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Grain exports fees and charges
Section 1 — Program Overview
The Grain and Seed Exports Program services are provided on a cost recovery basis. Costs are recovered through fees that are charged for the complete range of export certification activities. This includes time spent on preparation, completion of export inspections, audits, treatment monitoring and registrations, and the issuance of all export documentation. Costs are also recovered by means of a volume charge per tonne. The fee schedule applies to grains, seeds, nuts, fodder and timber. The inspection fee is applied for each booked inspector.Section 2 — Legislative Base
| Category | Act | Regulations | Orders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee for Service and Documentation Fees | Export Control Act 1982 | Export Control (Orders) Regulations 1982 | Export Control (Fees) Orders 2001 |
| Registration Charges | Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Act 1985 | Export Inspection (Establishment Registration Charges) Regulations 1985 | |
| Quantity Charges | Export Inspection (Quantity Charges) Act 1985 | Export Inspection (Quantity Charges) Regulations 1985 | |
| Collection Charges | Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Act 1985 | Export Inspection and Meat Charges Collection Regulations 1985 |
Section 3—Fee exemptions
Consignments of prescribed grain comprising less than 10kg do not require an export permit and therefore no export permit documentation fee applies. See Export Control (Prescribed Goods – General) Order 2005 Order 2.01 (g). If an importing country requires other export certification for the consignment, all fees described below will apply.Section 4 — Fees and charges
This fee structure is to be applied to all export commodities covered by the Grain and Seed Exports Program:- prescribed grain (any seed or grain of any of the following kinds: barely, canola, chickpeas, dried field peas, faba beans, lentils, lupins, oats, mung beans, sorghum, soybeans, split vetch1, whole vetch and wheat)
- plants or plant products (nuts, fodder and timber products) for which a phytosanitary certificate or any other government certificate is required by an importing country authority.
| Charge Description | Unit of charge | Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Fee for service | ||
| Inspection | ¼ hour | 36.00 |
Overtime |
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| Time and half – continuous | ¼ hour | 15.00 |
| Double time – continuous | ¼ hour | 20.00 |
| Double time and a half – continuous |
¼ hour | 25.00 |
| Time and half - non-continuous | minimum | 180.00 |
| Double time - non-continuous | minimum | 240.00 |
| Double time and a half - non-continuous | minimum | 300.00 |
Documentation fees |
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| Export permit issued manually | per document | 100.00 |
| Export permit issued electronically | per document | 16.00 |
| Export permit - replacement - manual / electronic | per document | 500.00 |
| Phytosanitary certificate issued manually | per document | 100.00 |
| Phytosanitary certificate issued electronically | per document | 16.00 |
| Phytosanitary certificate replacement - manual / electronic | per document | 500.00 |
| Other Government documents issued manually | per document | 100.00 |
| Other Government documents issued electronically | per document | 16.00 |
| Other Government documents replacement - manual / electronic | per document | 500.00 |
Registered Establishments |
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| Registered Establishments (Bulk) | application | 4 300.00 |
| Registered Establishments (Other) | application | 2 500.00 |
| Registered Establishments (Both bulk and other) | application | 4 300.00 |
Volume Charge |
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| Tonnage charge | tonne | 0.11 |
1 The export of split vetch is prohibited absolutely.
Last reviewed:
23 Dec 2011
23 Dec 2011
