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Determine whether your import requires an import permit and save time obtaining your permit by reviewing specific import requirements for common items.

Step One: Read the general requirements

Animals and animal products

An import permit is not required for commercially-produced packets of processed food products with ingredients of animal origin, labelled as having been produced in Australia or New Zealand.

  • Tinned foods
  • Seafood
  • Pet food (canned meat or biscuits)
  • Biscuits, cakes, pastry, noodles (cooked, with egg or honey ingredients)
  • Processed dairy products (butter, cheese, cream, ice-cream, infant food, pasteurized/UHT milk)
  • Egg (cooked – non fertile in hermetically sealed containers)
  • Health Foods containing bee products, including bee venom, pollen, propolis, royal jelly (must be processed and prepared as encapsulated doses such as tablets or capsules).
  • Processed beeswax (candles, cosmetics, foundation, ornaments, polishes)
  • Feathers (new dusters, hats, lures, bleached, curled or waved)
  • Furs (manufactured)
  • Leather (new and fully manufactured)
  • Saddles and saddle harnesses (new)
  • Wool (processed)
     

An import permit is required for all animals and animal products, including those listed above, from all other countries.

General requirements for all animal and animal product imports:

1. Permission to Import

Applications for a permit to import an animal or animal product are to be submitted on the official form well before the planned export of the animal or animal product.  Where a single entry permit is issued, the original copy of the import permit must be presented at the time of importation to obtain release of the consignment. Should the disease status of an exporting country change after an import permit has been issued Biosecurity Solomon Islands reserves the right to withdraw the permit or to vary the permit conditions at their discretion without prior notice.

Application Forms

2. Notification

The arrival date and mode of transportation are to be included in the permit application. In the case of live animals their arrival to be notified to Biosecurity Solomon Islands at least 48 hours prior to arrival, and no later than one working weekday before embarkation of the animals.

3. Transportation of Animals

Animals must be transported in a secure suitable container in accordance with the recommendations for the transport of live animals of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) live animals regulations as appropriate.

All feed or fodder accompanying the animals must comply with the import conditions of Solomon Islands for plant or animal products, if not then any surplus will remain on board the vessel or aircraft, or be destroyed at the owner’s expense upon arrival at the Port of Entry.

Any bedding should comprise only of sterile peat, soft board, treated wood shavings, shredded paper or other inert approved products.  All bedding material should remain on board the vessel or aircraft, or be destroyed by incineration at the owner’s expense upon arrival in Solomon Islands.

Animals are transported entirely at the risk of the importer and Biosecurity Solomon Islands holds no responsibility for the care or safety of animals during transport.

4. Documentation

The following documentation is required to accompany imports of animals and high risk animal products:

  1. A valid Import Permit is required: 
    1. For single importations of animals and animal products the Permit is to be presented at the time of importation. 
    2. For multiple importations under one Permit then a copy of the Permit may be presented at the time of importation.
  2. A Statutory Declaration by the owner or agent is required to accompany live animal imports, stating:
    1. A full description of the animal;
    2. That to the best of his/her knowledge the animal is free from all infectious and contagious diseases;
    3. That the animal has not been in contact with any diseased animals for the 30 days immediately prior to embarkation.
  3. An official Animal Health Certificate is required to accompany all imports of live animals and animal products.

The certificate must be signed by a Government Veterinary Officer of the exporting country attesting to the certification assurances required in the specific schedules for animals or animal products.

In some cases an Approved Veterinarian, approved by the veterinary authorities in the exporting country, may provide certification of pre-export treatments and health examinations.

5.    Post Arrival Procedures

On arrival in Solomon Islands all consignments of animals and animal products must be presented to a Biosecurity Officer for validation of any required documentation. In particular all live animals (except dogs and cats from Australia or New Zealand) must be inspected by veterinary officer approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock prior to release from the port of entry. All costs are to be borne by the importer.

Biosecurity Solomon Islands has the right to inspect, examine, sample, test, detain, quarantine and treat any consignments of animals to ensure they comply with Solomon Islands import requirements. Any non-compliant consignments of animals may be destroyed or re-exported. All costs associated with these actions are to be borne by the importer. Biosecurity Solomon Islands holds no responsibility for any losses incurred by the importer, owner or agent.

6. Post Entry Quarantine Requirements

Where animals are required to undergo a period of post entry quarantine, they must remain within the confines of an approved post entry quarantine facility for the full period of quarantine and will only be released at the discretion of by a veterinary officer approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. The post-entry facility must meet the following general requirements:

(i) The facilities must be inspected and approved by an officer authorised by the Director of Biosecurity before a permit for importation is issued, and:

  • Be sufficiently secure to contain the quarantined animals.
  • Contain adequate handling facilities for animals
  • Maintain adequate separation from other animals.
  • Have adequate containment of drainage and animal waste.
  • Have adequate provision for feed and water.

7.    Fees

A permit fee and an inspection fee will be charged in accordance with the current schedule of BSI fees and charges for Biosecurity Solomon Islands. Any and all costs or fees associated with ensuring consignments comply with import requirements are to be borne directly by the importer. Biosecurity Solomon Islands holds no responsibility for any losses incurred by the importer, owner or agent. 

Plants and plant products

An import permit and accompanying phytosanitary certificate is not required for certain commercially packaged and labelled plant products from any country.

  • Cooked fruit and vegetables
  • Pickled fruit and vegetables
  • Cooked plant products
  • Preserved fruit and vegetables
  • Fried plant products
  • Processed nuts (in their final processed form, i.e. shelled or hulled)
  • Freeze dried plant products
  • Spices
  • Frozen fruit and vegetables
     

An import permit is not required for vegetable seeds for sowing (except maize, sweetcorn) in consignments of less than 250gm from certain suppliers in certain countries so long as certain requirements have been met.

View the list of Approved vegetable seed suppliers.
 

An import permit is not required for certain timber products from all countries so long as certain requirements have been met.

  • Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal)
  • Wood wool; wood flour.
  • Sheets for veneering less than 6mm thick
  • Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, etc.
  • Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board
  • Fibreboard of wood.
  • Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood.
  • Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes.
  • Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects.
  • Packing cases, pallets, boxes, crates, drums and similar packing with ISPM 15 certification.
  • Casks, barrels, vats, tubs assembled and full.
  • Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood
  • Tableware and kitchenware, of wood.
  • Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases etc.

Requirements:

  • Inspection on arrival, treat if required
  • Must be free of pests, soil and foreign matter
     

An import permit is not required for certain miscellaneous products from all countries so long as certain requirements have been met.

  • Artifacts
  • Basketware
  • Caneware

Requirements for small hand-carried consignments:

  • Must be clean, free of pests, soil and foreign matter
  • Inspection on arrival with treatment if required

Requirements for commercial consignments:

  • Pre-shipment fumigation with MB at 48g/m3 for 16 hours at 21oC.
  • Phytosanitary certificate confirming fumigation
  • Inspection on arrival to confirm effective fumigation.
     

An import permit is required for all plant and plant products not referenced above.

General requirements apply to all plant and plant product imports:

1. Permission to import

An Import Permit is required. Applications are to be submitted on the official form. The original copy of the permit must be presented to obtain release of the consignment.

Application Forms

2. Documentation

A Phytosanitary Certificate (PC), issued by the National Plant Protection Authority in the country of origin, must accompany all consignments, certifying the produce to be free of pests and diseases. The certificate must also include any additional declarations specified on the Import Permit.

Where a consignment has been transhipped to the Solomon Islands via another country, a “Re-export Certificate” shall accompany that consignment. The re-export certificate shall be issued by the National Plant Protection Authority at the port of re-export and clearly identify the consignment (i.e. exporter, consignee, description of product, number of packages, distinguishing marks, place of origin, means of conveyance, point of entry into country). The certificate shall certify that the consignment in question has been transported and handled in such a manner as to prevent the possibility of pest infestation and product substitution during transit.

3. Pre-shipping procedures

  • Shipments must be free of soil and/or debris and be packed in new packages.
  • Leafy vegetables must be free of roots, and non-leafy vegetables must be free of foliage.
  • Consignments are subject to inspection on arrival and any treatment necessary.

 

Machinery, Equipment & Transport

Included here are:

  • Earthmoving machinery
  • Logging equipment
  • Mining equipment
  • Agriculture equipment
  • Used or second hand vehicles
  • New vehicles
  • Sporting equipment
  • Camping equipment
  • Military equipment

Any of the above will be inspected on arrival and must be found free of soil, any plant material and any other biosecurity risk material. You are recommended to clean your equipment before they depart from the exporting country. Government or accredited agent certificates of cleanliness are welcome and may reduce the requirement for inspection on arrival.

 

Step Two: Find any specific requirements

Many animals, plants, and animal or plant products have specific import requirements additional to the general requirements listed above. Use the search filter here to find any specific requirements for your import.* Also review the definitions of plant and animal technical terms.

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A7 - Pigs from Australia

Schedule No A7                 Attachment No _____                for Permit No  _____

 

Page 1 of 4

SPECIFIC IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR:

 

Commodity:                       Pigs

 

Country of Origin:           Australia

 

  1. Documentation Required:

     

    INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE FOR PIGS

    FROM AUSTRALIA TO SOLOMON ISLANDS

     

    Exporting Country:                          Australia

     

    Ministry/Department: ………..…………………………………………………..

     

    Region: ……………………………………………………………………        

     

    Identification

     

 

Description and Brands

 

Age

 

Sex

 

Breed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Origin

 

Name and address of exporter: …………………………………………………………………………………………….

               

Place of origin: ………………………………………………………………………………………….…

 

Port of embarkation: ……………………………………………………………………………………………

 

Destination

 

Country of destination:       Solomon Islands

 

Name and address of consignee: ………………………………………………………………………………………..

 

Means of transport/Vessel number: ………………………………………………………………………………….

 

Port of arrival: …………………………………………………..

 

Health Certification

 

I, ……………………………………………………………………………………...…. (Print Name) a Veterinary Officer of the Government of Australia hereby certify that:

 

During the twelve months immediately preceding the date of export of the animals Australia has been free from:

· foot and mouth disease

· swine vesicular disease

· vesicular stomatitis

· vesicular exanthema

· African swine fever

· Swine influenza

 

· Classical swine fever (hog cholera)

· Teschen disease

· Aujeszky's disease

· Rabies

· Transmissible gastroenteritis

· Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)

 

After due enquiry I am satisfied that the following diseases have not been diagnosed during the previous twelve months on the farm of origin or on any premises where the animals have been during the previous twelve months:

· Echinococcus granulosus infection (hydatidosis)

· Leptospirosis

· Tuberculosis

· Clinical atrophic rhinitis

· Clinical Brucella suis infection

· Talfan disease

 

· Clinical intestinal salmonellosis

· Porcine parvovirus infection

· Swine dysentery

· Erysipelas

· Clinical Eperythrozooan suis infection

· Clinical haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus infection

· Trichinosis

 

The animals were born and raised in Australia

 

During the thirty days prior to export, each animal was isolated from all animals not of the same export consignment and was subjected to the following test:

 

A complement fixation test using Brucella abortus antigen with a negative result of a titre of less than 20 IU;

 

During this pre-embarkation quarantine period was subject to the following treatments:

 

  1. Treated by intramuscular  injection with streptomycin at a dose rate of 25mg per kg and penicillin at a dose rate of not less than 7.5mg  per kg on three consecutive days, the first injection being given within 48 hours of entering pre-embarkation quarantine;

     

  2. At the time of entry into, and again immediately prior to departure from the pre-embarkation quarantine premises, treated with an external parasiticide which is effective against lice, mage mites and ticks.

     

  3. At the time of entry into, and again immediately prior to departure from the pre-embarkation quarantine premises, treated for internal parasites.

     

    Each animal has been vaccinated against porcine parvovirus and erysipelas.

     

    Each animal was inspected in daylight within 24 hours of export and was found to be free from evidence of infectious or contagious disease and external parasites and was fit to travel.

     

    The animals, on leaving the pre-embarkation quarantine premises, were loaded onto vehicles which had been suitably cleansed and disinfected to my satisfaction.  The animals were moved by the most direct and suitable route and were not at any time in contact with any animal not of tested equivalent health status.

     

    The enclosures or crates in which the animals are restrained during shipment have been suitably cleansed and disinfected to my satisfaction; or, if of wooden construction, are new and unused.  All accompanying bedding material originates from, and has remained at all times, in a zone of Australia officially free from Boophilus microplus or has been subject to fumigation.

     

    The facilities for the transport of the animals comply in all other respects with the Recommendations for Transport of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Live Animal Regulations as appropriate.

     

     

    Signature: …………………………………………..……………….             Date:  ………………………………………

    (Full time veterinarian of the Government of Australia)

     

    Position: …………………………………………………             

     

    Address: ………………………………………………..………………………………………………..………………………………

     

    NOTE:   Official stamp should be applied to all pages.

     

     

     

Post-Entry Quarantine Requirements

 

(a)          Approval of Facilities

                see General requirements

 

(b)          Inspection

 

Following inspection on arrival by a Veterinary Officer, the animals are to be taken directly to the isolation facility in a clean and enclosed vehicle approved by the Veterinary Officer.

 

A second inspection will be carried out after the animals have been in isolation at the approved post entry quarantine area no less than four (4) weeks after entry. At the discretion of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), the period of compulsory isolation and quarantine may be extended pending satisfactory examination of the imported animal/s.

 

Additional tests may be carried out, at the Importer’s expense, if deemed necessary by the official veterinarian

 

If, in the opinion of the CVO, it is necessary to destroy and /or dispose   any or all of the animals, this will be done in the manner designated and at the full cost to the importer.

 

(c)           Quarantine Restrictions

 

The imported animals will remain under quarantine restrictions until they have passed the second or subsequent inspections to the satisfaction of the CVO.

 

During the quarantine restriction/isolation period, the animal/s is/are not to be moved or mixed with any other livestock unless permission has been granted by a Government Veterinary Officer.

 

Following conditional release from quarantine, the animals will be permitted to join other herds, but will remain under surveillance by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

 

The owner is obliged to notify the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock if any imported animal once released becomes sick or dies, or is sold or slaughtered.

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* These are sample documents that provide an indication of the requirements your import must meet. You will receive the latest documents from us when you make your application. If you cannot find requirements for your proposed import and wish to investigate development of new ones, please contact us.

 
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