The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry have finalised the seasonal measures for the 2025-26 high risk season. Effective for sailings on or after the 1st September 2025, all target high risk cargo manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries must be treated by an approved treatment provider. Full listing of countries and commodities are listed below. More information can be found on the DAFF website.
The measures remain consistent with the 2024-25 BMSB risk season with Japan and the Republic of Korea being added as target risk countries for heightened vessel surveillance only.
Random inspections for air freight cargo originating from the United States of America and China will apply for target high risk goods shipped between 1 September and 30 April (inclusive). BMSB treatment of these goods will not be required.
For the 2025-26 BMSB risk season, measures will apply to:
Targeted goods manufactured in, and shipped from target risk countries, and/or
Vessels that berth at, load or tranship from target risk countries
The BMSB risk season is for goods that have been shipped between 1 September 2025 and 30 April 2026 (inclusive), and Vessels that berth, load or tranship from target risk countries within the same period. Goods must be treated for BMSB if exported between 1 September 2025 and 30 April 2026 (inclusive).
The following countries have been categorised as target risk and will require mandatory treatment for BMSB:
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China*, Croatia, Czechia, France, Japan*, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea*, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan
* Japan / China and Republic of Korea (heightened vessel surveillance will be the only measure applied).
The following countries have been identified as emerging risk countries for the BMSB risk season and may be selected for a random onshore inspection during the period of 1st September to 30 April (inclusive):
Japan
United Kingdom
China
Republic of Korea
In addition to the target high risk goods below, chapters 39, 94 and 95 of the Harmonized System, will be subject to random inspections for emerging risk countries only.
39 - Plastics and articles thereof - – including sub chapters I and II
94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings
95 - Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
Goods that fall within following Tariff classifications have been categorised as target high risk goods and will require mandatory treatment for BMSB risk:
44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
45 - Cork and articles of cork
57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings
68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69 - Ceramic products – including sub chapters I and II
70 – Glass and glass ware
72 - Iron and steel - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV
73 - Articles of iron or steel
74 - Copper and articles thereof
75 - Nickel and articles thereof
76 - Aluminium and articles thereof
78 - Lead and articles thereof
79 - Zinc and articles thereof
80 - Tin and articles thereof
81 - Other base metals; cermet; articles thereof
82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metals
84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
Goods that fall within following Tariff classifications have been categorised as target risk goods and are only subject to increased onshore intervention through random inspection.
Mandatory treatment is not required for:
27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV and V
29 - Organic chemicals - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIII
38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
39 - Plastics and articles thereof - – including sub chapters I and II
40 - Rubber and articles thereof
48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
