Certification

A Quarantine Entry must be lodged for each consignment.

All material in the consignment must be labelled with full botanical names i.e. genus and species and be commercially packaged. Alternatively, a manufacturer’s declaration that states the botanical name of the product can be presented. All material in the consignment must be thoroughly dried and not capable of propagation. Consignment should be free of seeds, live plant parts, live insects and other quarantine risk material prior to arrival in Australia.

Packaging used with the consignment must be clean and new. 7. Containers, timber packing, pallets or dunnage associated with the consignment will be subject to inspection and treatment on arrival, unless certified as having been treated by an DAFF approved method.

Consignments require a full unpack and inspection at a Quarantine approved premises to verify that the material is commercially packaged in clean packages, is labelled correctly with botanical names, is dried and is free of other quarantine risk material.

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources 

There are no specific requirements relating to import and export of products made from this commodity. Export clearance and certification is granted if biosecurity requirements of the receiving country have been compiled with and if the product is clear of any infestation or contamination. The biosecurity officer can refuse certification if these conditions are not complied with.

 If an importing article is found to be infected, infested or contaminated the article may be detained and treated at the expense of the importer.

Entry may be refused into or movement within the republic if they are known to be, or are suspected of being infected or infested with disease or pests.

Plant and Animal Quarantine Entry Permits Application must be made prior to arrival/ entry of products.

If any product or goods imported is suspected to be carrying a pest it shall be detained and treated and/ or destroyed.

Imported items are checked at borders and fumigated if necessary. Carved ferns need to be fumigated before clearance by biosecurity officials. Border officials will check to ensure that CITES items imported from another country have met related export requirements from that other country and that all necessary documentation is attached to the item.

Visitors to Palau, whether for business, holiday, education and training etc, should prepare a detailed inventory of any handicraft items they intend to bring into Palau. This will help in the clearance process.

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Border officials will check to ensure that CITES listed items imported from another country has met related export requirements from that other country and that all necessary documentation is attached to the item.

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Border officials will check to ensure that CITES items imported from another country have met related export requirements from that other country and that all necessary documentation is attached to the item.

There are no import requirements relating to tree ferns.

For export documents such as phytosanitary certification there are fees allocated for this processing. This is detailed in the Table of Fees

Border officials will check to ensure that CITES items imported from another country have met related export requirements from that other country and that all necessary documentation is attached to the item.

Border officials will ensure that CITES items imported from another country has met export requirements from that other country and that all necessary documentation is attached to the item.