Country field for customer import now madatory?

Hi all,
We are using SOAP/PHP to import customers
Looks like the Country field in the address has now become mandatory?
I keep getting the following message when trying to create a new customer with address fields:

["faultcode"]=>    string(28) "soapenv:Server.userException"    ["faultstring"]=>    string(144) "com.netled  ger.common.schemabean.NLSchemaBeanException:    is not a legal value for   {urn:types.common_2_5.platform.webservices.netsuite.com}Country"    ["detail"]=>    array(1) {      ["hostname"]=>      string(36) "partners-java007.svale.netledger.com"

My customer record looks like this:

   

<platformMsgs:record xsi:type="s0:Customer">              <s0:customForm internalId="11">                 <platformCore:name>Tenant custom four sync</platformCore:name>              </s0:customForm>              <s0:entityId>9036003706568048</s0:entityId>              <s0:isPerson>true</s0:isPerson>              <s0:firstName>Sandra</s0:firstName>              <s0:lastName>Pyke</s0:lastName>              <s0:companyName></s0:companyName>              <s0:entityStatus internalId="17">                 <platformCore:name>CUSTOMER- Closed-Won Customer</platformCore:name>              </s0:entityStatus>              <s0:parent internalId="5805">                 <platformCore:name>19007 - MPRE Carrum Downs</platformCore:name>              </s0:parent>              <s0:phone>03 9772 3209</s0:phone>              <s0:fax>   </s0:fax>              <s0:email>