The Australia India interim Free Trade Agreement
After prolonged negotiations, Australia and India have agreed to enter into an interim trade agreement while they continue negotiations...
After prolonged negotiations, Australia and India have agreed to enter into an interim trade agreement while they continue negotiations...
Australia imposes a 35% tariff on Russian goods - what steps should logistics professionals take in response
A discussion of the 22/23 Federal Budget from a customs and trader perspective
Just as international trade was starting to become a little more predictable, conflict has erupted in Eastern Europe bringing with it...
Australia has in place the logical system of granting tariff concessions for imported goods where there is no local manufacturer. This...
This article first appeared in Across Borders, Edition 2, 2021. You can access Across Borders here. While we often marvel at the...
The team within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade that has responsibility for negotiating Australia’s Free Trade Agreements...
While the reach of Australia’s Free Trade Agreements is expanding, there are still some goods that attract duty. Where this is the case...
Disputes will arise between forwarders and their clients and sometimes those disputes end up before a Court of Tribunal. While painful...
You offer great warehouse pricing, but its on the basis that you are not liable for damage to the goods. The customers can obtain their...
Recently a customs broker expressed alarm to us that the Australian Border Force (ABF) had demanded underpaid duty directly from the...
A Victorian manufacturer of wind towers has blamed dumped Chinese steel for its failure to win a contract to produce a $360 million wind...
Asbestos, customs broker shopping and cargo reporting are the 2021 ABF compliance priorities
Over the past few years, Customs has had some major, and at times, surprising losses in Australian Court and Tribunals (in one case...
Customs famously went to the High Court arguing that the interpretation of the Australian tariff classification legislation should be...
Australia, China, Korea, Japan, New Zealand and the ASEAN nations have signed the long negotiated Regional Comprehensive Economic...
A global pandemic did not stop the Department of Home Affairs from holding its annual Industry Summit. Fittingly for a virtual event, a...
Even where the origin waiver benefit applies, goods must meet the rules of origin. Trusted traders need systems in place to test this.
A lien is a powerful remedy - but it must be exercised with care
Freight forwarders often issue a house BOL - this case is a warning to consider the message the house BOL sends to a third party