In an unexpected development, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ('Customs') issued Customs Notice 2013/64 ('Notice') on Friday 6 December 2013. History The Notice addresses the vexed issue of 'authorisations' ...

The Federal Government has stated it will complete its "North Asian" FTA negotiations with China, Japan and Korea by October 2014. On 5 December 2013, the Federal Government confirmed that negotiations for the Australian FTA wi...

As anticipated and detailed in our in our eAlert dated 15 May 2013, the Coalition has adopted the previous Government's 2013/14 Budget plan to increase import processing charges. The Import Processing Charges Amendment Bill 201...

There has been some recent commentary in which some have expressed little concern over the new Infringement Notice Scheme ("INS") from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") which is due to commence later...

The ability for arbitration to be used to resolve disputes is fundamental to international trade. It is in an increasingly popular way to resolve commercial disputes as the process is confidential and, in theory, offers a quicker ...

Our Customs, Trade and Transport update of 9 September 2013 contained some predictions on developments in the Customs, Trade and Transport industry following the Federal election based on policy statements which had been issued b...