00
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.
1 Assessable Item = $180.00 in addition to applicable electronic lodgement fee or manual lodgement fee
(Maximum time taken is 3 hours), and for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, after the 3-hour period - $15.00
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.
1 Assessable Item = $240.00 in addition to applicable electronic lodgement fee or manual lodgement fee
(Maximum time taken is 4 hours), and for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, after the 4-hour period - $15.00
Electronic lodgement and assessment of an Import Permit application for standard goods
'Standard goods' means goods (other than live animals and animal reproductive material) of a class that may be imported by a person only if the person has a permit granted under Section 13 of the Act that allows the goods to be imported subject to compliance with conditions specified in the permit.
$16.00 for each application in addition to applicable assessment fees
Electronic lodgement of an ImportPermit application for non-standard goods
(a) live animals and animal reproductive material that are subject to Import Permit conditions, and
(b) goods for which AQIS has no established Import Permit conditions
$16.00 in addition to applicable assessment fees
Manual lodgement or amendment of an Import Permit application
$100.00 for each application in addition to applicable assessment fees