Destination: Northern Territory

Travelling within Northern Territory
YES
You can carry this item with you without restriction when travelling to this state/territory

PCI
You need to obtain an appropriate permit or certificate or provide more information to carry this item with you when travelling to this state/territory. Please contact the relevant authority indicated for the destination state/territory.
NO
You cannot carry this item with you when travelling to this state/territory.
Please examine the listed products carefully – although broad terms such as ‘fruits and vegetables’ are commonly used, there may be specific exceptions listed within the same table.
Unless otherwise specified, a listing refers to the fresh product.
Abbreviations used: F&V – Fruit and vegetables

 

Travelling to
NORTHERN TERRITORY

from:

NSW

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Fruits, vegetables & nuts (products or plants)

Banana

PCI

PCI

YES

YES

YES

YES

Citrus

PCI

PCI

YES

YES

YES

YES

Fruit (commercially-grown)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

PCI

F&V (cooked, canned, freeze-dried, dehydrated)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

F&V (cucumber fly hosts) eg. zucchini, cucumber, melons, pumpkin, tomato, passionfruit

PCI

PCI

YES

YES

YES

YES

F&V (home-grown)

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

F&V plants & seedlings

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

Fruit salad (fresh)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Grapevines, cuttings or budwood

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

Herbs (fresh)

PCI

PCI

PCI

YES

PCI

PCI

Herbs & spices (dried)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Nuts (dried)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Pawpaw

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

Vegetable salad

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Vegetables (non-leafy, commercial)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

PCI

Vegetables (leafy - eg. lettuce)

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

 from:

 NSW

 QLD

 SA

 TAS

 VIC

 WA

Other plant materials

Bulbs, corms etc. (dormant)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Cut flowers & foliage

PCI

PCI

PCI

YES

PCI

PCI

Pot plants & nursery stock

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

Seeds

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Weeds & weed seeds

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

 from:

 NSW

 QLD

 SA

 TAS

 VIC

 WA

Other food items

Dairy products including milk, cheese & yoghurt
(fresh & powdered)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Eggs (chicken & duck)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Fish (fresh, canned, smoked, cured)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Honey

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Processed foods (noodles, bread, rice, baby food, cereals, sauces)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Meats (sausage, salami, sliced meats)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Tea, coffee & biscuits

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

 from:

 NSW

 QLD

 SA

 TAS

 VIC

 WA

Other

Animals (dogs & cats)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Animals (feral – eg. fox, cane toad, dingo,
European carp, etc.)

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

Animals (fish - domestic or aquarium)

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

Animals (horses)

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

Animals (livestock - cattle, pigs, sheep)

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

Animals (native wildlife & caged birds)

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

PCI

Animals (yabbies)

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

Animal skins & hides

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Fishing bait (snails, worms etc.)

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

Boots (free of soil)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Garden tools (free of soil)

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Soil

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

For more information on carrying items into Northern Territory,  please contact:

  • Plants or plant products - (08) 8999 2138
  • Livestock – (08) 8999 2030
  • Live fish - (08) 8999 2370
  • Native birds and other wildlife – (08) 8999 4582
  • Aquatic pests – (08) 8999 2126; 0413 381 094
  • Fisheries - (08) 8999 2144

Note:  No plant or plant product, whether listed or not, is permitted entry if found to be affected by a pest or a disease.

 

Travelling within NORTHERN TERRITORY

Movement of plant products into and/or out of the following zones is regulated:

 

Ti Tree Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone (FFEZ)  The Ti Tree FFEZ extends from Tennant Creek to Alice Springs. Do not take fruit (including capsicum, chilli, tomato, eggplant, cucumber, zucchini and squash) into the FFEZ.

 

Melon thrips  The insect pest melon thrips is not known to occur south of the Adelaide River township. To prevent the spread of this pest, melon thrips host produce should not be transported from the Darwin region to points south of Adelaide River township. Host produce includes: beans, capsicum, chilli, cucumber, eggplant, melons, okra, pumpkin, silverbeet, squash, tomato, zucchini.

 

Mango seed weevil and mango leaf hopper  These pests are not found south of the Adelaide River township. To prevent their spread, mango plants should be treated against leaf hopper and mango fruit should not be taken anywhere south of Adelaide River township.