Exporting controlled substances from Australia

A number of changes were made to the Customs (Prohibited Export) Regulations 1958, which came into effect on 17 December 2019.

As a result, the following substances are now included as prohibited exports:

• Cyclopropylfentanyl
• Methoxyacetylfentanyl
• Orthfluorofentanyl
• Parafluorobutyrylfentanyl
• ADB-CHMINACA (Otherwise known as MAB-CHMINACA)
• ADB-FUBINACA
• CUMYL-4CN-BINACA
• N-ethylnorpentylone (otherwise known as ephylone)
• FUB-AMB (otherwise known as MMB-FUBINACA or AMB-FUBINACA)
• alpha-phenylacetoacetamide (otherwise known as APAA)
• 3,4-DP-2-P methyl glycidate (otherwise known as PMK glycidate)
• 3,4-MDP-2-P methyl glycidic acid (otherwise known as PMK glycidic acid)

A licence and permit will be required from the Office of Drug Control if you are planning to export one of these substances - Application forms.

Narcotic, psychotropic drugs and some precursor chemicals required export permission from Australia. A list of these substances are provided as a guide.

Applications are grouped into two types:

1. Licence and permit to export
2. Pre-export notification

Narcotic, psychotropic drugs and some precursor chemicals required a licence and permit to export. The licence is valid up to 12 months and the permit is required for each export of each drug and/or preparation.

Select the forms to request a licence to export and permit to export.

Some precursor chemicals require a pre-export notification (PEN) before they may be exported from Australia. A PEN licence is valid up to three years and the notification (PEN) is required for each shipment a minimum five days before the intended shipment date.

Select the forms to request a Pre-Export Notification Licence and Pre-Export Notification to export which include precursor in the form title.