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Export Market Guide - Organic wine

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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) administers the export program for the export of organic and biodynamic goods in Australia.

The primary objective of the program is to ensure that organic and biodynamic produce exported from Australia meets the requirements of importing countries, ensuring that international market access is maintained. The Department provides export certification and declarations in line with Australia's export regulatory framework and importing country requirements.

Organic Wine Export Requirements

The Organic Export Requirements guide provides market overviews for a number of Australia’s key export markets including the EU, UK, USA, Canada, Japan, China, New Zealand, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, Russia and Malaysia.

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Regulatory environment

Australia’s organic regulatory export framework is made up of:

The Organic Rules specify the certification requirements that must be complied with for the export of organic goods. Any product described as ‘organic’ or ‘biodynamic’ (or indication of similar meaning, including ‘biological’, ‘ecological’ and ‘in-conversion to organic or biodynamic’) in a wine’s description and presentation is considered an organic claim and is captured by the export controls.

step-by-step guide to exporting organic and biodynamic goods can be found on the DAFF website.

National standard

Organic and bio-dynamic produce for export must be certified by an approved certifying body, verifying that the produce has been prepared in accordance with the new National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce—Edition 3.8 November 2022.  Edition 3.8 entered into force on 1 January 2023.

Under the National Standard, wine is defined as ‘the product of the complete or partial fermentation of fresh grapes, fruit and / or vegetables, or a mixture of that product.’ Standard 3.2 states that ‘organic wine shall be produced entirely from organic raw material, and only certain products and substances authorised in accordance with this Standard shall be allowed to be added.’

 



This content is restricted to wine exporters and levy-payers. Some reports are available for purchase to non-levy payers/exporters.

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This content is restricted to wine exporters and levy-payers. Some reports are available for purchase to non-levy payers/exporters.