5439.0 - International Merchandise Imports, Australia, Jan 2013 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/02/2013   
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CHANGES IN THIS AND FORTHCOMING ISSUES


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

CHANGE TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE EURO AREA CATEGORY

From this issue, the composition of the Euro area category published in time series spreadsheet Table 2 will be updated to include Estonia. The new composition will apply to the whole time series.


NEW PREFERENCE SCHEME CODE AND AMENDMENTS TO LABELS

From this issue a new preference scheme code for the Malaysia Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA) has been introduced for imports of merchandise trade data.

New preference code Free Standing Descriptor
M Goods which meet Malaysia Australia FTA rules of origin & preferential rate of duty has been claimed


The labels for several existing preference codes will be changed to clarify them:


Preference code Previous label Revised label
L Leased Developed Country preferential rate of duty has been claimed Least Developed Country preferential rate of duty has been claimed - LDC (Schedule 1, Part 2)
T The Developing Country preferential rate of duty has been claimed The Developing Country preferential rate of duty has been claimed - DCS (Schedule 1, Parts 1 and 4)
A The Developing Country preferential rate of duty has been claimed - historical The Developing Country preferential rate of duty has been claimed - DC (Schedule 1, Parts 1 and 3)
R Goods manufactured in Singapore but do not meet SAFTA rules of origin receive a Developing Country ( The Developing Country preferential rate of duty has been claimed - DCT (Schedule 1, Part 5)

This change does not impact on statistics in this publication.


CHANGES IN FORTHCOMING ISSUES

AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 4 OF CUSTOMS TARIFF

The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service will be introducing significant amendments to Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act. The changes will apply from 1 March 2013. More detail is available in Australian Customs Notice 2012/55.

The ABS will be publishing information on impacts to statistical data in Information Paper: Amendments to Schedule 4 of Customs Tariff (cat. no. 5368.0.55.019) to be released on 19 March 2013.