FTA/APSA Weekly Report 2020/47 - sponsored by 1-Stop

Tuesday, November 24, 2020
FTA/APSA WEEKLY REPORT
SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

DirectPay: A new optional payment solution by 1-Stop
DirectPay allows cargo owners & freight forwarders the option to pay DP World's Terminal Access Charge and Patrick's Landside Charge prior to the container being received or released from the terminal. Where DirectPay is used, transport operators will no longer need to make payment of these fees saving on additional administrative costs cascading down the supply chain  - read more
WEEK IN REVIEW
NSW CPD BORDER COMPLIANCE PROGRAM UPDATE

Friday 5 February 2021 - PLACES NOW AVAILABLE!!
Customs Broker Licensing Period - 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
 
In response to the renewed and high demand for 'face to face' events, we are delighted to advise that we have secured an additional room for our NSW CPD Border Compliance Program at the Novotel Brighton Le Sands on Friday 5 February 2021.

Live presentations will be streamed to this room, where delegates will be hosted by an FTA representative and join peers with an opportunity to participate in question time.

NOTE: This contingency will only be needed if the current 4 sqm social distancing ruling remains in place at the time of the event. If the distancing reduces to 2 sqm we will bring all delegates together in the Ballroom as per previous events.

Should you wish to register for any of our February 2021 events (Sydney X 2, Melbourne X 2, Perth, Brisbane), please contact Caroline at czalai@ftalliance.com.au
WEBINAR - GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN UPDATE

12PM AEDT FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2020

This week Australia became a party to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the World's largest Free Trade Agreement.  Next week the Department of Home Affairs will host a supply chain focused Industry Summit. 

Hunt & Hunt Lawyers and Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) will provide an update on these supply chain developments including:
  1. benefits of RCEP for Australian importers and exporters;
  2. rules of origin and documentary requirements under RCEP;
  3. how does RCEP impact on global supply chains; and
  4. the important takeaways from the Home Affairs Industry Summit.
Register HERE
GST EXEMPTIONS AND GST FREE GOODS

Susan Danks (Head of Customs & Regulatory Compliance FTA / APSA) has complied an information sheet providing guidelines for GST and the use of exemption codes - READ MORE
NEW TARIFF AT DP WORLD AUSTRALIA 

As a part of our direct engagement with DP World Australia executive, confirmation was received that the revised tariff reflect no further increase to Infrastructure Surcharges (Terminal Access Charges).

DP World Melbourne - Ancillary Charges from 1 January 2021
DP World Sydney - Changes to Ancillary Charges from 1 January 2021
DP World Fremantle - Changes to Ancillary Charges from 1 January 2021
DP World Brisbane - Changes to Ancillary Charges from 1 January 2021
PORT OF MELBOURNE - TARIFF REBALANCING

Port of Melbourne invites you to participate in the second phase of consultation on the Tariff Rebalancing application - webinar this afternoon 3PM AEDT - register HERE
NATIONAL FREIGHT AND SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY - ANNUAL REPORT

We last week received acknowledgement from the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications for our contribution to the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy and advice that Infrastructure and Transport Ministers endorsed the first annual progress report for the strategy which highlights Australia's freight network performance over the last 12 months.
 
We note a statement by the independent Freight Industry Reference Panel (including close FTA / APSA collaborators and Across Borders contributors, Nicole Lockwood and Brett Charlton), encouraging governments and industry to leverage best practice examples identified in the report, and to ensure accurate, timely and comparable data is gathered to measure freight movements through supply chains across jurisdictional boundaries and transport modes.  A copy of the report is available HERE
THE CURVE OF CONFUSION
Thank you once again to BRETT CHARLTON (Chair - Tasmanian Logistics Committee) for his commentary in the Spring 2020 edition of Across Borders.
Equipment and space shortages in various ports, industrial action, weather, increased infrastructure surcharges, maddening upward curves (everything has a curve now) of import freight rates mixed with the day to day contemplation of "what does this lockdown level in this area mean" is a whirlpool of complexity that has to be navigated because freight forwarders, transport companies and related supply chain services are now the superheroes of the planet – but Darth Vader and his mates are standing on every corner at the moment just throwing bad voodoo in front of everything.

READ MORE
NEWCASTLE BULK WHEAT SHIPMENTS
In an environment of record high freight rates for containerised cargo, Port Botany Congestion Charges and limited services, feedback from some APSA members are that they are re-considering bulk options ... in this environment it is interesting to note advice from the Port of Newcastle of the uptake of bulk wheat shipment as exporters 'roar back into global markets' - READ MORE
KOALA JOINS FTA
 
We welcome Koala as the newest member and participant of the FTA importer reference group.

EXPORTER APSA MEMBERS
IMPORTER FTA MEMBERS
FREIGHT FORWARDER / CUSTOMS BROKER FTA MEMBERS
JOIN THE ALLIANCE
 
TRADE STATISTICS
  • ABS - International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia, September 2020 ...
    read more
  • ABS - International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, September 2020 ... read more
  • CTS - Global TEU volume and price index September 2020 ... read more
  • CTS - Australasia & Ocenia Import/Export volume September 2020 ... read more
  • Flinders Ports Trade Statistics October 2020 ... read more
  • Fremantle Ports - APSA Trade Statistics September 2020 ... read more
  • IATA - Ecomomic Performance of the Airline Industry ... read more
  • NSW Ports Trade Report October 2020 ... read more
  • Port Botany and Port Kembla Trade Statistics September 2020 ... read more
  • Port of Brisbane Monthly Trade Report September 2020 ... read more
  • Port of Brisbane 3rd Qtr Trade Statistics …  click here
  • Port of Brisbane September 2020 Quarter Aggregated Cargo Trade Volume  …  click here
  • Port of Melbourne Monthly Trade Report September 2020 ... read more
  • Port of Newcastle Monthly Trade Report October 2020 ... read more
  • Port of Townsville Import/Export containerised goods in TEU'S ... read more
  • Port of Townsville October 2020 Trade Report ...read more
SHIPPING
  • Shipping Line Notices 17th to 23rd November 2020 ... read more
  • Coronavirus Shipping Line Notices 17th to 23rd November 2020 ... read more
LOGISTICS
17.11.20 - DP World Australia - MUA AGM ... login required
18.11.20 - Patrick Terminals - MUA AGM ... read more
19.11.20 - Temporary border controls with South Australia ... login required
19.11.20 - COVID-19 Update ... login required
20.11.20 - Port of Melbourne E-Briefing - PDS and Tariff rebalancing proposal ... read more
20.11.20 - DPW1 ... read more
20.11.20 - DPW2 ... read more
20.11.20 - Release of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy 2019-20 Annual Report ... read more
23.11.20 - Newcastle wheat shipment first of many as exporters roar back into global markets ... read more
AIRFREIGHT
21.11.20 - Melbourne Airport welcomes rail link announcement 21 November 2020 / by Melbourne Airport ... read more
BIOSECURITY
17.11.20 - Correctly reporting sea containers destined for rural locations ... read more
17.11.20 - DAWE - 194-2020 - Correctly reporting sea containers destined for rural locations ... login required
18.11.20 - DAWE - In this section eggs: Access for egg products to Sri Lanka (2020-08) ... login required
19.11.20 - DAWE - 197-2020 - Notification of planned urgent actions for Khapra Beetle: Shipping containers ... login required
20.11.20 - DAWE - 199-2020 - Amendment of profiles for US and NZ fresh produce eligible for the compliance-based intervention scheme (CBIS) ... login required
20.11.20 - DAWE - 200-2020 - Inclusion of permitted plant fibre products onto the class 19.2 AEPCOMM approved arrangement ... login required
20.11.20 - DAWE - Urgent actions for Khapra Beetle Phase 6: Shipping containers November 2020 ... login required
23.11.20 - DAWE - 201-2020 - Commencement of 2020-21 Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season measures for vessels ... login required
23.11.20 - DAWE - In this section 202-2020 - Service disruption: from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 29 November 2020 (AEDT) - BICON ... login required
23.11.20 - DAWE - 203-2020 - COLS and PEBS unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 26 November to 00:30 Thursday 27 November 2020 (AEDT) ... login required
BORDER
17.11.20 - WCO - October 2020 - Customs valuation: History, Challenges and Opportunities ... read more
18.11.20 - ABF - TC Gazette 20-43 ... read more
18.11.20 - ABF - Operation to prevent illegal activity at Sydney Airport ... read more
19.11.20 - ACN NO. 2020/46 Application for Customs Broker Licences ... read more
20.11.20 - NZ Customs Release 588 ... login required
20.11.20 - ABF - Australian Customs Notice No. 2020/44 Customs Duty Drawback – Tobacco and Tobacco Products ... read more
23.11.20 - AFP - Four nabbed over Victoria's largest liquid meth import worth $123m ... read more
TRADE
17.10.20 - WCO - October 2020 - Customs valuation: history, challenges and opportunities ... read more
18.10.20 - Austrade regional market update on the impact of COVID-19 (as at 18 November 2020)
... read more
19.10.20 - ATIC - Critical trade updates ... read more
20.10.20 - WTO - DDG AGAH: Trading system has proven resilient during COVID-19 pandemic .. read more
23.11.20 - DDG WOLFF urges G20 leaders to back WTO action to support economic rebound, pandemic response and WTO reform ... read more
ANTI-DUMPING COMMISSION NOTICES - ADN
No new entries this week
BUSINESS SALES / OFFICE LEASE
More about our Classifieds service available HERE
TRAINING 
CPD - BORDER COMPLIANCE PROGRAM 

The revised dates for our events fall within the 2020/2021 customs broker licensing period (1 April 2020 to  31 March 2021) and will continue to provide 24 CPD points. 6 additional CPD points will need to be obtained in Stream A.

Please note the status of each event is due to the current 4m Covid distancing requirements. Should these requirements be eased capacity at these events will be increased.

CPD Border Compliance Program – (1 April 2020 to  31 March 2021)
 
NSW: Friday 5 (Further places in overflow room now available) & Saturday 6 February 2021 – Novotel Brighton Le-Sands
VIC: Friday 12 & Saturday 13 February 2021 (PLACES STILL AVAILABLE) – Hyatt Place Essendon Fields
QLD: Wednesday 17 February 2021 (PLACES STILL AVAILABLE) – Novotel Brisbane Airport
WA: Saturday 20 February 2021 (PLACES STILL AVAILABLE) – Hyatt Regency Perth

If you wish to register please contact Caroline on czalai@ftalliance.com.au or 02 9975 1878

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