International trade and transport stakeholders are impacted by a number of measures in the 2014-15 Federal Budget. The Australian Logistics Council say projects announced will increase capacity on existing freight routes and support the construction of new infrastructure.
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) CEO, Michael Pezzullo, spoke at a recent Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee meeting to give an update on progress in fighting corruption within the service.
Shippers declarations are now required for all products containing Lithium Batteries and may be subject to a dangerous goods fee.
Advertising by freight forwarders, which offers customs broking services when those forwarders are themselves unlicensed, may be misleading, the Australian Customs & Border Protection Service has said. “This practice is of concern and may contravene the prohibitions on false and misleading representation that are set out in Australian consumer law,” Customs said. It added that […]
Australia’s new coastal shipping laws are “anti-competitive” and are “hurting Australian producers” the Institute of Public Affairs has warned and has urged the Abbott government to repeal them. “Coastal shipping has become less competitive due to the Labor government’s 2009 changes that imposed Australian award wages on foreign vessels employing foreign crews,” said Aaron Lane, […]
Legislation introduced to transfer the Anti-Dumping Commission from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs) to the Department of Industry has passed all stages of parliament. The legislation provides for the transfer of anti-dumping administration from Customs to the department administered by the minister responsible for Pt XVB (special provisions relating to anti-dumping duties) […]
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