Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) wish to inform members of the release of Imported Food Notice (IFN) 05-25, outlining changes to regulatory charges for biosecurity and imported food activities, effective from 1 July 2025.
These updates include the application of a 2.4% indexation across all legislated regulatory charges, the introduction of a new one-off charge for Approved Arrangement and Compliance Agreement holders, and a deferral of changes to diagnostic cost recovery until 2026–27.
Refer to the following key details extracted from IFN 05-25:
Changes to regulatory charging in 2025-26
In 2025, the department will apply indexation to biosecurity and imported food regulatory charges.
All legislated regulatory charges that are subject to an indexation provision will increase by 2.4% on 1 July 2025.
Indexation does not require changes to legislation, new rates for 2025-26 are the calculated replacement amounts described in the 2025-26 Biosecurity Cost Recovery Implementation statement (CRIS) and pricing tables.
An updated schedule of prices and current cost to deliver regulatory activities are provided in the 2025-26 Biosecurity CRIS and pricing tables.
The 2025-26 Biosecurity CRIS and pricing tables can be accessed on the department’s website.
New fees and charges for biosecurity and imported food regulatory activities will commence on 1 July 2025.
New charge
On 1 July 2025 a new one off charge that applies to approved arrangement and food import compliance agreement holders will commence.
Further information on the new charge is provided in the 2025-26 Biosecurity CRIS.
Delay in changes to cost recovery for diagnostics
The proposed improvements to cost recovery for diagnostic activity have been delayed until 2026-27. Details of the proposed changes are described in 305-2024: Improving cost recovery for diagnostic activities.
We will provide further information as the work progresses.
2025-26 Biosecurity CRIS
The 2025-26 Biosecurity CRIS contains the new prices for regulatory charges, relevant information on the department’s authority to cost recover, its estimated costs, forecast volumes and cost recovery revenue for biosecurity and imported food regulatory activity and information about the new charge for approved arrangement and compliance agreement holders.
Pricing tables
Pricing tables set out the 2025-26 prices for regulatory charges and describe the indexation methodology prescribed in legislation and applied to calculate new prices.
Billing after 1 July 2025
As we transition to new fees and charges you will notice changes to your invoice. There will be new prices, new codes and in some cases new descriptions.
You may also see an old and a new price listed for the same service depending on when the regulatory activities were carried out.
Instructions
Visit our website and review the changes to regulatory fees and charges.
Enquiries can be directed to the [email protected].
Full details of Imported Food Notice IFN 05-25 is available HERE.
Attachment: ACN-2025-16.pdf