Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995 - SECT 18B

General rate of duty

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2) and section   20, the duty in respect of goods:

  (a)   that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine; and

  (b)   that are imported into Australia during the period beginning on 4   July 2022 and ending at the end of 3   July 2024;

must be worked out as follows:

  (c)   if:

  (i)   the goods are classified under a tariff classification in Chapter   22, 24, 27, 29, 34 or 38 of Schedule   3; and

  (ii)   a rate of duty that applies in relation to Developing Countries specified in Part   3 of Schedule   1 to the regulations is set out in the third column of that tariff classification;

    by reference to that rate of duty; or

  (d)   otherwise--Free.

Concessional rate of duty

  (2)   However, if:

  (a)   subparagraphs   (1)(c)(i) and (ii) apply in relation to the goods; and

  (b)   an item in Schedule   4 prima facie applies to the goods; and

  (c)   if the goods were the produce or manufacture of a Developing Country specified in Part   3 of Schedule   1 to the regulations--the rate of duty (the concessional rate ) under paragraph   18(2)(h) in respect of the goods would be less than the rate of duty that would otherwise apply under paragraph   (1)(c) of this section in respect of the goods;

then the duty in respect of the goods must be worked out by reference to the concessional rate.

Interpretative provisions

  (3)   This section has effect despite sections   16 and 18.

  (4)   For the purposes of section   13, as it applies in relation to paragraph   (1)(a) of this section, Ukraine is taken to be a Developing Country within the meaning of this Act.