Welcome to BICON
BICON houses the Australian Government's Biosecurity import conditions database for more than 20,000 plants, animals, minerals and biological products. It will help you to determine what import conditions exist and if an import permit is required. Please refer to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Importing to Australia page for more information about BICON.
Search for Import Item
Search for the commodity you want to import. You can also search for your import by scientific name or tariff code. Refer to the BICON Help page for tips on searching.
Alerts
News
The department is conducting extended I.T. infrastructure maintenance from 20:00 Saturday 06 April (AEDT) to 03:30 Sunday 07 April 2024 (AEST).
Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.
Clients are also advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.