Fairfax media recently ran a series of stories which alleged that there was evidence of a level of corruption in the Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (“Customs”).   The articles pointed to a number of Cus...

By way of Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice No. 2012/20 ("Notice") dated 10 April 2012 but only appearing on the website of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") on 13 April 2012 (Friday th...

Movement on some Bills of interest to industry is summarised below: Second Tranche of Anti-Dumping Legislation Readers will recall that in June 2011 the Federal Government announced significant reforms to Australia’s Anti Dump...

Key points The Victorian Government has introduced a Bill which would require the Port of Melbourne Corporation ("PoMC") to pay the Government an annual Port Licence Fee ("PLF ") of $75 million. The PoMC has already indica...

As many readers would be aware, WTO Agreements (adopted by member countries) allow for the imposition of anti-dumping duties (to remedy a situation where sales in export markets are at prices below values in country of origin caus...

Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice No. 2011/62 This Notice is entitled “HS2012 Product-Specific Rules of Origin for Free Trade Agreements”. This Notice refers generally to changes to classifications associated wi...