What is BMSB?

​​​Within the scope of combating "Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB)", the Australian Federal Government Department of Agriculture takes a number of measures.
Fumigation procedures are required for export shipments to Australia and New Zealand.
Within the scope of these measures, all companies that want to send products to Australia and New Zealand must have these spraying procedures done.
These operations that must be done; heat treatment is sulfur fluoride and methylbromide fumigation.
As Atılım İlaçlama, our company has been accredited by the Australian Federal Government. Breakthrough drugs in Turkey is one of the few firms to have this authority.

High Risk Group Products

The product groups listed below and where the first two digits of the GTip number are written are considered as high risk products.
There is an obligation to implement the BMSB measure.

36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
44 - Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
45 - Cork and articles of cork
57 - Carpets and other textile floor coverings
68 - Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
69 - Ceramic products – including sub chapters I and II
70 – Glass and glass ware
72 - Iron and steel - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV
73 - Articles of iron or steel
74 - Copper and articles thereof
75 - Nickel and articles thereof
76 - Aluminium and articles thereof
78 - Lead and articles thereof
79 - Zinc and articles thereof
80 - Tin and articles thereof
81 - Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
83 - Miscellaneous articles of base metals
84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
89 - Ships, boats and floating structures
93 - Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof

Products in the Risk Group

The product groups listed below and where the first two digits of the GTip number are written are considered as risky products.
There is no obligation to implement the BMSB measure.

25 - Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
26 - Ores, slag and ash
27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
28 - Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV and V
29 - Organic chemicals - including sub chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII and XIII
31 - Fertilisers
38 - Miscellaneous chemical products
39 - Plastics and articles thereof - – including sub chapters I and II
40 - Rubber and articles thereof
46 - Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basket ware and wickerwork
47 - Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
48 - Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
49 - Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
56 - Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof

Which Countries are in the Risk Group?

The countries listed in the list are those included in the target risk category.
BMSB precautions should be applied if any high risk or risk product from these countries is shipped to Australia and New Zealand.
Transit loads from the destination risky country are also within this scope.

Arnavutluk
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Montenegro
Netherlands
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Switzerland
Spain
Turkey
United States of America
Japan