Public consultation has closed
We prepared a draft report assessing Taiwan’s request for market access to Australia for commercially produced fresh guava.
The draft report proposes that fresh guava from Taiwan can be imported, subject to a range of biosecurity import requirements.
We released the draft report on 15 July 2025 for public consultation, which has now closed.
We are now considering all comments received on the draft report. Your feedback is helping to inform our final report.
Additional pest risk assessment and public consultation process for Myrtle rust
Following the release of the draft report, we became aware of a new detection of Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) in Taiwan. In response, we will undertake an additional pest risk assessment and conduct a separate out-of-session public consultation process specifically for myrtle rust on the guava from Taiwan import pathway. We expect the additional consultation process will take place in early 2026. Stakeholders will be notified via a Biosecurity Advice. Please note that this is an indicative timeline and may be subject to change.
For more information, please read the Biosecurity Advice.
We expect to release the final report in the first half of 2026.