News / Pest control measures aimed at box sector would disrupt supply chains, says industry

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Australian authorities, after launching a six-phase programme to deal with the Khapra beetle which poses a threat to the country’s grain exports, are set to introduce new regulations to the movement of goods in containers to deal with the pest.

Australia’s Department for Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) says its new restrictions should be a warning of the next major upheaval in container shipping, as governments act to restrict the movement of invasive species on and in containers.

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