WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/AUS/1/Rev.1 
27 August 2010 
 (10-4478) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
  
 The following submission, dated 26 July 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia .  The revised notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas 
(Table MA:1 ) for financial year 1995 . 
 
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  The following revision to document G/AG/N/AUS/1/Add.1 of 26 September 2001 does not
 
contain changes to the administration of Australia 's cheese and curd tariff quota or the arrangements 
that apply to unmanufactured tobacco imports.  
 For the cheese and curd tariff quota, the d escription of import arrangements has been 
amended to provide further clarity on the allocation pr ocedures.  It has also been reformatted in line 
with the WTO Committee on Agriculture's "Handbook on Notification Requirements".  
  For unmanufactured tobacco, the tariff lines have been updated reflecting changes to 
Australia's tariff schedule for unmanufactured tobacco  products, which have occurred subsequent to 
the addendum in 2001.  As has been previously  notified, since 1 January 1995, the Australian 
Government has applied a tariff duty of zero for all
 imports of unmanufactured tobacco. 
    
  G/AG/N/AUS/1/Rev.1 
Page 2 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 1995 
 
Implementation of market access opportun ities: tariff and other quota commitments 
 
Description of products Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of  Part I of the schedule) (from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of 
the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
CHEESE    
Fresh cheese (unripened etc) and curd 
Grated or powdered cheese 
Processed cheese not grated or powdered 
Blue veined cheese – other 
Other cheese nes 0406.10.00 
0406.20.00 
0406.30.00 
0406.40.90 
0406.90.90 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: 
(i) Australia's cheese quota is allocated on a global MFN basis. 
(ii) The tariff quota is open from 1 July to 30 June. 
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers: 
(i) The Australian Customs Service administers the tariff quota. 
(ii) Not applicable. 
(iii) No licensing system is maintained.  Quot a allocations to individuals or companies are 
based on historical import performance within the quota for the previous 23 months.  New 
importers are able to acquire quota on transfer from an existing quota holder. 
(iv) Quota allocations are valid for the twelve-month period (1 July – 30 June). 
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences):  
None applicable. 
(d) Other relevant information: 
None applicable.  
    
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 Page 3Description of products Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of  Part I of the schedule) (from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of 
the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO    
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped 
Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped 
Tobacco refuse 2401.10.00 
2401.20.00 
2401.30.00 The tariff in Section I-B of Australia's schedule has not been implemented as the Australian 
Government has applied a tariff duty of zero from 1 January 1995 for all imports of 
unmanufactured tobacco. 
   
 
 
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