Department of Immigration and Border Protection

Freight Forwarder Reforms and Interim Obligations

Department of Immigration and Border Protection

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Department of Immigration and Border Protection

• The Australian Trusted Trader Programme

• Mutual Recognition Agreements

• The Integration of the Known Consignor Scheme

• Cargo reporting obligations

• Accuracy and timeliness when reporting

• Cargo reporting timeliness

• Outturns – Air and Sea

• Deliveries without authority

• Export compliance

Today’s topics will be:

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• ATT is a voluntary trade facilitation

programme run by the Australian Border

Force.

• ATT works by accrediting Australian

businesses against international supply

chain and trade compliance standards.

• In return, accredited Trusted Traders

have access to a range of trade

facilitation benefits.

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• Over the next four years, the Australian Border Force (ABF) is

expecting to see an increase of 26% in air cargo and 14% in sea

cargo.

• 74 countries have Authorised Economic Operator/Trusted Trader

style programmes.

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• Benefits include:

• A dedicated ABF Account Manager;

• Priority Trade Services;

• Differentiated examinations;

• Use of the ATT logo;

• Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) on signing;

• Duty deferral from 2017/2018 financial year; and

• Streamlined reporting from 2017/2018 financial year.

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Mutual Recognition Arrangements

It is anticipated that the MRA will allow $3

billion of New Zealand exports to Australia

to be fast tracked

The MRA provides benefits to trusted

traders of both countries and provides

border agencies greater end-to-end

assurance of imports and exports.

Reducing the regulatory duplication will

make it easier for Australian and New

Zealand businesses to trade with each

other and boost the international

competitiveness of both countries.

ABF Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg and NZ Customs Comptroller Carolyn Tremain

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The integration of the term “Known Consignor"

• The term “Known Consignor” is a

new, internationally recognised

initiative that will offer Australian

exporters an alternative way to

meet new legislative air cargo

requirements of the USA .

• For more information on Known

Consignor visit:

Department of Infrastructure and

Regional Development.

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Cargo Reporting Obligations

• Cargo reporters must ensure any data entered into the Integrated Cargo

System (ICS) is complete and accurate.

• All information entered into the ICS must be based on the best information

available to the reporter.

• We are currently investigating how data can be provided to industry that

highlights individual compliance performance.

• We are currently developing communication products that clearly outline

Australia’s reporting requirements to overseas counterparts.

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Accuracy and timeliness Air Cargo Sea Cargo

Goods . [full stop] As per attached Address not supplied by

loadport

Shipping/Shipment/Shipm

ents

Gift General Goods TBA

Service Unknown/1Unknown Please see FID for full

details

Same as above

Consol/Consolidation Product Various FCL

Private No data Goods Same as CNEE

The most common deficient terms reported on cargo reports

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Cargo reporting timeliness

70.00%

75.00%

80.00%

85.00%

90.00%

95.00%

100.00%

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

% of on time air cargo reporting: industry average

% on time

70.00%

75.00%

80.00%

85.00%

90.00%

95.00%

100.00%

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

% of on time sea cargo reporting: industry average

% on time

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Outturns – Air and Sea Code Name Description

SH Short Landed There were less packages found in the Outturn

than reported in the Cargo Report.

SU Surplus Packages There were more packages found in the Outturn

than reported in the Cargo Report.

SC Surplus

Consignment

The Cargo Report has not been reported to the

Department or the Identifying information (bills

etc) cannot be located, however the cargo was

found during the Outturn process.

NIL Nil Discrepancy The number of packages found in the Outturn

matched those in the Cargo Report.

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Deliveries without Authority • Under Section 33 of the Customs Act, goods subject to customs control

may not be moved, altered or interfered with.

• Offences under this Section of the Act account for almost 60% of all infringements issued under the Infringement Notice Scheme.

• We are investigating controls that will reduce the breaches of this section of the Act.

• These include but are not limited to:

• Cargo control and accounting activity

• Assisting industry associations with development of learning modules

• Articles on topic included in editions of theGoods Compliance Update

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Export Compliance A

B B