International Submissions

Submitting samples from outside Australia:

​LabWest Documents needed:

• Sample submission form (see below)

• Credit application (see below), or pre-payment of 80% of the quoted assay value

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Customs documents needed:

• Exporters Packaging Declaration, click here for template

• Commercial Invoice, click here for template

• Attach the LabWest WAQIS Quarantine Certificate

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Goods description must be: "soil samples for chemical analysis" (do not put any further information).

For the value of goods, set as a minor value.

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Lab/Consignee Address;

LabWest Minerals Analysis

10 Hod Way

Malaga WA 6090

Perth, Australia 

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INFORMATION ON BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES (SOILS, ROCKS, PLANTS):

• Clearly label names and addresses of sender and receiver.

• Ensure all samples, boxes and pallet are securely package.

• Have a clear description of the sample material contained within the consignment: "soil samples for chemical analysis" 

• Make sure the transport company has all documents

• LabWest is a Quarantine WA approved Premise (W0699)

• Click here for LabWest WAQIS Quarantine Certificate

• If samples are below 2m or from a metallurgical process, a declaration can be made stating this as an exemption from quarantine requirements.

• Complete and attach a Manufacturers or Exporter’s Declaration on your company letterhead. (Click here for an example template)

• An Import Permit is not required, provided the consignment is addressed to LabWest as detailed below.

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We request that when sending samples to LabWest, all samples are packaged securely – ideally in new, high-strength paper packets such as wire-tie Geochem packets. Samples must be less than 500g (Note that only 100-200g of -2mm sample is required to be submitted for UltraFine+ analysis).

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All consignment packaging must:

• be clean and new

• be clearly labelled with name and address of sender and receiver

• ​Complete and attach a Manufacturers or Exporter’s Declaration on your company letterhead. (Click here for an example template)

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Packaging materials must be free from biosecurity risk materials such as insects, animal debris, seeds, bark or soil.

LabWest is an Approved Class 5.1 Biosecurity Arrangement facility where samples are subject to mandatory heat treatment on receipt. This is a process whereby the samples are heated to 160°C for 2 hours. This treatment is required even if the samples have already been treated prior to importing into Australia. (Please note that while all due care is taken and procedure is rigorously followed, this process can have adverse effects on the samples including loss due to sample combustion.)

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