Imports and exports | COVID-19 and the border

NATIONAL CORONAVIRUS HELPLINE

ATTENTION: Quarantine-free flights from New Zealand are suspended until at least 2pm AEDT on 31 January 2021. Travellers coming from New Zealand to Australia during this time will have to go into mandatory hotel quarantine. Anyone who arrived in Australia from New Zealand between 9 and 25 January 2021 should get a COVID test and self-isolate until they get a negative result. For more information see Department of Health.

In March 2020, the Australian government prohibited the export of some equipment that could help efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, including:

disposable face masks
disposable gloves
disposable gowns
goggles, glasses or eye visors
alcohol wipes
hand sanitizer

The export prohibition has been repealed. On and from 11 December 2020, these goods are no longer prohibited exports.

Last updated: 10 December 2020

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