The Department of Home Affairs has issued notices with an update to Air Cargo Prohibition Factsheets for cargo ex Egypt, Bangladesh and Turkiye to Australia.

Egypt:

The prohibition restricts any air cargo that has:

• originated from Egypt, or

• transited or transferred through Egypt from being brought into Australia unless it is examined at a specified facility at an acceptable last port of call airport.

Bangladesh:

The prohibition restricts any air cargo that has:

• originated from Bangladesh, or

• transited or transferred through Bangladesh from being brought into Australia unless it is examined at a specified facility, either in Bangladesh or at an acceptable last port of call airport.

Turkiye:

What is the Türkiye air cargo prohibition? The prohibition restricts any air cargo consisting of an electromechanical device that has originated from, or that has transited or transferred through Türkiye, from being brought into Australia.

Electromechanical device means an item of cargo greater than one kilogram in weight that incorporates an electric motor. An electromechanical device includes a whole device or separate components shipped together that, when assembled, constitute an electromechanical device.

Goods cannot be inspected at Origin.

More information per country:

Egypt:

For cargo that originates in, transits or transfers through Egypt to be brought to Australia, it must be examined:

• at a last port of call; and

• an airport listed in the prohibition instrument

For this prohibition, an acceptable last port of call airport is the last international airport that the aircraft departs from before landing in Australian territory. When the air cargo is being examined at a last port of call airport, it must be examined at a facility at a last port of call airport that is specifically listed in the prohibition instrument (see QR code). The air cargo must also be examined under the security controls detailed in the prohibition instrument.

Goods that cannot be examined in accordance with the prohibition must not be brought to Australia by air. This cargo may still be able to be imported into Australia via surface transport (such as sea freight)

Bangladesh:

If the cargo is being examined in Bangladesh prior to being flown to Australia, it must be examined at:

• a facility that is approved by the European Union as complying with air cargo security requirements for the secure examination, handling and storage of air cargo (for example, at an RA3 approved facility).

The cargo must be examined in accordance with the European Union’s requirements for the facility, satisfy all examination requirements, and be stored and handled in accordance with the facilities’ requirements.

Turkiye:

Items that incorporate an electromechanical motor that weight over 1 kilogram cannot be imported as airfreight.

Example: the item imported is a washing machine that weighs 10 kilograms but the electromechanical motore only weighs 500 grams. In this example, as the whole item of cargo (the washing machine) weighs more than one kilogram it is prohibited, even though the motor only weighs 500 grams.

If the item is able to be altered in a way that the cargo no longer meets the definition of an ‘electromechanical device’ then it can be brought into Australia as air cargo. However, the electromechanical component is unable to be shipped alongside the device if it collectively weighs more than 1kg.

How can freight be imported into Australia from these countries?

Goods that cannot be examined in accordance with the prohibition must not be brought to Australia by air. This cargo may still be able to be imported into Australia via surface transport (such as sea freight)

A small number of items, such as letters and live animals, are not subject to the requirements of the prohibition.

Failure to comply with the prohibition is a strict liability offence with a penalty of 300 penalty units for an aircraft operator and 100 penalty unis for other aviation industry participants

Please see attached sheets:

Egypt

Bangladesh

Turkiye

Thank you

The DDWL Team

Story courtesy of The Department of Home Affairs and IFCBAA

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