WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/AUS/66 
28 August 2007 
 (07-3601) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 22 August 2007, 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 2003/04, 2004/05  and 2005/06 . 
  
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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 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06.   The unmanufactured tobacco tariff quota in Section 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.  Note
:  In this notification the reporting period is on a July-June financial year basis, which is a change 
from previous notifications that were on a calendar year basis. This change in approach has been 
adopted to improve the transparency of tariff quota fill rates, since the chees e quota in Australia is 
administered on a financial year basis.  As part of the transition to a new reporting period, this notification has a 6-month overlap with G/AG/N/AUS/55.   
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Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 2003/04 
 
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 10,688.8 
Blue veined cheese - other 0406.40.90   
Other cheese nsa 0406.90.90   
 
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO 1 
 
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped  
 
 
2401.10.00   
Tobacco, partly or wholly ste mmed/stripped 2401.20.00 11,184 9,135.1 2 
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  tobacco at the border to ensure consistency in treatment 
for both imported and domestic goods  in the Australian market. 
 
2.   The reported tonnage covers total unm anufactured tobacco imports entering the Aust ralian domestic market (i.e. not just in -quota imports – see note 1 above).  It does not include 
tobacco which is imported temporarily and subsequently re-exported.  The vol ume of re-exports was 5,890.8 tonnes. 
 
Source :  Australian Customs Service & Australian Bureau of Statistics 
  
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 Page 3Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 2004/05 
 
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 11,204.5 
Blue veined cheese - other 0406.40.90   
Other cheese nsa 0406.90.90   
 
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO 1 
 
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped  
 
 
2401.10.00   
Tobacco, partly or wholly ste mmed/stripped 2401.20.00 11,184 10,951.4 2 
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  tobacco at the border to ensure consistency in treatment 
for both imported and domestic goods  in the Australian market. 
 
2.   The reported tonnage covers total unm anufactured tobacco imports entering the Aust ralian domestic market (i.e. not just in -quota imports – see note 1 above).  It does not include 
tobacco which is imported temporarily and subsequently re-exported.  The volume of re-exports was 1,446 tonnes. 
 
Source :  Australian Customs Service & Australian Bureau of Statistics 
  
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Page 4 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 2005/06 
 
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 11,103.2 
Blue veined cheese - other 0406.40.90   
Other cheese nsa 0406.90.90   
 
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO 1 
 
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped  
 
 
2401.10.00   
Tobacco, partly or wholly ste mmed/stripped 2401.20.00 11,184 13,606.9 2 
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  tobacco at the border to ensure consistency in treatment 
for both imported and domestic goods  in the Australian market. 
 
2.   The reported tonnage covers total unm anufactured tobacco imports entering the Aust ralian domestic market (i.e. not just in -quota imports – see note 1 above).  It does not include 
tobacco which is imported temporarily and subsequently re-exported.  The volume of re-exports was 4,902 tonnes. 
 
Source :  Australian Customs Service & Australian Bureau of Statistics 
 
 
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