You need to be able to confirm that goods are not engineered stone when importing any type of benchtop, panel or slab that resembles engineered stone. If you are unable to provide appropriate assurances testing will be required.
If it is unclear whether your goods are engineered stone, they will need to be sampled and those samples subject to laboratory testing.
Testing certificates produced from outside Australia are only accepted when:
- the laboratory that produced the certificate is accredited by an organisation recognised under a Mutual Recognition Agreement by the National Association of Testing Authorities of Australia (NATA)
- the laboratory is accredited by an MRA authority in that country to test engineered stone using methods like petrographic analysis and x-ray diffraction.
If your evidence is unclear or incomplete, additional testing may be required.
Supporting evidence is needed to show the goods tested match the goods imported. This evidence needs to include:
- batch numbers
- written sampling procedures
- photographs
- accurate records of explaining what was sampled and why.
While the goods are under customs control, the importer is responsible for all costs for sampling, testing, transport and associated storage of the goods while awaiting a testing outcome.