🇦🇺 Australia · FOOD ENTRY
Can I bring kimchi into Australia?
Do not apply shelf-stable preserved-vegetable conditions to refrigerated kimchi.
Personal travel baggage. Check manufacturing origin and state quarantine conditions.
Last checked · Official sources
Before you pack
- Preserved vegetables require accepted processing, containers and at least six months of shelf stability
Check refrigerated kimchi by ingredients and processing in BICON.
Prepare the ingredient and origin label, then check the exact product with the authority.
Which products does this cover?
Distinguish refrigerated kimchi, shelf-stable products and recipes containing seafood.
You can find this guide using: kimchi.
Check your actual package
- Refrigeration label
- Shrimp paste and fish sauce
- Homemade versus commercially packaged kimchi
Ingredients to check
- Shrimp paste, fish and meat
Australia food declaration
Answer the food, plant and animal-product questions on your arrival declaration. Tell a biosecurity officer if unsure.
Australia arrival declaration and biosecurity guidance ↗Common questions
Can I bring kimchi into Australia?
Do not apply shelf-stable preserved-vegetable conditions to refrigerated kimchi. Preserved vegetables require accepted processing, containers and at least six months of shelf stability
Do I need to declare kimchi?
Depends on product. Answer the food, plant and animal-product questions on your arrival declaration. Tell a biosecurity officer if unsure.
Does putting it in checked baggage change food-entry rules?
Food-entry checks still apply to baggage entering the country. Follow the conditions above; airline and airport-security baggage rules are a separate check.
What distinction matters for this food?
Check refrigerated kimchi by ingredients and processing in BICON.
Official rule & review date
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Check official rules ↗DAFF — Bringing or mailing goods to AustraliaLast checked: 2026.10.03
This guide applies the agency’s food-category guidance; it is not approval of an individual brand or recipe.
Entry rules can depend on ingredients, origin, processing and current biosecurity conditions. The destination authority makes the final decision.