Freedom of Information Act 1982  

Section 9 statements – 2004

The following is a statement made by the Australian Customs Service pursuant to paragraph 9(2)(c) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982. 

Members of the public may inspect or purchase the documents listed below during ordinary office hours, following prior arrangement with the Customs Ministerial and Parliamentary section.  Inquiries about arrangements should be made to:

FOI Coordinator

Ministerial and Parliamentary

Australian Customs Service

5 Constitution Avenue

CANBERRA ACT 2600

Tel:         02 6275 5621

Fax:        02 6275 6820

Email:     mailto:foicoordinator@customs.gov.au

Arrangements may be made to view, purchase or order documents at Customs offices in each state or territory capital city.  Some documents are also available on the Customs Internet site at www.customs.gov.au or via the Customs Information and Support Centre on 1300 363 263.

Australian Customs Service – General documents

General information documents

The following information documents are available on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au.

·        Customs Client Service Charter

·        Customs Guide to Importing and Exporting

·        Anti-dumping and Countervailing Administration

·        Changes for exports 1 March 2004

·        Offences commencing with the exports release of the Integrated Cargo System

Clearing your Goods Unaccompanied Personal Effects and Clearing other Goods

·        Guide to Manual Preparation of Nature 10 “Entry for Home Consumption”

Australian Customs Service manuals

The following manuals are available on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au.

·        Volume 7 – Import Control

·        Volume 8 – Valuation and Origin

·        Volume 10 – Warehousing

·        Volume 12 – Export Control

·        Volume 13 – Tariff Concessions

·        Volume 22 – Dumping and Subsidisation

·        Volume 23 – Commercial Compliance Manual

·        Volume 24 – Company Audit Methodology

·        Compile User Manual

Australian Customs Notices

·        Australian Customs Notices

·        Australian Customs Dumping Notices

An index of Australian Customs Notices and Australian Customs Dumping Notices issued during 2004 is available at Attachment A to this document.  An index of notices issued since 1996 is available at www.customs.gov.au.  A full index of notices can also be obtained from the address listed at the beginning of this statement.

Australian Customs Service fact sheets

Customs produces a range of fact sheets that are listed below.  Customs’ fact sheets are available on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au.  Hardcopies can be obtained by phoning the Customs Information and Support Centre on 1300 363 263.

·        Advancing technology to protect our borders

·        Anti-dumping and countervailing investigation process

·        A Guide to Customs audits under Compliance Improvement

·        Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) fact sheet

·        A Guide to Customs audits under Compliance Improvement

·        Body scan imaging

·        Cargo automation

·        Cheese and curd quota scheme

·        Classifying goods in the Customs Tariff

·        Closed Circuit Television

·        COMPILE and EDIFICE

·        Contacts Fact Sheet

·        Customs in regional Australia

·        Customs warehouses – deferment of duty

·        Defence and Strategic Goods export fact sheet

·        Detector dog program

·        Export concessions – duty drawback

·        Frontline – Help Customs Protect Australian Borders

·        Importing/Exporting crowd control equipment

·        Importing/Exporting non-firearm weapons including martial arts

·        Importing/Exporting knives

·        Importing/Exporting warfare items

·        Importing or exporting goods containing ozone depleting substances or synthetic greenhouse gasses

·        Importing handguns

·        Importing handicrafts into Australia

·        Inco terms fact sheet

·        Information for Exporters brochure

·        Information for Military Personnel

·        International trade modernisation fact sheet

·        Moving cargo more securely

·        Prescription drugs smuggling fact sheet

·        Project 8 pamphlet

·        Radio communications

·        Smart gate information sheet

·        Tariff Concession System

·        The need for accurate export information

·        Trace particle detection

·        X-ray technology

Cargo and Trade Division

The following material relating to Cargo and Trade activities is available on request or on the Customs internet site where indicated.

Trade Measures

·        Dumping Commodities Register

·        Australia's Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Administration booklet
(available on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au and hardcopy)

·        Guidelines for preparing an application for continuation of measures (B600)
(available on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au)

·        Guidelines for preparing an application for review of measures (B602)
(available on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au)

·        Guidelines for Australian industry – application for dumping and countervailing duties (B108)

Tariff

Classification:

·        Combined Australian Customs Tariff Nomenclature and Statistical Classification

·        Schedule of Tariff Concession Orders

·        Schedule of Concessional Instruments

·        TAPIN (Tariff & Precedents Information Network) Manual (Public Edition)

Origin:

The following booklets are available in Adobe portable document format (PDF) on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au.

Cargo Management Reengineering (CMR)

Cargo Management Re-engineering (CMR) fact sheets are available on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au.  Hard copies can be obtained by phoning the CMR information line on 1800 022 267.

·        Cargo Management Re-engineering fact sheets

1.            Communicating electronically with Customs

2.            Digital certificates and client registrations – revised processes

3.            Direct connections to the Customs Connect Facility

4.            Do you load or unload international sea cargo?

5.            Public key infrastructure (PKI) Technology and the Integrated Cargo System

6.            Import cargo reporting – air environment

7.            Import cargo reporting – sea environment

8.            Import declarations

9.            In-transit cargo reporting

10.         S71E movement applications

11.         Self assessed clearance declarations

12.         Licensed despots and cargo terminals – imports

13.         Changes ahead for depots – exports

14.         Changes ahead for high volume specialist operators – exports

15.         Changes ahead for warehouses – exports

16.         Client roles in the Integrated Cargo System – exports

17.         Cutover to the Integrated Cargo System - exports

18.         Delivery of export cargo to a wharf or airport

19.         Documentary export declarations

20.         Essential export information

21.         Export documentation system (EXDOC)

22.         New rules for exporters

·        Fact Sheets – language other than English

1.            Chinese Simplified

2.            Chinese Traditional

3.            Indonesian

4.            Japanese

5.            Malaysian

6.            South Korean

7.            Thai

8.            Vietnamese

·        Quick reference guides

1.            Initial registration of clients

2.            Navigating in the ICS

3.            Supplementing and amending ICS client register details

4.            UNLOCODES

5.            AHECCS

6.            CTO Receival notices

7.            CTO Removal notices

8.            Export Declarations

9.            Main Manifests

10.         Sub Manifests

11.         Warehouse Release notices

12.         Warehouse Return notices

·        Booklets

1.            New Customs Requirements for all service providers

2.            Changes to Import Cargo Reporting

3.            New Customs requirements for all cargo carriers

4.            New Customs requirements for all importers

5.            Import Penalties

6.            Changes for exports

7.            New Customs requirements for all exporters

8.            Export penalties

9.            Import client register

Origin Reference Documents:

·        Rules of Origin Fact sheet;

·        ANZCERTA – Trans-Tasman Textile, Clothing and Footwear Rules of Origin Enquiries – Protocol on Customs Procedures;

·        ANZCERTA – Rules Governing Entitlement to Preferential Rates of duty for trans-Tasman trade;

·        ANZCERTA – Rules of Origin – Determined Manufactured Raw Materials;

·        AUSTRALIA-FIJI – Protocol on Customs Procedures for Rules of Origin under SPARTECA;

·        SPARTECA – South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement – A reference Handbook for Forum Island Country Exporters;

·        Forum Island ‘ A Reference Handbook for Forum Island Country Exporters’;

·        A Guide to determining the origin of goods using the ‘change in tariff classification method’;

·        Australia – United States Free Trade Agreement – Support a claim of origin;

·        AUSFTA  - Provision of Origin Rulings;

·        TAFTA – Information on provision of Origin Rulings.

Valuation:

The following information is available in Adobe portable document format (PDF) on the Internet at www.customs.gov.au.

Valuation Reference Documents:

·        Customs Valuation of Imported Goods Fact sheet;

·        Valuation Treatment of “Free of Charge Goods” Fact sheet;

·        Valuation Treatment of Production Assist Costs Fact sheet;

·        Guide to the Importation of Privately Owned Motor Vehicles or Motor Cycles;

  Cargo

Depot Licencing:

·         S77G Depot Licence Application Guide

Warehouse Licensing:

·        Warehouse Licence Application Guide (available at www.customs.gov.au)

·        Information for Duty Free Shop Operators (available at www.customs.gov.au)

Community Protection:

Policy advices:

·        New Regulation 4C of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 1956 and Regulation 4 of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 – goods containing asbestos.

·        New Regulation – Regulation 5L of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 1956 – dogs, dangerous breeds (subsequently disallowed and partially reinstated).

·        Disallowed Regulation – Regulation 5L of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 1956 –dogs, dangerous breeds.

·        Reinstated Regulation – Item 26, Schedule 1, Regulation 3 of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 – dogs, dangerous breeds.

·        Amended Regulation – Regulation 7, Schedule 6 of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 – human embryos.

·        New Regulations – Regulation 4W of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 and Regulation 9AB of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 – cat and dog fur.

·        New Regulation – Regulation 4A of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1956  - Rotterdam & Stockholm Convention chemicals.

·        Amended Regulation – Regulation 5I, Schedule 9 of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 – organochlorine chemicals (pesticides).

·        Amended Regulation – Regulation 5K, Schedule 10 of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 and Regulation 13F, Schedule 15 of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 – ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gasses.

·        New Regulation – Regulation 4D of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 1956 – unmanufactured tobacco leaf (relaced item 2, Schedule 3, Customs PI Regs).

·        New Regulation – Item 9 & 10, Schedule 12, Regulation 4U of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 - Candles with lead core wicks

·        New Regulation – Regulation 4Q of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956  – Round logs and timber products from Liberia

·        Amended Regulation – Regulation 4S of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 – Lighters

·        New Regulations – Regulation 4MA of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 and Regulation 9AA of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 - rough diamonds general

·        New Regulations – Item 27, Schedule 1, Regulation 3 of Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 and Regulation 7 of Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 – import of viable material derived from human embryo clones and export of human embryos

Copyright and trade marks:

Policy advices covering:

·        C1 – Disposal of goods forfeited under copyright legislation

·        C2 – Extension of retention periods

·        C3 – General seizure procedures under copyright legislation

·        C4 – Parallel importation of sound recordings

·        C5 – Parallel imports relating to packaging and labelling

·        C6 – Recovery of Costs for goods seized

·        C7 – Application of copyright to three dimensional figures

·        C10 – Goods for the purposes of trade

·        TM1 – Application of trade mark provisions to three dimensional figures

·        TM2 – Disposal of goods forfeited under trade marks legislation

·        TM3 – Extension of notified periods

·        TM4 – Seizure of genuine goods under the Trade Marks Act

·        TM5 – General seizures under trade marks legislation

·        TM7 – Recovery of costs for goods seized under the Trade Marks Act

·        TM8 – Goods used in the course of trade

·        OIP5 – Use for commercial purposes

·        OIP6 – Recovery of costs for goods seized

Firearms:

·        Firearm dealers guide for category H articles
(covers complete handguns or soft airguns [including complete, but disassembled or unassembled handguns] or a frame or receiver for a handgun.)

·        Importing Category C firearms

·        Importing antique firearms or muzzle-loading firearms

·        Importing replica firearms

·        Importing military-style firearms

·        Importing paintball markers

·        Importing certain single and repeating rifles and shotguns

·        Importing firearm ammunition and firearm magazines

·        Firearms/weapons information contacts

 

·        Importing airsoft (BB) firearms into Australia

(available on the Internet at  www.customs.gov.au)

 

Weapons:

·        Importing anti-personnel devices into Australia

·        Importing anti-personnel spray, chemicals and grenades or canisters for use with anti-personnel sprays of chemicals into Australia

·        Importing blowpipes, blowguns and darts into Australia

·        Importing knives into Australia

·        Importing martial arts weapons into Australia

·        Importing weapons into Australia

(available on the Internet at  www.customs.gov.au)

Cargo Systems