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Fresh Fruit 🇦🇺 Australia

VERIFIED · 2026-04-25HIGH CONFIDENCE

Most fresh fruit is prohibited due to biosecurity risk. Must be declared.

ANSWER

Can I bring Fresh Fruit into Australia?

PROHIBITEDVERIFIED · 2026-04-25HIGH CONFIDENCE

Most fresh fruit is prohibited due to biosecurity risk. Must be declared.

QUANTITY / LIMITS

Generally prohibited; trace amounts in processed foods assessed case-by-case

DOCUMENTS

  • Declaration on Incoming Passenger Card

DECLARATION

Required at the destination customs authority

SOURCE

agriculture.gov.au
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Full details

Australia prohibits the importation of most fresh fruit due to biosecurity risks from exotic pests and diseases such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, citrus canker, and various fungal pathogens. Some fruits from approved, accredited sources may be permitted with phytosanitary certificates, but these are not typically relevant to individual travellers. Travellers must declare all fresh fruit on the Incoming Passenger Card. Undeclared fruit found by biosecurity detector dogs or X-ray results in on-the-spot fines (typically AUD 222,000 civil penalty in serious cases; AUD 444 infringement notice). Travellers should eat or dispose of all fruit before arrival.

ENFORCEMENT

ActiveCustoms actively enforces this rule.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

Consume, dispose of, or surrender all fruit before arriving in Australia. Biosecurity bins are available airside before customs. Always declare — the biosecurity card has a 'food' declaration option.

OFFICIAL SOURCES · VERIFIED 2026-04-25

RULE DETAILS

QUANTITY LIMITS

Generally prohibited; trace amounts in processed foods assessed case-by-case

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

  • Declaration on Incoming Passenger Card

LEGAL REFERENCE

Biosecurity Act 2015; Biosecurity (Prohibited and Conditionally Non-Prohibited Goods) Determination 2016

AIR TRAVEL IS SEPARATE

This page covers destination customs rules in Australia. Whether you can carry fresh fruit through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.

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