This consultation closed on 29 November 2025
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) invites comment on the proposed use of Sumitomo Shield Systemic Insecticide on mung beans.
We invite written comment from 4 November to 29 November 2025 on the trade implications of this proposal.
The APVMA is able to consider comments relating to the legislative grounds for the assessment, which are the trade implications of the use of the product. The Trade Advice Notice provides a summary of the APVMA's residue and trade assessment.
Please note: submissions will be published on the APVMA’s website, unless you have asked for the submission to remain confidential, or if the APVMA chooses at its discretion not to publish any submissions received (refer to the public consultation coversheet).
Please lodge your submission using the public consultation coversheet, which provides options for how your submission will be published.
Note that all APVMA documents are subject to the access provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and may be required to be released under that Act should a request for access be made.
Please send your written submission and coversheet by email or post to:
Email: enquiries@apvma.gov.au
Post:
Executive Director, Agricultural Chemicals Branch
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
GPO Box 574, Canberra, ACT 2601
Submissions received
The APVMA sought comments from interested stakeholders on the proposed use of Sumitomo Shield Systemic Insecticide (P60689) containing clothianidin as an active for use on mung beans in a consultation that closed on 29 November 2025.
Submissions should relate only to matters that the APVMA is required by legislation to take into account in deciding whether to grant the application. These grounds relate to the trade implications of the extended use of the product. Submissions should state the grounds on which they are based. Comments received outside these grounds cannot be considered by the APVMA.
Two submissions were received in response to consultation.
One submission was unsupportive of the proposed use from a trade perspective, as published on apvma.gov.au.
One submission did not relate to the trade implications that the APVMA is required by legislation to take into account in deciding whether to grant the application.
Consultation outcomes
The residues and trade assessment for this application has been finalised.