Revised measures for specific sea freight consignments of cargo to manage Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs from all ports that load cargo manufactured or stored in target risk countries France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Russia and United States of America

This notification advises that revised phytosanitary measures have been introduced for the importation of certain goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries listed. These measures are required to effectively manage the biosecurity risk from brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) and to achieve Australia's appropriate level of protection.All target high risk break bulk and containerised goods from target risk countries will now require mandatory treatment as of 1 September 2018 as per measures announced previously in August 2017 (G/SPS/N/AUS/432).Treatment measures for BMSB are:
 - Methyl bromide
     - A dose of 16g/m3 or above, at 15°C or above, for 12 hours or longer, with an end point reading of 50% or more of the initial concentration.
  - Heat
     - At 50°C or higher for at least 20 minutes. The minimum temperature of the coldest part of the treated good should reach at least 50°C for at least 20 minutes.  
 - Sulfuryl fluoride
   Treatment providers not using an approved third party program*
    - A dose of 24g/m3 or above, at 10°C or above, for 12 hours or longer, with a minimum end point concentration of 12g/m3; or
    - A dose of 16g/m3 or above, at 10 °C or above, for 24 hours or longer, with a minimum end point concentration of 8g/m3
   Treatment providers using an approved third party program*
    - Achieve a CT of 200g-h/m3 or more, while conducting the treatment at 10°C or above, for 12 hours or longer, with a minimum end point concentration of 12g/m, or
    - Achieve a CT of 200g-h/m3 or more, while conducting the treatment at 10°C or above, for 24 hours or longer, with a minimum end point concentration of 8g/m3
* The approved third party programs are:
 - Douglas Products Fumiguide;
 - Ensystex II, Inc Fumicalc.
>Further information on the revised phytosanitary measure is available at: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/bmsbA draft pest risk analysis report that identifies BMSB as a pest requiring risk management measures in order to achieve the appropriate level of protection for Australia was released in August 2017 and is available at:http://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk-analysis/memos/ba2017-18.