Clothing used to conceal half a tonne of ‘ice’ in container
Four men have been charged and methylamphetamine (ice) with a street value of almost $400m has been seized after a joint investigation involving New South…
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New Penalties on asbestos imports and export
The Department of Home Affairs has recently issued a new notice regarding asbestos goods. The notice shows an new penalties and can be found here….
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Illegal Logging Report Card
Illegal Logging Report Card shines light on high levels of noncompliances A statutory review of the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012 was issued in November…
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Biosecurity Levy Update
Last week the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia (CBFCA) CEO, Paul Damkjaer participated in the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department),…
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Udder Madness
A 25-year-old Chinese national has been arrested in Hobart, becoming the third person charged by Australian Border Force (ABF), for importing over 101 kilograms of…
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Illegal Logging – no more soft approach
It’s been a tumultuous few years for importers into Australia of regulated timber products with the introduction of new requirements introduced by the Department of…
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FTA negotiations in sight
With an aim to work towards launching free trade agreement negotiations with the European Union, trade minister Steven Ciobo announced last week he was on…
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Aluminium Extrusions – Anti-Dumping
Anti-Dumping Commission to investigate aluminium extrusions exported via Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Dumping duties on aluminium extrusions exported from China were put in…
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Timber and Timber Products – Update
In April we advised you of a change that was pending for importers of timber and timber products. With the implementation date of the 1st…
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Latest ABF Finds
Today we thought that we would wrap up some of the finds made by the officers at Australian Border Force (ABF) in the last few…
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