APL England 

The APL England containers have been discharged in Brisbane and scheduled across several vessels to be transferred to Sydney and Melbourne.

We should receive confirmation of which vessel these containers have been loaded onto and will advise those customers. The estimated arrival into Sydney and Melbourne is yet to be established, all going to plan these containers should be available for delivery mid to late next week.

Free Trade Agreements – reducing your import duties

Australia has negotiated and implemented several free trade agreements over many years. These agreements, amongst other matters, provide importers with the opportunity to reduce applicable import duties to goods imported from these countries.

Importantly each agreement has different requirements based on the negotiations, therefore it is important that when deciding which agreement to use in reducing your import duties, that its determined which one is most beneficial for your goods and compliance requirements.
Our government is also in the midst of negotiations with a number of other countries and groups like India, UK and the EU to further reduce import duties from these countries and or regions. If you have any queries on a free trade agreement, please advise.

Current Free Trade Agreements; 

ANCERTA – New Zealand
SAFTA – Singapore
MAFTA – Malaysia
TAFTA – Thailand
CANATA – Canada
ChAFTA – China
A-HKFTA – Hong Kong
JEAPA – Japan
KAFTA – Korea
PAFTA – Peru
AUSFTA – United States
IA-CEPA – Indonesia
ACI-FTA – Chile
AANZFTA – Asean, NZ & Australia
CPTPP – Canada, Mexico, Japan, NZ, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia & Peru

Be safe, have a good day and if you have any questions on the above please contact us.