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:

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
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
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
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

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.