CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
Changes to the Customs Tariff import classification
Following an ABS import classification review, new statistical codes under subheadings 0406.10 and 0406.20 have been introduced. The Working Tariff has been updated on the Department of Immigration and Border Protection website.
The previous codes were closed on 31 December 2015 and the new codes opened on 1 January 2016. The changes are shown in the table below:
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Previous Customs Tariff | |
| 040610 | | | - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd | |
| | 0406100023 | KG | - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd | |
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New Customs Tariff | | | | New Free Standing Descriptors |
| 040610 | | | - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd | |
| | 0406100041 | KG | Mozzarella | Fresh (unripened or uncured) mozzarella (excl. grated or powdered) |
| | 0406100042 | KG | Other | Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese (incl. whey cheese & curd) (excl. mozzarella, and grated or powdered) |
|
|
Previous Customs Tariff | |
| 040620 | | | - Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds | |
| | 0406200021 | KG | - Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds | |
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New Customs Tariff | | | | New Free Standing Descriptors |
| 040620 | | | - Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds | |
| | 0406200044 | KG | Mozzarella | Grated or powdered mozzarella |
| | 0406200045 | KG | Other | Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds (excl. mozzarella) |
|
|
Previous Customs Tariff | |
| 040690 | | | - Other cheese | |
| | 0406909024 | KG | Mozzarella | |
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New Customs Tariff | | | | New Free Standing Descriptors |
| 040610 | | | - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd | |
| | 0406100041 | KG | Mozzarella | Fresh (unripened or uncured) mozzarella (excl. grated or powdered) |
| | | | | |
| or | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 040620 | | | - Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds | |
| | 0406200044 | KG | Mozzarella | Grated or powdered mozzarella |
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These codes have been included in
Appendix 6.2 within the
Data Cubes Appendices under the 'Download' tab of
International Merchandise Trade, Australia: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2015 (cat. no. 5489.0).
For the current entire hierarchy of codes, please refer to the Current Tariff Classifications on the
Department of Immigration and Border Protection website.
Outcomes of the review of international accounts statistical outputs
From this issue, one additional time series spreadsheet (table 17) and two additional data cubes (table 18 and 19) have been included. Table 17 presents a summary of revisions for goods and services in original terms. Table 18 and 19 present international merchandise imports for the latest 7 months by country at the Balance of Payment Broad Economic Categories (BoPBEC) classification at the 1, 2 and 4 digit level.