for the produce to be processed or transformed; or purchases dairy produce and repackages it. Anyone may apply for unallocated quota available under FCFS. more of its combined quota entitlements. New entrant provisions Yes, set aside amount of 2% for small exporters for all commodities except US FTA Non-fat Dried Milk Powder and Skim Milk Powder. Maximum new entrant allocation of 60 tonnes. No limit if available under FCFS 500 tonnes of quota entitlement is set aside for new entrants as non-standard allocation. Non-standard quotas are allocated on request, subject to a number of rules. Entitlements cannot exceed 36 tonnes. Considered new entrant for the first 3 years. Has the 20:80 split for shipments. 20% allows new entrants to get an allocation. N/A N/A Quota transfer arrangements Tariff quota entitlements may be transferred in part or full to another exporter for a quota year, but not after 15 June in a quota year. Quota transfers to an agent to export dairy produce on behalf of a quota holder are invalid. There are no provisions to allow the transfer of FCFS entitlement. Standard tariff quota entitlements may be transferred in part or full to another exporter for a quota year. Non-standard and FCFS tariff quota entitlements cannot be transferred. New entrants cannot transfer any quota entitlements transferred to it. If an exporter who holds standard quota requests FCFS quota, they may no longer Tariff quota entitlements may be transferred in part or full to another exporter for a quota year. Under the post trigger threshold exporters may advise if they wish to transfer part or all of their provisional entitlement. Once allocated, no more transfers can be done. Tariff quota entitlements are not transferable.
transfer any of the standard quota. Measures employed to deal with unused quota (including incentives and/or penalties) Penalties A penalty is imposed to a quota holder if: The total available quota for a category is less than 3,000 tonnes; and The dairy manufacturer’s surplus quota is more than 2 percent of their annual quota OR The total available quota for a category is at least 3,000 tonnes; and The dairy manufacturer’s surplus quota is more than 1 percent of their annual quota Surplus quota is the sum of: Unused quota at 31 December Allocated quota returned by an exporter after 15 June Allocated quota transferred to a non-dairy manufactured Unused quota allocation transferred (held by the transferee) at 31 December The penalty amount is equal to the surplus quota. The penalty applies to the next allocation which will be the year after Penalties If an exporter has on 16 May in a quota year an unused portion of quota entitlement more than 7.5%, the unused portion is the preceding year penalty amount for the following quota year. Entitlements are reduced by the amount of the preceding year penalty Loss of allocation Exporters must, before 16 February, provide the Secretary with details for how any unused quota will be dealt with. If notice is not given, any unused quota lapses at the start of that day. If less than 25% of entitlement is used by 16 February, all unused quota entitlement is forfeited. If an exporter was allocated more than 1 tonne, and exported less than 1 tone of quota entitlement by 16 February, all unused quota entitlement is forfeited. Loss of allocation Exporters must, before 18 October in a quota year, provide the Secretary with details for how any unused quota will be dealt with. If an exporter does not either: a) make an application for approval; or b) provide relevant intended export information, by 1 November, all unused quota is lapsed. No penalty provisions. Loss of allocation Exporters must provide notice to the QA Unit if an export consignment cannot be completed by the export deadline. If notice is given, the Secretary may: a) vary quota amount; or b) cancel tariff quota. If notice is not given before the deadline, the Secretary may cancel the allocated tariff quota There is no allocation