Freight & Trade Alliabce (FTA) has received the following advice from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP)
Paul Zalai – FTA / APSA
Due to technical difficulties, documentation relating to the Agreement to Amend the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement will not be available on the Department’s website when the agreement enters into force on 1 December 2017.
- Reporting parties claiming preferential duty for ‘Singapore-originating goods’ under the new Rules of Origin (RoO) are advised to use the newly created ICS preference scheme type “SFTA” and “WO – Wholly Obtained” “WP – Wholly Produced” or “PSR – Product Specific Rule” as applicable preferential rule codes.
Reporting parties claiming preferential duty for goods that are ‘the produce or manufacture of Singapore’ under the original RoO should continue to use the original ICS preference scheme type “SG”.
The product specific rules (PSR) for this agreement are available at: http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/safta/official-documents/Pages/default.aspx. Tariff classifications under which ‘Singapore-originating goods’ are not entitled to a free rate of duty and the duty rates which apply is available in Schedule 4A of the online tariff, available at: https://www.border.gov.au/Busi/cargo-support-trade-and-goods/importing-goods/tariff-classification-of-goods/current-tariff-classification.
It is expected that the DIBP Notice and associated procedural guidance documents will be available on the Department’s website by mid-December 2017. For urgent enquiries, please contact trade.agreements@border.gov.au.