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Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019

Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Act 2019

Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, the Honourable Jason Wood MP)

[1]
Stephen V. Marks, "Non-Tariff Trade Regulations in Indonesia: Measurement of their Economic

[2]
WTO Secretariat

[3]
Citrus import permits in 2017 only issued for months (January to April) and are outside Australia's peak export season (May and June).

[4]
"Improving Indonesia's Freight logistics a plan for action." Jakarta: The World Bank.

[5]
The forecasts come from McKinsey (2012), PWC (2017) and USDA figures from November 2016.

[6]
The consuming class is defined as individuals with an annual net income of above $3,600 at 2005 PPP.

[7]

https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/rising-protectionism/rising-protectionism.pdf

[8]

http://www.canegrowers.com.au/page/media/media-releases/2017/tariff-news-from-jakarta-gives-aussie-sugar-a-boost

[9]
Indonesia-Australia Business Partnership Group (IA BPG), 31 October 2012, Position paper on considerations towards the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, available at <
http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/iacepa/Documents/ia-bpg-position-paper.pdf >

[10]
IA BPG, August 2016, Two neighbours, partners in prosperity, available at <
https://www.acci.asn.au/resources/two-neighbours-partners-prosperity-indonesia-australiabusiness-partnership-group-submissi >

[11]
Based on ABS Catalogue 5368.0.55.006, Characteristics of Australian Exporters, 2016-17

[12]
An increase in learning time by 1 hours would reduce savings by $16,702.21 per annumAn increase in completing each CoO by 1 minutes would reduce savings by $83,098.32 per annumAn increase in the price per non-preferential CoO issued by a third-party by 1 dollar would increase the savings by $72,480 per annum

[13]
2018 YTD for live cattle exports is until September 2018

[14]
Sourced from
https://www.bps.go.id/all_newtemplate.php

[15]
2018 YTD for live cattle exports is until September 2018

[16]
Sourced from
https://www.bps.go.id/all_newtemplate.php

[17]
Sourced from
https://www.bps.go.id/all_newtemplate.php

[18]
2018 YTD for live cattle exports is until September 2018

[19]
Sourced from
https://www.bps.go.id/all_newtemplate.php

[20]
Sourced from
https://www.bps.go.id/all_newtemplate.php

[21]
2018 YTD for live cattle exports is until September 2018

[22]
Sourced from
https://www.bps.go.id/all_newtemplate.php

[23]
Sourced from
https://www.bps.go.id/all_newtemplate.php

[24]
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Profile, Hong Kong, China (
http://stat.wto.org/CountryProfiles/HK_e.htm )

[25]
Government of the Hong Kong SAR 2018 Economic Background and 2019 Prospects 27 February 2019
https://www.hkeconomy.gov.hk/en/pdf/er_18q4.pdf accessed 6 March 2019.

[26]
International Monetary Fund, People's Republic of China-Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2018 Article IV Consultation Discussions, 2018 (available
https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2018/12/11/ms121218-prc-hong-kong-staff-concluding-statement-of-the-2018-article-iv-consultation-discussions )

[27]
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) data based on ABS catalogue 5368.0.55.003.

[28]
Australia's International Business Survey 2018 , commissioned by the Export Council of Australia, available
https://www.austrade.gov.au/news/economic-analysis/key-publications/australias-international-business-survey-2018

[29]
Source: WTO, Tariffs and imports : Summary and duty ranges , Hong Kong , China (available
https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/daily_update_e/tariff_profiles/HK_E.pdf )

[30]
Source: DFAT, International Investment in Australia 2017 (available
https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Pages/international-investment-australia.aspx )

[31]
Food demand to 2020 , ABARES Conference paper 12.4, March 2012

[32]
EY FinTech Australia Census 2018 - Profiling and defining the fintech sector , Ernest & Young Australia, 2018. Available
https://fintechauscensus.ey.com/2018/Documents/EY%20FinTech%20Australia%20Census%202018.pdf

[33]
Including unprocessed food and processed food and beverages. Source: ABS trade data on DFAT STARS database.

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