The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry have advised they now require consignment specific declarations in regards to Illegal Logging.
In the past Annual Declarations were acceptable , however effective immediately we will require a declaration on the Importer’s letterhead as per the attached template to this newsletter.
The Illegal Logging community protection question is a consignment specific lodgement question.
An answer to this question requires the importer to confirm that they have complied with the legislated due diligence requirements for that consignment.
It is for this reason that annual declarations of compliance with due diligence requirements are not acceptable.
Also attached is a fact sheet and below is a link for your suppliers:
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/agriculture-land/forestry/policies/illegal-logging/overseas-suppliers
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