The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) has changed import conditions for the import of Manufactured Wooden Articles (MWA) based on industry feedback and import conditions review, whereby the department is increasing the time allowed between treatment and export of MWA from 21 days to 6 months.
This additional time between treatment and export is aimed at assisting manufacturers/suppliers to be able to effectively treat the goods at an appropriate time during their manufacture. However, to account for this increase in time between treatment and export, importers need to provide assurance that goods have not been infested with pests after treatment.
The following scenarios do not require a declaration:
1) Goods in consignments that have been sealed in a container and exported immediately after treatment (i.e. date of treatment and date of the export match). The dates assessed by DAWR will be the shipped on board date and treatment date of documents provided.
2) Goods in consignments that have been treated in an FCL container then exported in the same container.
3) Goods that have been treated with permanent preservative treatments
To assist you with compliance with this requirement I have attached a template which you should forward to your Manufacturer/supplier to complete all future imports.