Instant noodles & pasta export rules: Australia

Rules to check before you export instant noodles & pasta to Australia (6), each with its official source.

Official sources checked between 2026-10-09 and 2026-10-15

Duty and FTAs: Korean-origin goods enter Australia duty-free under the Korea–Australia FTA (KAFTA, Schedule 10 of the Customs Tariff); claim it with proof of Korean origin. GST of 10% is paid on the customs value plus international transport, insurance and duty. Goods that are GST-free in Australia, such as basic food, pay no GST at import. abf.gov.au, checked 2026-10-09

Products with similar rules: Sauces & seasonings

This is not legal or tax advice. Rules and rates change, so confirm with the official source and a local authority, your importer or an expert before you sell.

• Main rule for instant noodles & pasta: Australia: imported food is checked under the Imported Food Inspection Scheme. Risk foods, such as ready-to-eat crustaceans and some fish, are referred for inspection at every consignment at first, with lower rates once a supplier keeps passing; other foods are referred at 5% of consignments (Imported Food Control Regulations 2019, sections 14 to 16). Labels declare allergens in plain English with a separate bold ‘Contains’ statement (FSANZ Standard 1.2.3), and animal or plant ingredients must meet the BICON import conditions. legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15, foodstandards.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15, legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Australia: plain English allergen labels: Australian food labels must declare each allergen the food contains by its required name, such as fish or crustacean, and add a separate bold summary statement that starts with ‘Contains’ (for example ‘Contains fish’) right next to the ingredient list. Stock labelled under the old rules could be sold only until 25 February 2026; after that date every label must follow these plain English allergen rules. Check your Australian label before the first shipment. Done with your importer · foodstandards.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Australia: country of origin label: Packaged food sold in Australia must state its country of origin in English, for example ‘Product of Korea’, legibly and in clear contrast with the label background. Unless the food is a non-priority food (seasonings, confectionery, biscuits and snack foods, bottled water, soft drinks and sports drinks, tea and coffee, alcoholic beverages), the statement must sit inside a clearly defined box. Kimchi, noodles and sauces need the box; chips, crackers and other ready-to-eat savoury snacks do not. Done with your importer · legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Australia: check the animal ingredients in the recipe: Before quoting Australian buyers, check every animal ingredient against BICON. Prawn or shrimp ingredients, such as the salted shrimp in some kimchi, need an import permit unless the prawns were cooked in an approved premises or the food is shelf-stable, and meat, dairy and egg ingredients have their own conditions. Recipes without animal ingredients are outside these conditions. Done with your importer · legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Australia biosecurity import conditions (BICON): Australia sets biosecurity conditions for the product and each animal or plant ingredient: foods with meat, dairy or egg (egg at 10% or more needs a permit), pet food and seeds for sowing often need an import permit, a treatment or a certificate, and some cannot come in at all. Check BICON, Australia’s import-conditions database, before quoting; food also passes the Imported Food Inspection Scheme. Done with your importer · bicon.agriculture.gov.au, checked 2026-10-13
• Australia: import permit for prawn and shrimp ingredients: Australia lets prawns and prawn products in without an import permit only if they were cooked in an approved overseas premises until no raw prawn meat remains, with a certificate from that country’s authority, or, for prawn-based foods, if the product is shelf-stable; dried prawns and prawn meal follow their own conditions. There is no exemption for a small share in the recipe, so a chilled product with uncooked salted shrimp, such as kimchi with saeujeot, likely needs a permit. Check BICON before you send samples or stock. Done with your importer · legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
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• Same product, other countries: United States
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• Sources: legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Sources: foodstandards.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Sources: legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Sources: legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Sources: legislation.gov.au, checked 2026-10-15
• Sources: bicon.agriculture.gov.au, checked 2026-10-13
• Sources: abf.gov.au, checked 2026-10-09

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