WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/AUS/86 
5 September 2012 
 (12-4775) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 4 September 2012,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia .  The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) during 
the financial years 2009/2010  and 2010/2011 . 
  
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 In accordance with the notification requirement s and formats in agriculture adopted by the 
Committee on Agriculture (Table MA:2), Australia he reby provides details of  imports under tariff and 
other quotas for the financial years 2009/2010 and 2010/2011.   The unmanufactured tobacco tariff quota in Sec tion I-B of Australia's schedule has not been 
implemented since 1 January 1995.  The customs duty rate for all imported goods classified to HS 
Heading 2401 is set at zero.    
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Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 2009/2010 
 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments 
 
Description of Products Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 
CHEESE  
 
Fresh cheese (unripened etc.) and curd  
 
0406.10.00  
 
  
Grated or powdered cheese 0406.20.00   
Processed cheese not grated or powdered 0406.30.00 11,500 11,464 
Blue veined cheese – other 0406.40.90   
Other cheese nsa 0406.90.90   
 
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO 
 
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped  
 
 
2401.10.00   
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped 2401.20.00 11,184 18,804 1 
Tobacco refuse 2401.30.00 
   
 
1.  The customs duty rate for unmanufactured tobacco is set at zero for all imports classified to HS Heading 2401, which means that the unmanufactured tobacco tariff quota does not exist 
in practice.  The Australian Customs Service does however collect  the excise equivalent duty on imports of unmanufactured tobac co at the border to ensure consistency in treatment for 
both imported and domestic goods in  the Australian market.  Please refer to Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice 201 2/42. 
 
Source :  Australian Bureau of Statistics 
  
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 Page 3Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 2010/2011 
 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments 
 
Description of Products Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 
CHEESE  
 
Fresh cheese (unripened etc.) and curd  
 
0406.10.00  
 
  
Grated or powdered cheese 0406.20.00   
Processed cheese not grated or powdered 0406.30.00 11,500 11,499 
Blue veined cheese – other 0406.40.90   
Other cheese nsa 0406.90.90   
 
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO 
 
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped  
 
 
2401.10.00   
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped 2401.20.00 11,184 15,034 1 
Tobacco refuse 2401.30.00 
   
 
1.  The customs duty rate for unmanufactured tobacco is set at zero for all imports classified to HS Heading 2401, which means that the unmanufactured tobacco tariff quota does not exist 
in practice.  The Australian Customs Service does however collect  the excise equivalent duty on imports of unmanufactured tobac co at the border to ensure consistency in treatment for 
both imported and domestic goods in  the Australian market.  Please refer to Australian Customs and Border Protection Notice 201 2/42. 
 
Source :  Australian Bureau of Statistics 
 
 
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