
If you are moving or shipping to Australia, use our checklist to ensure that your goods get to their destination.
Key
| Prohibitted | Inspection Required | Must be Treated (may incur a treatment cost) |
| BEANS, PEAS, CEREAL SEEDS Includes handicrafts and souvenirs that container or are made from these seeds |
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| BISCUITS, CAKES, CONFECTIONERY Includes chocolate, sweets, crisps, roasted nuts, pretzels |
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| EGGS Includes whole, dried, powdered and uncooked egg products |
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| FRUIT & VEGETABLES – FRESH (cooked, dried, frozen, canned or bottled are allowed) |
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| FRUIT & VEGETABLES – FRIED Includes mushrooms, citrus peel or dried banana |
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| HONEY Includes royal jelly and propolis |
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| BEE PRODUCTS Includes honey comb and beeswax |
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| MEAT – UNCANNED & ALL PORK PRODUCTS Includes fresh, dried, frozen, smoked or salted |
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| MILK & MILK PRODUCTS Includes all products that contain milk ingredients (NZ dairy products and up to 1kg of baby formula per infant are allowed) |
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| OTHER FOODS Includes herbs and spices, breakfast cereals, Vegemite, flour, roasted coffee beans, jam, nutritional/dietary supplements |
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| POPPING CORN, RAW UNROSTED NUTS Includes raw peanuts, chestnuts (NZ chestnuts are allowed) |
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| SALMON AND TROUT PRODUCTS Ask about special import conditions |
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| TEAS, COFFEE, KAVA, JUICE & OTHER DRINKS containing milk and/or eggs are prohibited |
| ANIMALS – LIVE Includes birds, birds’ eggs, fish, reptiles and insects |
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| ANIMALS – STUFFED (some may be prohibited by environmental laws) must be prepared by a taxidermist and have a certificate |
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| BONES, HORNS, FEATHERS, SEASHELLS Must be clean and free of blood, skin, faeces or soil |
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| RAWHIDE Includes rawhide drums, shields, other artefacts |
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| SKINS, HIDES must be professionally tanned or cured (some may be prohibited by environment laws) |
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| WOOL, ANIMAL HAIR Wool must be scoured and hair cleaned |
| FLOWERS – FRESH & LEIS (flowers that may be propagated – for example, roses, carnations and chrysanthemums – are prohibited) |
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| FLOWERS – DRIED Arrangements containing grape vine, pine cones, cereal/grain seeds, straw will be treated. |
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| HANDICRAFTS & CURIOS Includes carvings, items woven from palm fronds or leaves (banana leaf items must undergo treatment) |
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| PINE CONES Includes wreaths, decorations and dried arrangements |
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| PLANTS – LIVE Includes cuttings, roots, bulbs, corms, rhizomes and stems |
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| POTPOURRI | |
| SEEDS Small commercial packets, seed ornaments, necklaces (beans, corn and lettuce are prohibited) |
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| STRAW OBJECTS Includes corn dollies, wreaths and cereal grain decorations |
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| WOODWARE, BAMBOO Includes coconut carvings, cane baskets |
| ANIMAL EQUIPMENT – USED Includes saddles, bridles, bird cages, grooming and veterinary equipment |
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| BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS Includes human & animal vaccines, veterinary therapeutics |
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| HERBAL MEDICINES / REMEDIES (some may require a Permit) |
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| HOLY WATER | |
| PACKING MATERIAL / STUFFING Includes fruit cartons, straw, raw cotton and raw wool (most other packing material is allowed) |
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| SOIL, SAND Includes items filled with soil or sand |
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| THERAPEUTIC MEDICINES (some may require a Permit) |
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| VITAMIN / MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS , NUTRITIONAL / DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS (some may require a Permit) |