Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-09-02. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-06-23
- second reading — 2021-06-23
- second reading — 2021-08-10
- second reading — 2021-08-10
- third reading — 2021-08-10
- third reading — 2021-08-10
- third reading — 2021-08-10
- introduced — 2021-08-11
- second reading — 2021-08-11
- second reading — 2021-08-26
- second reading — 2021-08-26
- third reading — 2021-08-26
- passed — 2021-08-26
- royal assent — 2021-09-02
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 2021-06-23.
This bill updates Australia's import tax schedules to align with the latest global standard for classifying traded goods, which takes effect at the start of 2022.
It revises the codes and descriptions used to identify goods in the tax law, including adding new categories for emerging items and removing ones for obsolete products, while keeping most tax rates unchanged.
For screens, chips, and e-waste, the bill sets a zero tax rate because existing rates vary and cannot be preserved for these items.
- The bill creates new classifications for new technologies and products, like 3D printers and edible insects, and removes classifications for items no longer traded in large amounts.
- It adds classifications to better monitor goods of concern, such as synthetic diamonds and controlled chemicals.
- It applies a free duty rate to flat-panel screens, semiconductor transducers, and electronic waste.
- It makes related changes to schedules covering concessional and free-trade-agreement rates.
- It also amends the Customs Act 1901 to support the new system.
Importers and goods traded internationally are affected.
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