Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (2017 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2016
passed, as at 2016-11-23. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-10-13
- second reading — 2016-10-13
- second reading — 2016-11-08
- second reading — 2016-11-08
- third reading — 2016-11-08
- introduced — 2016-11-09
- second reading — 2016-11-09
- second reading — 2016-11-10
- second reading — 2016-11-10
- third reading — 2016-11-10
- passed — 2016-11-10
- royal assent — 2016-11-23
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2016-10-13.
This bill updates Australia's import tariff classifications to match the latest international system.
It changes the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to adopt new product codes from the World Customs Organization's 2014 review.
The amendments take effect on 1 January 2017 and include new subheadings for items such as antimalarial products, certain chemicals and bamboo goods.
- Amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to insert new subheadings and remove repealed ones.
- Adds new product codes for forestry goods, antimalarial products and chemicals controlled under international conventions.
- Maintains existing tariff protection and preference margins except for item 229, which may reduce some goods to a zero customs duty rate.
Importers and exporters of goods classified under the Harmonized System, particularly those dealing in forestry products, bamboo and rattan, antimalarial substances, chemicals covered by specific international conventions, and certain electronic goods.
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