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RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 28L/3982January 1974 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution

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GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES Notification by The following communication, dated 21 December 1973, has been received from the Permanent! Mission of Australia.

Pursuant to the Decision of the CONTRACTING PARTIES of 28 March 1966, Australia introduced a. system of tariff preferences for developing countries on a list of manufactures, semi-manufactures and handicrafts annexed to that Decision. The scheme has been progressively expanded with the CONTRACTING PARTIES being fully informed as changes have been proposed. The last notifications of changes were set out in document L/3884 of 28 July 1973 and L/3884/Add.l of 5 October 1973. The last annual report, the Sixth Annual Report. by Australia, was in document L/3798 of 18 January 1973. Arising from a detailed reappraisal of the existing system, the Australian government has decided to implement, from 1 January 1974, a new and substantially broader system of preferences for developing countries. This will replace compleely tho system initiated under the waiver of 28 March 1966. The GATTCouncil was informed on 30 July 1973 of Australia's broad intentions in. this respect (subsequently circulated in document L/3896 of 8 August 1973) and full details were to be provided as soon as these had been determined. Because the new scheme of tariff preferences being introduced by Australia relates the Australian system closely to the approaches adopted in the Generalized Preferences Schemes of other contracting parties, it is the intention of the Australi government to operate its new system of -iariff preferences for developing countries in accordance with 'he provisions of the waiver adopted by the CONTRACTINTG PARTIES under t*e Decision of 25. June 1971, .Lnl these circumstances the waiver to Australia of 28 March 1966 will not have any application after 31 December 1973. The new system being introduced by Australia will be complemented by the establishment, as soon as practicable, of a trade development facility within the Australian Department of Overseas Trade. This facility is designed to provide practical assistance to developing countries by way of market information and p-ocessing. of trade enquiries, so that.opportunities under the system. of preferences can be maximized.

In accordance with the notification procedures under paragraph (c) of the Decision of 25 June 1971, set out below for the information of the CONTRACTING PARTIES are full details of the new proposals. In no instance has a General Rate of duty (mf.n.) been raised to establish a preference for developing countries. L/3982 Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TARIFF PREFERENCES DEVELOPINGFOR COUNTRIES

Introduction 1. The valuable contribution towards the economic expansion of developing countries which can be made by providing increased opportunities for export sales by developing countries is widely recognised. 2. Australia, in 1966, introduced a non-reciprocal preferential tariff scheme under which specified manufactured and semi-manufactured products could be imported from developing countries free of duty or at reduced rates of duty but generally subject to quota limitations. In addition, specified handicraft products could be imported free of duty and quota limitation. That system, which has been progressively expanded, gave acknowledgement to the difficulties which developing countries face in international trade, and was designed to place developing countries in. a better position to compete in the Australian Taarket. 3. In a conscious effort to expand further the opportunities available ,to developing countries, the Australian Government has decided to make a major revision of its system of tariff preferences for developing countries. The government has also decided to establish a small trade development facility (which will become operative during 1974) to help developing countries with trade Inquiries and market information. 4. The introduction of a greatly expanded system of tariff preferences taken with the general reduction by one-quarter in Australian import duties made by the Government on 13' July 1973, means that duties on a wide range of products included in the revised system have been reduced by one-third to three-quarters of the pre-July 1973 rates with a median reduction of about 50 per cent. In addition about 860 items or approximately one-third of the total items in the Australian Tariff are free of duty when imported from developing countries under the tariff preferences system and a further 325 items, including a number in BTI chapters 1-24, are free of duty from any source.

Operative date 5. The revised system operates from 1 January 1974.

Eligible countries 6. Countries, territories and provinces which are declared to be eligible for beneficiary status for the purposes of the Australian system of tariff preferences for developing countries are set out in Appendix 1. L/3982 Page 3

Product coverage 7. The system has a wide product c verage extending to most dutiable manufactured, semi-manufactured and substantially processed primary products without quota limitations except for a few products. Products excluded from the system are mainly: products subject to revenue duties such as tobacco products, beer and spirits; products where developing countries are already. competitive or are likely quickly to become competitive in the Australian market at General Tariff rates of duty. All the products covered by the original system of tariff preferences have, been incorporated in the revised system,.mostly without the quota limitations that previously. applied. 8. Details .if products falling within .BTN Chapters 1 to 24 and which are included in the tariff preferences system are listed in Appendix 2. Products falling within BTN Chapters 25 to 99 which are excluded from the tariff preferences system are listed in Appendix 3. Those subject to quota limitation are shown in Appendix 4 with details of the quotas and preferential rates of duty. Quotas are allocated to importers on an annual calendar year basis and can be used for imports at the preferential rates of duty from any eligible developing country. Preferential rates of duty 9.. Generally, the initial preferential rates are 10 per cent ad valorem (10 percentage points or equivalent for products subject to specific rates of' duty) below the relevant General Tariff rates (i.e. if the General 'Taziff rate is 30 per cent ad valciem, the rate for eligib a developing count--.ies is 20 per cent ad valorem). 10. There are some variations to this general approach. Products included in the system are free of duty where the General Tariff rate is 12 1/2 per cent ad valorem or less. The prelierentiaJ. rates of duty on products included in the original system have been maintained wherever possible, at rates of duty more than 10 per cent ad valorem below the relevant General Tariff rates. Details of these variations are set out in Appendix 5. Handicraft products .1. Certain specified goods, as listed in Appendix 6 when imported into Australia from eligible developing countries, and qualifying as traditional handicraft products under the procedures outlined in paragraphs.19 and 20 below are already being admitted free of duty without quantitative limitation and this treatment will continue. L/3982 Page 4

Future action 12. Full-scale reviews of the system will be undertaken every two years with the objective of making further predictions of '1a per cent ad valorem (10 percentage points) in preferential rate's of duties until such time as imports from developing countries become competitive in the Australian market. Additionally, at the time of each review, consideration will be given to more liberal treatment in respect of individual items excluded from the system or subject to quota limitation.

Safeguard action and consultations

13. This demanded Australian system, like those of other. developed market economy countries, *is a unilateral nd non-reciprocal provision of preferential tariff advantages to developing countries. In consonance with the relevant decisions of the Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the' CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Australia reserves the right at any time, to modify, withdraws suspend or limit the prefer- ential treatment for any item and with respect to any beneficiary country. Any such action arising from cases of serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic industry Mill only be taken after full consideration of all the circum- stances. Noreover, Australia will provide adequate opportunity for consultations at the request of any of its trading partners about the operation of its system of tariff preferences. 14. A basic purpose of the tariff preference system is to assist developing countries to compete in the Australian market. If it is concluded that nartict.lar countries have become competitive they may be excluded f-rom or otherwise limited as regards the benefit of the preferential treatment in respect of the specific products concerned. The only country limitation at present in the system applies in respect of Hong Kong for the few products listed in Appendix 7.

Documentaton requirements 15. Documentation requirements for imports under the Australian preference system have been kept to a minimum. 16. For eligible products other than handicrafts, the exporter must make a declaration on the normal invoice to the effect that (a) the final process of manufacture was performed in the developing country exporting the goods; and (b) not less than one-half of the factory or works cost of the goods is represented by the value of labour and materials of developing countries and/or Australia (tie country or countries concerned must be named and, may include developing countries other than the exporting country). In addition, the goods must either be shipped direct to Australia or, if trans-shipped, Australia must have been the intended destination when the goods were exported from the developing country of origin. L/3982 Page 5

17. Details of rules of origin and invoicing requirements are set out in Appendix 8. 18. For products subject to tariff quotas under the system., prospective importers must apply to the Department of Customs and Excise, Canberra, for an allocation from the available quota. Details of procedures are available from that Department and Australian Customs Houses. 19. For the specified handicraft products, certification is required to confirm that they are:-

- hand made; and - traditional products of a cottage industry in the exporting country. 20. The certification for handicraft products must be made by an approved authority in the exporting country. The authorities approved are usually governmental instrumentalities but they may include such bodies as non-government handicraft boards and Chambers of Commerce. The current list of recognized certifying authorities is shown in Appendix 9. Assistance to Prospective Exporters in Developing Countries 21. Most of Australia's import trade is conducted by importers in the private sector. As is the normal practice, it is expected that, where they are available, prospective exporters will make use of official export promotion services in their own countries and the commercial sections of High Commissions, Embassies and Consular offices in Australia in seeking information about market opportunities in Australia. Apart from this, there are two avenues of assistance available in Australia - (i) Tho Australian Chamber of 'Commerce and Capital City Chambers of Conmerce in Australia will pass ln to interested members enquiries by prospective exporters provided clear and specific reference is made to the Australian system of preferences for developing countries. The relevant addresses are set out in Appendix 10. (ii) As mentioned in paragraph 3 above, a trade development facility is being established within the Department of Overseas Trade, Canberra. The services to be provided by the facility include preparation of marketing information and the processing of trade enquiries in response to specific requests from the relevant authorities in exporting developing countries. It is emphasized that requests for assistance should be in precise terms in order that each request might be dealt with effectively and expeditiously. L/3982 Page 6

APPENDIX 1 .List of Eligible Countries, Territories and Provinces A. Eligible Countries(referenceparagraph6ofthe explanatorytext) Afghanistan Guinea People's Democratic Albania Guyana Republic of Yemen. Algeria Haiti Peru Arab Republic of Egypt Honduras Philippines Argentina Qatar Bahamas Indonesia Republic of Equatorial Bahrain !ran Guinea Iraq Republic of Korea Barbados Israel Republic of Vietnam Bhutan Ivory Coast Romania Bolivia Jazaica Rwanda Jordan Saudi Arabia Bulgaria Kenya Senegal Brazil .Khmer Republic Sierra Leone Burma Kuwait Singapore, Republic of Laos Somali, Democratic Republic Lebanon Central African Republic Sudan Chad Liberia Swaziland Chile Libyan Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic Colombia Malagasy Republic , United Republic of Congo Thailand Costa Rica Togo Cuba Maldive Islands Tonga Mali Trinidad & Tobago. Dahomey Malta Tunisia. Democratic Peoplets Mauritania Turkey Republic of Korea Uganda Democratic Republic Mexico Union of Arab Emirates of Vietnam Mongolia (Abu Dhabi, Dubai Sharjah Dominican Republic Morocco Ajman, Umm Al Qusiwan, Ecuador Nepal Fujairah Ras Al Khaimah) El Salvador Nicaragua Upper Volta Ethiopia Niger Uruguay Fiji Nigeria, Federal Republic Venezuela Gabon Oman Western Samoa The qapbia Yemen Arab Republic Panama Yugoslavia Guatemala Paraguay Zaire, Republic of L/3982 Page 7

ListofEligibleB. Territories andProvinces Island Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Island Protectorate St. Helena Brunei Taiwan Cook Islands Islands Dependencies of Mauritius and Windward Islands Dependencies Gilbert and Ellice Islands Hong Kong Leeward Islands Netherlands Antilles Condominium L/3982 Page 8

APPENDIX 2 Processsed Primary Productsin BTN Chapters 1 to 24 included in the Australian System of Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries Tariff item Description 13.03.200 Capsicin saps and extracts 13.03.300 Ginger in saps and extracts 13.03.400 Extracts of hops 13,03.900 Other vegetable saps and extracts 15.04.100 Whale oil 15.04.200 Seal oil; unrefined fish oils 15.04.300 Cod liver oil, refined 15.04.900 Other fats and oils of fish and marine mammals 15.05.000 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom 15.06.000 Other animal oils and fats 15.07.110 Castor oil 15.08.600 Other vegetable oils 15.08.700 Modified animal oils 15.09.000 Degras 15.10.100 Fatty acids of vegetable origin; olive oil fatty acids, etc. 15.10.200 Oleic acid, stearic acid 15.10.300 Fatty alcohols 15.10.900 Other fatty acids, acid oils from refining 15.11.100 Crude glycerol; glycerol lyes 15.11.900 Other glycerol and glycerol lyes 15.12.000 Animal and vegetable fats, wholly or partly hydrogenized, or solidified by any other process, whether or not refined, but not further processed 15.14.000 Spermaceti, crude, pressed or refined, whether or not coloured 15.15.000 Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not coloured 15.17.000 Residues resulting from treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes 16.01.000 Sausages, and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood 16.02.100 Brawns, jellies, pastes and the like L/3982 Page 9

Tariff item Description 16.02.900 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal 16.03.100 Meat extracts and meat offals 16.03.200 Fish extracts 16.04.100 Fish balls, cakes, sausages etc; fish pastes, caviar, etc. 16.04.210 Salmon, packed in airtight coiitainers, etc., N.S A. 16.04.230 Sardines, sild, brisling and similar small immature fish, packed in airtight cans, etc., N.S.A. 16.04.290 Certain other prepared or preserved fish in airtight containers 16.04.900 Certain other prepared or preserved fish 16.05.100 Potted or concentrated, extracts or pastes of crustacean's and molluscs, prepared or preserved 16.05.200 Prepared or preserved shrimps, prawns and their meat, not packed in airtight containers, N.S.A. 17.02.200 Glucose; glucose syrups 17.02.300 Caramela 17.02.900 Certain other sugars, sugar syrups, artificial honey 17.04.100 Chewing gum and chewing gum confectionery 17.04.200 Nut pastes and meals 17.04.900 Other sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa 17.05.000 Flavoured or coloured sugars, syrups and molasses, but not including fruit Juices containing added sugar in any proportion 18.03.000 Cocoa paste (in bulk or block) whether or not defatted 18.04.000 Cocoa butter (fat or oil) 18.05.000 Cocoa powder, unsweetened 18.06.000 Chocolate and other food preparations (including sugar confectionery) containing cocoa 19.01.000 Malt extract 19.02.100 Custard powders 19.02.900 Other preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, not containing cocoa or containing less than 50 per cent by weight of cocoa 19.03.000 iacaroni, spaghetti and similar products L/3982 Page 10

Tariff item Description 19.04.000 Tapioca and sago; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other starches 19.05.000 Puffed rice, corn flakes and similar prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products 19.06.000 Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar, products 19.07.000 Bread, ships biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit 19.08.110 Biscuits, put up as confectionery 19.08.190 Other biscuits 19.08.900 Pastry, cakes and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion 20.04.900 Certain fruit, fruit peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar, whether in drained, glaced or crystallized form 21.01.000 Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes; extracts, essences and concentrates thereof 21.02.100 Coffee extracts. essences or concentrates, etc. 21.02.900 Tea or mate extracts, essences or concentrates, etc. 21.03.000 Mustard flour and prepared mustard 21.04.200 Sauces, N.S.A. 21.04.900 Other sauces, mixed condiments and mixed seasonings 21.05.110 Liquid soups, broths, etc. prepared from meat other than game or poultry 21.05.190 Other liquid soups and broths and homogenized composite food preparations 21.05.900 Solid or powder soups and broths and homogenized composite food preparations 21.07.100 Food preparations, N.S.A., being produce of vegetable origin and in airtight containers in packs not exceeding 1.14 litres 21.07.200 Food preparations, N.S.A., being produce of vegetable origin, and in airtight containers in packs exceeding 1.14 litres L/3982 Page 11

Tariff item Description 21.07.600 Jellies, N.S.A. 21.07.720 Food preservatives N.S.A., being mixtures of chemicals and foodstuffs of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs 21.07.730 Fixtures of chemicals and foodstuffs of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs, N.S.A., put up for retail sale 21.07.790 Other mixtures of chemicals and foodstuffs of a kind used in the preparation of human foodstuffs, N.S.A. 21.07.900 Other food preparations, N.S.A. 22.01.100 Spa waters and aerated waters; other goods put up in packs fcr retail sale 22.02.000 Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices falling within 20.07 22.0èe900. Beer made from malt containing less than 1.15 per cent by volume of alcohol 22.04.000 Grape must, in fermentation or with fermentation arrested otherwise than by the addition of alcohol 22.09.620 Compound alcoholic preparations (known as concentrated extracts) for the manufacture of beverages 23.01.100 Animal foods of flours and meals of meat, offals, fish, etc. 23.02.000 Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of cereals or of leguminous vegetables 23.03.000 Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture; brewing and distilling dregs and waste; residues of starch manufacture and similar residues 23.07.100 Feed supplements 23.07.900 Other sweetened forage and preparations of a kind used in animal feeding 24.01.110 Certain unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse 24.01.120 "" "" "" L/3982 Page 12

Tariff item Description 24.01.210 Certain unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse 24.01 220 " " " 24-01.900 " " " 24.02.400 Homogenized or reconstituted tobaccos in sheet, strip or similar forms. L/3982 Page 13

APPENDIX 3 Items in BTN Chapters 25 to 99 which are Excluded from the Australian System of Tariff Preferencesfor DevelopingCoutries

Tariff Item Brief Description 25.11.100 Natural. barium sulphate 25.31.100 Fluorspar 25.31.200 Felspar 27.07.390 Benzone, toluene etc. (packs of 4.6 litres & less) 27.09.900 Petroleum oils etc. 27.10.190 Enriched crudes etc. 27.10.210 Aircraft kerosene 27.10.220 " " 27 .10.230 Diesel fuel 27.10.290 " " 27.10.420 Aircraft oils 27.10.430 Petroleum oils 27.10.440 Other aircraft oils 27.10.490 Other petroleum oil 27.10.590 Mineral turpentine (packs of 4.6 litres & less) 27.13 200 Paraffin wax etc. for feedstock 28.10.900 Phosphoric acid 29 01. 190 Benzene, toluene and xylene 29.04.200 Propy! alcohols 29.14.300 Vinyl acetate 29.25.100 Dulcin 29.26.190 Other saccharin etc. 29.30.100 Calcium & sodium cyclamate 35. 01.100 Casein etc. 36.06 Matches 38.11.200 insecticides etc. 38.11.400 Disinfectants, insecticides etc. L/3982 Page 14

Tariff Item Brief Description 39.01.320 Coated textile fabrics 39.02.120 Goods of high density polyethylene ex 39.02.130 Polymerization and copolymerization (SKC 342,375,386 397,400,411,422 products as specified 39.02.610 Planar forms of the ethylene type ex 39.02.620 Profile shapes; planar forms of the (SXC 210) propylene type etc, ex 39.07.120 Goods of polymers or copolymers etc. (SKC 26X, 77) as specified 39.07.210 Bags of polymers or copolymers etc. 40.01.290 Natural rubber latex etc. 40.11.900 Motor vehicle tyres 44.05.310 Sawn timber 44.05.320 44.07.000 Sleepers 44.13.200 Dressed timber 44.13.900 " " 44.14 Wood veneer 44.15 Plywood etc. 44.18.000 Reconstructed woods etc., particle board 44.19.000 Mouldings 44.23 Builders' carpentry & joinery 44.25.000 Wooden tools, handles etc. 47.01.200 Softwood pulp for paper 48.01.910 Paper etc. - tissues 48.01.920 Paper etc. - substance 22 to 205 gr. per m2 48.04.900 Other paper 48.05.300 Parchment or greaseproof paper 48.05.900 Other wrapping 48.07.620 Paper & paper-board 48.07.630 Wrapping paper n.e.i. L/3982 Page 15

Tariff Item Brief Description

48.07.690 Pressure-sensitive paper 48.07.710 Parchment or greaseproof paper 48.07.720 Wrapping paper 48.09.100 Hardboard 48.10.900 Cigarette paper 48.20.110 Cones, tubes 49.11.993 Paperboard for playing cards

50.09.100 Silk fabrics - min. 20 per cent wool

50.09.300 Silk fabrics - min. 20 per cent man-made fibre 50.10.200 Noil silk fabric 51.01.100 Viscose yarn

51.01.300 Man-made fibre yarn;- min. 20 per cent wool 51.01.410 Man-made fibre yarn

51.01.490 " 51.01.900 " " - other 51.02 Artificial straw 51.03.100 Viscose yarn 51.03.300 Man-made fibre yarn 51.03.900 51.04.100 51.04.200 Viscose tyre-cord fabrics 51.04.300 Elastomeric fabrics 51.04.500 Man-made fibre fabrics

51.04.900 "" " " - other 53.06.000 Woollen yarn 53.07.000 Worsted yarn- 53.09.000 Yarn of coarse animal hair 53.10.000 Yarn of wool or hair' 55.05.912 Cotton yarn 55.05.913 " " 55.05.919 " " L/3982 Page 16

Tariff Item .Brief Description 55.05.921 Cotton yarn 55 05.929 " " 55,08.000 Terry towelling 55.09.200 Tyre cord fabrics 55.09.310 Woven cotton fabrics 55.09.320 " " " " " " 55.09.390 55.09.410 55.09.429 " " " 55.09.432 55.09.439 " " " 55.09.490 55.09.522 " " " 55.09.529 55.09.620 " " " EX 55.09.690 "" " 55. 09.700 " " " 55,09.990 56.05,200 Man-made fibre yarn 56.05.300 " " " " " " 56.05.900 " " " " " 56.06.200 " " " " " " 56.06.900 " " " " 56.07.200 " " " " " " 56.07.310 Man-made fibre woven fabrics 56.07.320 " " " " " 56.07.920 " " " " " " 56.07.930 " " " " " " 56.07.990 " " " " " " 58.02.100 Goods of terry fabric 58.04.100 Woven pile fabrics L/3982 Page 17

Tariff Item Brief Description

58.05.190 Other woven fabrics 58.05.310 " " " 58.05.390 " " 58.06.000 Woven labels & badges 58.07.100 Gimped yarn 58.07.200 Braids EX 59.02.000 Felt & felt articles other than hand-made carpets 59.03.190 Bonded fibre fabrics 59.03.900 59,04.100 Twine 59.08 Plastic-coated fabric 59,16.000 Textile conveyor belts 60.01 Other fabrics 60.02.110 Industrial gloves 60.02.120 " " 60.02.900 Non-industrial gloves 60.04.200 Pyjamas 60.04.300 Napkins (Babies?) 60.04.610 Men's and boys' shirts

60.04.690 " " " " - other 60.05.110 Knitted jumpers, coats etc. 60.05.190 " " " - other ex 60.05.200 Other apparel, other than neckties 60.05.300 Towels ex 60.05.900 Other knitted or crocheted articles (SKC 39,4X,50, 72,94) 60.06 Elastic fabric 61.01.210 Men's and boys' coats 61.01.290 " " " " - other 61.01.300 Vests L/3982 Page 18

Tariff-Item Brief Descri tion 61.01.400 Trousers 61.01.500 Dressing gowns etc. 61.01.600 Other men' and boy's garments 61.02 Women's garments 61.03 Man' s underwear etc. 61.04 Women's and babies' underwear 61.08.900 Trimmings for women's garments 61.09 Women' s underwear 61.10.900 Gloves 62.02.100 Sheets, pillow cases, curtains and blinds 62.02.300 Face washers 62.02.400 Towels 62.02.600 it 62.02.900 Other linen 62.03.200 ) 62.03.900 ) Sacks 64.01.200 Thong sandals- 64.01.300 Golcshes 64.01.400 Other footwear - rubber uppers 64.02.200 Sandshoes 64.02.300 Other footwear - non-leather uppers 64.02.990 " "

" 64.03.900 " - wood,corksoles 64.04.900 "" - other soles 64.05 Footwear parts 64.06.000 Gaiters etc. 66.01.100 Umbrellas ex 69.07 ) Floor and wall tiles other than unglazed ceramic 69.08 ) tiles in item 69.07.900 73.29.100 Chain 73.29.210 " 73.29.290 " L/3982 Page 19

Tariff Item Brief Deszription 73.37 Boilers 81.04.100 Unwrought, unalloyed bismuth 84.01.000 Steam boilers 84.02.000 Auxiliary plant for boilers 84.03.000 Gas generators 84.11.200 Compressors for refrigerators 84.11.300 - other EX 84.15.100 Other refrigerators 84.15.200 Refrigerating equipment and parts 84.15.900 " " " 84.18.300 Centrifuges 84.62.100 Bearings 84.62.200 " 84.62.300 " - parts 84.63.990 Hellical gears

85.14 Amplifying equipment 85.15 Radios, T.V.'s and parts 85.18 Capacitors 85.19.440 Switchgear 85.19.450 Electrical jacks 85.19.460 Valve sockets 85.19.510 Resistors 85.19.520 85. 19.600 Printed circuits 85.2a.100 Cathode Ray tubes

85.21.200 " " - parts 85.21.900 Other electronic parts 86.01.000 Steam locomotives and tenders 86.02.900 Electric locomotives and tenders 86.03.000 Other rail locomotives 86.04.000 Mechanical trains and trams L/3982 Page 20

Tariff Item Brief Description 86.05.000 Train and tram coaches 86.06.000 Railway service vehicles 86.07.900 Goods vans etc. 86.08.000 Intermodal containers 86.09.100 Wheels and axles for rolling stock 86.09.920 Other parts for locomotives 86.09.930 Parts for other rolling stock 86.09.990 Other parts for rolling stock ex 89.01.900 ) (SKC 24,57,68) Ships, boats and tugs not exceeding ex 89.02.900 (SKC IX) 200 tons gross register 89.03.900, Floating dredges, cranes etc. 89.05.000 Other floating structures - other than vessels 90.04.000 Spectacles etc. 90.09.100 Slide projectors 97.04.100 Playing cards in packs 97.04.200 " " " " n.e.i. L/3082 Page 21

Items Subject to Quota

Developing Annual Tariff Item Brief Description Country Quota Rate $A

17.04.900 ) Sugar confectionery - other 12 1/2% 300,000 20.04.900 ) fruit, fruit peel etc. preserved by sugar 39.02.690 Planar forms NSA, and 12 1/2% 50,000 profile shapes not of the ethylene, propylene or tetrafluor ethylene types 42.03.300 Leather coats, jackets, 15% 100,000 overcoats 53.11.200 ) Fabrics of hair 20% 100,000 53.11.910 ) 53.11.920 ) 53.11.990 ) 55.05.100 Other sewing cottons not 10$ 100,000 for retail 55.06.900 Mercerised sewing cottons, Free 75,000 for retail 55.09.100 Cotton fabrics of huckabuck Free 20,000 or honeycomb weave ex 55.09.690 Handwoven cotton fabrics, Free 100,000 handprinted 59.04.200 ) Tvine, cordage etc. of 50,000 59.06.000 ) man-made fibres; articles of twine etc. 59.04.900 Twine cordage etc. other Free 50,000 than of man-made fibres or cotton 60.03.100 Women's stockings and 300,000 60.04.400 tights L/3982 Page 22

Developing Annual Tariff Item Brief Description Country Quota Rate $A

60.03.200') . Children's and men' s 15% - 100,000 60.03.300 ) socks 60.03-400 ) .60.03.900 ) 60 04.510 ) Other undergarments wholly 15% 75,000 60.04t590 ) or partly of wool, sillk or man-made fibres ex 60.05.200 Neckties 20% 50,000 61.07.000 ) Ties, bow ties and cravats 61.01.100 Men's and boys' overcoats 10% 1502000 and suits 61.06.000 Shawls, scarves, veils and Free 100,000 the like 61.11.100 ) Made up accessories for 20% 50,000 61.11.900 ) articles of apparel 62.01.900 Other travelling rugs Free 50,000 and blankets 62.04.000 Tents and sails etc. Free 60,000 62.05 000 Other made up textile 15% 200,000 articles 69.07.900 Unglazed ceramic tiles 15% 75,000 ex 84.15.100 Refrigerators of less than 10% 200,000 198 cu. dec. gross internal capacity 84.40.200 Domestic laundry machines 300,000 84.40.900 Machines for washing, etc. 12% 100,000 n.e.i. 85.01.120 Generators and rotary .10% 150, 000 converters 85.01.310 Electric current rectifying 10% 140,000 assemblies margin 85.03.100 ) Primary cells and primary 10% 200,000 batteries - dry etc. 85.03.900 Primary cells and primary batteries - other L/3982 Page 23

Developing Annual Tariff Item Brief Description ' Country Quota " Rate $A

85.06.100 Electric fans, office or Free 10,000 household units 85 .19.200 Relays n.e.i. 12.5% 30,000 85.19.300 Devices for telephone or Free 20,000 telegraph use, as specified 85.19.419 Lightning arrestors as. specified 5% 50,000- 85.19e470 Fuses n.e.i., connectors, ceiling 15% 150,000 roses, moulded lamp holders etc. 85.19.490 Electrical apparatus, as 15% 100,000 specified n.e.i. 85l19.900 Resistors, motor st :ters etc. 17.5% 100,000 n.e.i. 85.20.300 Filament lamps n.e.i. Free 400,000 85.20.500 Discharge lamps n.e.i. 15% 100,000 ex 85.21.900 Mounted piezo-electric 25% 50,000 crystals, parts for thermionic valves ex 85.21.900 Photocells, as specified 25% 20,000 85.23.920 Telephone and telegraph cables Free 20,000 85.23.990 Insulated electrical mire and Free 300,000 cable etc. n.e.i. ex 89.01.900 ) Ships, boats, tugs under 200 tons 15% 100,000 (SKC 79,8X,90,) gross register 104) ) 89.02.900 ) (SXC 20) ) 90.03.000 Spectacle frames 15% 250,000 93.07.100 Cartridges, other than Free 60,000 for military purposes L/3982 Page 24

APPENDIX 5

Items in Respect of which states of Duty are more than 10 per cent ad valorem below General Tariff Rates and which are no longer Subject to Quota (Reference paragraph 10 of the explanatory text)

Developing Tariff' Country Item Brief Description FtPreferential Rate

17.04.100 Chewing gum etc. 15% 18.06.000 Chocolate confectionery etc. 10% 25.15.000 Marble etc. Free 25.23.100 Portland cement Free 25.23.900 Other cement Free 27.10.999 Petroleum oils n.e.i. Free 27.13.300 Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax Free etc. for use other than as feed stock 2847.100 Lead chromate, sodium aluminate Free 30.01.100 Organic-therapeutic extracts of 6% glands etc. 30.02.000 Antisera, etc.- 6% 32.07.100 Lead chromes, chrome greens, 16% molybdate chromes, zinc chromes and zinc greens 32.08.100 Glass fruit etc. Free 32.09.220 Metal flakes or powders, varnishes, 10% lacquers, paints etc. as specified 32.09.290 Varnishes, lacquers, paints, etc., 10% as specified 32.09.300 Aerosols of specified varnishes, 10% lacquers, paints etc. 32.09.900 Other varnishes, lacquers, paints etc.10% 32.12.000 Glaziers' putty Free L/3982 Page 25

Developing Tariff Country Item Brief Description Preferential Rate

32.13.900 Ink, n.e.i. Free 33.06.200 Bay rum and other perfumed spirit toilet 10% preparations etc. 33.06.300 Shaving cream; preparations for cleaning 10% artificial teeth 33.06.900 Certain other perfumery, cosmetics and 10% toilet preparations 34.01.000 Soap etc. Free 34.02.100 Organic surface-active agents etc. based Free on ethylene oxide derivatives 34.02.900 Other organic surface-active agents etc. Free 34.03.100 Greases, for treatment of materials Free 34.03.900 Lubricating materials, n.e.i. as specified Free 34.04.900 Artificial waxes, etc. n.e.i. Free 34.05.100 Polishes and creams for footwear, furniture 15% or floors, metal polishes for domestic purposes 35.06.900 Prepared glues, etc. n.e.i. Free 36.03.000 Mining, blasting and safety fuses Free 36.05.000 Pyrotechnic articles Free 37.08.100 Sodium thiosulphate and chemical products Free for photography, for retail 40.05.100 Unvulcanized rubber tyre fabric, tyre Free rubber etc. 40.07.000 Rubber thread and cord, vulcanized Free 40.14.200 Gaskets and similar joints of unhardened Free vulcanized rubber 40.14.900 Other goods of unhardened vulcanized Free rubber 41.02 .100 Calf leather 13% 41.10.000 Composition leather Free L/3982 Page 26

Developing Tariff Country Item Brief Description Preferential Rate

42.01.100 Saddlery and harness etc. essentially of Free iron or steel chain 42.01.900 Other saddlery and harness etc. Free ex 42.02.900 Travel and other goods of leather 15% (SKC 16,49, 82, 107, 140, 162, 195, 220, 275, 300, 322) 42.03.900 Articles of apparel-and clothing accessories of leather or composition leather n.e.i. 42.04.900 Goods of leather or composition leather oof Free a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances for industrial purposes 42.05.000 Leather goods n.e.i. Free 45.02.000 Cork manufactures 10% 45.03.200 Gaskets and similar joints 10% 45.03.900 Cork manufactures 10% 45.04.200 Gaskets and similar joints 10% 45.04.900 Cork manufactures 10% 48.01.400 Newsprint Free 48.13.000 Carbon and other copying papers Free 49.09.000 Picture postcards etc.. 10% 49.11.600 Greeting cards, pictorial views in sheets 10% 50.09.200 Woven fabrics of silk, or of waste silk, Free other than noil, n.e.i. printed 50.09.900 Woven fabrics of silk or waste silk other Free than noil, n.e.i. ** Imports from Hong Kong not eligible L/3982 Page 27

Developing Tariff Brief Description Country Item Preferential Rate

50.10.900 Woven fabrics of noil silk, not printed Free n.e.i. 53.08.000 Yarns of fine animal hair not for retail 5% 57.10.900 Other woven fabrics of jute, hemp or other Free vegetable fibres 59.17.100 Textile fabrics of a kind used in machinery Free or plant, as specified 59.17.290 Other textile fabrics of a kind used in Free machinery or plant, as specified ex 60.05.900 Blankets and rugs, wholly of cotton or Free (SKC 28) viscose fibre ex 59.02.000 Hand-made carpets, mats and matting Free (including numdahs) 61.05.000 Handkerchiefs 16% ** 65.02.900 Hat shapes n.e.i. Free 65.04.000 Plaited headgear Free 65.06.200 Headgear, of furskin, sheet paper etc. 20% 65.06.903 Other headgear 20% 66.03.000 Parts for umbrellas Free 67.04.100 Wigs Free ** 67.04.200 Switches of hair or textiles Free * 67.04.300 Hair nets Free ** 67.04.900 Other hair pieces of hair or textiles Free ** 68.02.100 Unpolished marble, blocks etc; smoking 10% requisites of marble 68.02.2o0 Other monumental and building stone, and 10% goods thereof etc. 68.02.èo0 Goods of marble, N.S.A. 10% 68.04.000 Millstones, grindstones etc. Free

** Imports from Hong Kong not eligible L/3982 Page 28

Developing Tariff Brief Description Country Item Preferential Rate

68.12.000 Goods made of asbestos cement, of cellulose Free fibres cement or the like 68.15.000 Worked mica and goods made of mica Free 69.06.000 Ceramic piping, conduits, guttering Free 69.10.000 Sinks), waah-basins, baths and sanitary Free fixtures 69.11.000 Tableware, etc. of porcelain or china 10% 69.12.000 Tableware, etc. of pottery 10% 69.13.100 Statuary figures, lamp bases without Free electrical fittings, of porcelain etc. 69.13.900 Ornamental articles, n.e.i. Free 70.03.900 Unworked glass in balls, rods and tubes Free n.e.:i. 70.04.100 Unworked cast or rolled glass in rectan- Free gular shapes 70.04.900 Other uncorked cast or rolled glass in Free rectangular shapes 70.05.100 Clear, unworked drawn or blown glass in Free rectangular shapes 70.05.900 Other unworked drawn or blown glass in Free rectangular shapes 70.12.000 Glass inners for vacuum flasks Free * 70.13.920 Glassware (e.g. ashtrays, goblets, vases 20% etc.) as specified 70.13.930 Glassware (e.g. ashtrays, goblets, vases 20% etc.) as specified 70.13.990 Glassware (e.g. ashtrays, goblets, vases Free etc.) as specified 70.14.100 Chandeliers electroliers, pendant lamps and 9% bracket lamps 70.20.900 Goods of glass fibre Free

** Imports from Hong Kong not eligible L/3982 Page 29

Developing Tariff Brief Description Country Item Preferential Rate

71.01.000 Pearls, as specified Free 71.05.000 Silver: unwrought or semi-manufactured 16% 71.07.900 Gold, unwrought or semi-manufactured 16% 71.12.100 Catches and joints for pins; clasps, etc. 7.5% of precious metal or rolled precious metal 71.12.900 Other articles of jewellery and parts 16% therefo= of precious metal or rolled precious metal 71.13..900 Goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares n.e.i. Free 73.04.900 Shot and angular grit, of iron or steel Free 73.10.100 W-re rod of iron or steel, in coils Free '73.10.200 Other bars and rods etc. of iron or steel, Free as specified 73.10 900 Other bars and rods etc. of iron or steel 30% 73.11.110 Angles, and tees of iron or steel, not Free worked, or decorated but not further worked 73.11.190 Other angles and tees of iron or steel 27.5% 73.11.910 Other shapes and sections of iron or steel, Free not worked or decorated etc. 73.11.990 Other shapes and sections of iron or steel 15% 73.13.300 Corrugated or galvanized sheets and plates Free etc. or iron or steel 73.14.100 Iron or steel wire, as specified Free 73.14.900 Iron or steel wire, n.e.i. Free 73.16.900 Railway and tramnway track, construction 7% material of iron or steel, n.e.i. 13.18. 200 Welded tub's, pipes and blanks therefor, of Free iron or steel other than cast iron 73.18.900 Other tubes, pipes and blanks therefor, of Free iron or steel other than cast iron 732.21.100 Beams, .-annels, joists etc. of iron and Free steel L/3982 Page 30

Developing Tariff Brief Description Country Item Preferential

Rate .

73.21.200 Welded pipes and tubes of iron and steel, Free as specified 73.21.300 Pipes and tubes, as specified Free 73.21.900 Fabricated structures of iron or steel, n.e.i. 11% 73.22.900 Reservoirs, tanks etc. n.e.i. Free 73.25.900 Stranded wire, cables, cordage etc. of iron 9% or steel, n.e.i. 73.26.000 Barbed mire etc. Free 73.27.300 Netting of iron or steel Free 73.27.900 Other gauze, cloth, fencing etc. of iron or Free steel 73.31.100 Horse shoe nails, of iron or steel Free 73.31.900 Nails, tacks, staples etc. n.e.i. Free 73.32.910 Screws for wood, U bolts and shacklebolts 15% 73.32.930 Cotters and cotter pins 11% 73.32.940 Screws of a kind not suitable for use with 15% nuts N.S.A. 73,32.990 Screws, bolts and nuts etc. of iron or steel 15% n.e.i. 73.33.900 Needles etc. of iron or steel 11% 73.35.300 Springs and leaves of springs of iron or steel 20% for use with internal combustion piston engines, N.S.A. 73.35.990 Other springs and leaves of springs of iron 20% or steel 73.36.190 Domestic gas stoves etc. 15% 73.36.400 Gas fired equipment etc. 10% 73.38.400 Kitchenware of wire, tinned plate etc. 20% 73.38. 500 Plated tableware, hollowware and tableware 20, of stainless steel etc. L/3982 Page 31

Developing Tariff Brief Description Country Item Preferential Rate

73.38.900 Goods for domestic purposes etc. n.e.i. 25% 73.39.000 Iron or steel wool etc. 20% 73.40.100 Machine belt fasteners, travel goods etc. of 20% iron or steel 73.40.600 Smoking requisites of iron or steel 20% 73.40.700 Parts or fittings used in boats, of iron or 20% steel 73.40.900 Goods made of iron or steel, n.e.i. 20% 74.18.100 Copper kitchenware 16% 74.18.900 Other domestic or sanitary ware of copper 1.6% 75.01.100 Unwrought nickel alloys Free 75.03.900 Nickel plates etc. n.e.i. Free 75.04.100 Tubes and pipes etc. of nickel alloys Free 75.06.000 Other goods made of nickel 10% 76.06.000 Tubes, pipes, blanks and hollow bars of Free aluminium 80.06.000 Other goods of tin Free 81.04.400 Wrought goods, as specified, of base metal 15% 82.02.900 Saws and blades for hand or machine saws etc Free 82.09.110 Cooks', butchers' knives etc. Free- 82.09.190 Other knives Free 82.10.100 Table, butchers', slaughterraen's etc. knife Free blades 82.12.000 Scissors and blades therefor Free 82.13.100 Paper knives, manicure sets, clippers and Free cutlery articles ex 82.13.900 Nail files Free 83.01.200 iiortice and rim locks 20% 83.04.000 Filing cabinets etc. Free L/3982 Page 32

Developing Tariff Brief Description Preferential Rate

83.05.100 Staples Free 83.07.100 Chandeliers, electroliers, etc. of base metal Free 83.07.900 Other lamps, light fittings etc. of base Free metal 83.07.300 Pressure operated lamps of base metal Free 83.13.900 Crown corks, bottle caps, etc. 12 1/2% 83.1.4000 Sign plates, name plates, etc. 20% 84.06. 910 Compression ignition engines as specified Free 84.06. 920 Parts for compression ignition engines Free 84.10.-300 Ptups for use with i.c. piston engines, 15% automatic transmissions etc. as specified 84 .10. 900 Other pumps 15% 84.17.200 Pasteurisers dairy coolers n.e.i. Free 84.17.900 Machinery etc. for treatment of materials by 14% process involving change in temperature. other 84.18.990 Filters and purifiers etc. - other 27 1/2% %.19.900 Specified bottling machines, commercial dish- Free vashing machines, etc. 84.20.100 Spring balances; price computing scales 10, 84.20.200 Weighing machinery, as specified 5% 84.20.900 Other Neighing machinery 10 84.21.200 Steam or sandblasting machines and similar 14% jet projecting machines, lubricators, hand fire extinguishers 84.21.300 Flame guns, fire Extinguishers 10% 84.21.900 Mechanical appliances etc. for projecting 10% liquids or powders etc. n.e.i. 84.21.600 Garden or field spraying machines or Free irrigators etc, 84.21.700 Appliances for spraying paints etc. 15% LI3982 Page 33

Developing Tariff Brief Description Country Item .Preferential Rate

84.22.990 Lifting, handling etc. .machinery n.e. i. 84.23.310 Excavating, levelling etc. machinery as Free specified 84.23.920 Drill rods or pipes for diamond drilling Free machines 84.30.900 Machinery for baking etc. n.e. i. 14% 84.31.900 machinery for cellolosic pulp etc. n.e.i. 14% 84.32.900 Bookbinding machinery, n.e.i. 84.33.900 machines for paper etc. n.e.i. 14% 84.34.400 Printing type, impressed flongs and mattrices, 6% printing cylinders 84.34.900 iMachines for printing purposes, n.e.i. Free 84.35.100 Rotary web printing presses, as specified Free 84.35.200 Web printing presses, as specified Free 84.35.990 Other printing machinery, n. ei. 14% 84-36.900 Machines,. as above, n.e.i. 14',o 84.37.900 Machines for making gimped yarns etc. n.e.i. 14% 84.38.900 auxiliary machinery etc. n.e.i. 14% 84.40.400 Washing or cleaning machinery n.e.i. Free 84.40.600 Bleaching and dyeing machines 20% 84.42.900 Machinery as above, n.e.i. 14% ox 84.53.900 Automatic data processing machines etc., Free as specified, excluding cathode ray display terminals 84.57.000 Glass working machines 14% 84-58.000 Automatic vending machines 14%. 84.59.400 Carpet sweepers 16% 84.59.600 Parts and fittings for ships 11l 84.59.900 Plasti z..:cessing machines, machines. and 14% mechani-!ij appliances n.e.i. L/3982 Page 34

Tariff BriefTariffDescription Country Developing Item Cntbr Preferential Rate

84.60. 000 Moulding boxes etc. 16%

84.61.400 Goods of a kind commonly used in refrigerators 16% or refrigerating equipment 84.63.600 Pulley blocks of a kind suitable for use with 10, chain 84.63.700 Pulley blocks, other Free 84.64.000 Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting etc. 84.65.900 Machinery parts etc., non-electrical n.e.i. 14% other than lubricating nipples 85 .01. 130 A.C. Motors, as specified 16% 85.01.150 Generators and rotary converters n.e.i. Free 85.01.210 Induction coils 17.5% 85.01.900 Electrical rectifiers, inductors etc. n.e.i. 17% 85.04.100 Electric accumulators for traction purposes, Free motor cycles; alkaline accumulators 85.04.200 Electric accumulators, NSA, and metal parts Free therefor 85.04.400 Parts of rubber.for electric accumulators Free 85.04.500 Parts N&SA for electricaccumulators Free 85.06.200 Floor polishers, vacuum cleaners, kaife 15% sharpeners 85,09.100 Windscreen wipers, dynamos, defrosters and 18M ** demisters, as specified 85.09.300 Lamps used solely or principally with bicycles Free ** 85.09e4.0 Lamps, warning devices etc. as specified Free ** 85i0.0.90 Replacement electrical lighting and signalling l0c!livo devices, warning devices etc. nre.i. 85.11.200 Ovens, furnaces and heating or pre-heating 15% machines or apparatus 85.11.300 Welding or brazing apparatus of the trans- 15YJ former type ** Imports from Hong Kong not eligible L/3982 Page 35

Tariff Brief Description Developing Item Country Preferential Rate

85,11.900 Industrial and laboratory heating equipment 15% etc. n.e.i. 85.13.100 Handset telephones Free 85.13.200 Keys; earcaps; mouth pieces and switchboards, Free being telephone appliances 85.13.400 Teleprinter equipment Free 85.13 .600 Head phones Free 85.13.900 Other electrical line telephonic and Free telegraphic apparatus 85.13.300 Telephones and telephonic appliances n.e.i. Free

85.23.200 Insulated electric wire etc. fitted with 17% connectors, n.e.i, 85.25.900 Insulators n. e. i. Free 87.06.991 Rotor parts and accessories, wholly or Free essentially of rubber 87.06.999 Other motor parts and accessories Free 87.12.240 Iviotor parts and accessories, wholly or Free essentially of rubber NSA 87.12.290 Parts and accessories n.e.i. for motor cycles Free etc. 90.17.100 Medical, dental etc. instruments Free 90.17.390 Cannulae, catheters, suction tubes and the Free like 90.17.990 Other medical, dental etc. instruments Free 91. 01. 200 Wrist watches FreC 92.01.100 Pianos Free 92.02.100 Other string musical instruments Free 92.04.100 Mouth organs having less than 40 reeds Free 92.05 .000 Other wind musical instruments Free 92.06.900 Percussion musical instruments other than drums Free L/3982 Page 36

Tariff Brief Description Developing Item Brief.Description Country Preferential Rate

92.08.100 Ornamental musical boxes Free 92.08.200 Musical boxes, NSA Free 92.08.900 Musical instruments n.e.i. Free 94.01.100 Chairs of wood etc. 94.01.200 Vehicle seats, as specified 15% ** 94.01.300 Seats for chairs not being rattan cane 94.01.400 Chairs and other seats of wicker bamboo and 15% ** cane n.e.i. 94.01.900 Chairs etc. - other 15% *I 94.02.900 Medical etc. furniture and parts n.e.i. 15to 94.03.200 Smoking requisites and parts thereof 15% ** 94.03.900 Other furniture, as specified, and parts 15% ** 96.01.000 Brooms and brushes, as specified Free 96.02.300 Tooth, scrubbing, paint and varnish brushes 15% 97.01.900 Wheeled toys, dolls? praos and chairs n.e.i. 20% 97.02.000 Dolls 15% ** 97.03.900 Toys lo0'5 ** 97.06.100 Cricket bats and balls etc. 10So 97.06.900 Sporting goods, n.e.i. lQ% 97.07.900 Fishing, hunting, shooting appliances 15% 98.03.300 Ball point pens and pencils Free 98.11.900 Smoking pipes etc., as specified Free 98.15.000 Vacuun flasks and other vacuum vessels 20% **

** Imports from Hong Kong not eligible L/3982 Page 37

APPENDIX 6

Handicraft Items Included in the Australian System of Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries

Items included under Item 46 of the Second Schedule of the Customs Tariff Act to operate from 1 January 1974: "46. Goods that, in the opinion of the Minister Free Free' xe hand-made traditional products of cottage industries ofcouuntrya that, at the time the goods are entered for home consumption, is a developing country, as follows;- (1) animal and furskin rugs falling within 43.03; (2) .assegais, spears, battle-axes, kris, kulris and the like, being goods of a kind falling within 93.01; (3) buttons, of wood, bamboo or other natural vegetable substances; (4) ceramic floor and wall tiles, whether or not glazed or decorated; (5) clogs and other footwear with wooden soles, other than of the lace-up or button-up type or with expanding uppers; (6) coconut-shell ware, carved, inlaid or decorated; (7) combs, hair slides and the like, of vegetable.materials, being goods falling within 98.12; (8) curtains trimmed with stuffed quilting; (9). cushion covers of cotton, or in chief part by weight of cotton; (10) earthenware articles falling within 69.13.1; (11) embroidered boots made of sheepskin leather, hand-made; -eote: This item is restricted to footwear in which the uppers entend above the tinkle. (12) embroidered jackets made of sheepskin leather or of hand-woven textile fabrics, hand-made; L/3982 Page 38

(13) embroidered textiles, being: (i) tapestries (other than tapestries of wool) falling within 58.03; and (ii) badges, emblems or the like falling within 58.10.9; (14) fancy coats made from hand-woven materials, sometimes known as tCotorinas"; (15) fans, handscreens and other goods falling within 67.05; (16) footwear with uppers of embroidered felt hand-stitched to leather soles; (17) glass panels, having designs thereon executed by hand, of a kind used in pendant or bracket lapware; (18) glassware, hand-made; (19) goods falling within 70.19, being belts, headbands, necklaces, bracelets or anklets made of glass beads; (20) hand-loom textile fabrics of cotton, or in chief part by weight of cotton, weighing more than 203 gr. per ri2, having designs produced by broche threads or yarns, being fabrics falling within 55.09.69 or 58.05.39; (21) hand-made articles made from hand-woven textile fabric being articles of a kind falling within 42.02.9; (22) hand-made articles made from hand-woven textile fabric, embroidered and decorated with sequins in the form of glass mirrors; (23) hand-made products of a kind falling within 48.14, 48.15.9 or 48.18.1; (24) hand-woven bedspreads and bedcovers containing 50 per cent or more by weight of cotton; (25) hand-woven napery of cotton, or in chief part by weight of cotton, being napery falling within 62.02.9; (26) horn ware,, ivory were or shell mere, being goods that are carved or inlaid; (Z7) imitation jewellery.falling within 71.16 being necklaces, bracelets or anklets made of glass beads; (28) imitation jewellery, falling within 71.16 being necklaces, bracelets or anklets, consisting essentially of hand-made beads other than of artificial plastic materials1 (29) imitation jewellery being goods made up from naturally occurring products or materials, with or without metal fittings, being jewellery falling within 71.16 and similar goods- that if conforming to paragraph (b) (ii) to note 10 to Chapter 71 would fall within .71.16; (30) kites; (31) lace articles made from hand-made lace; L/3982 Page 39

(32) lace in the piece, in. strips or in motifs; (33) lacquer ware; (34) leather sandals having a value for duty not less than $0.90 per pair (not being fashion footwear) and other leather ware, decorated; (35) malachite ware, carved or inlaid; (36) metal ware that is:- beaten; carved; chased; .enamelled; filigreed; inlaid; or moulded, excluding cooking utensils and kitchenware; Note: Metal ware includes goods otherwise complying with the paragraph and made of precious metal. (37) onyx ware, carved or inlaid, being goods falling within 71.15; (38) ornaments made from cloves; (39) outer garments, made from hand-woven fabrics of natural fibres; (40) paintings hand-executed on bark, falling within 99.01.9; (41) paintings hand-executed on hand-carved wooden frames; (42) ;paintings hand-executed on silk whether framed, unframed, on scrolls or in screens; (43) papier mache ware, decorated; (44) pictures of a kind known as "rubbings"; (45) pictures hand-made otherwise than by the use of ink or other pigmented media, being pictures falling within 49.11.992; (46) pictures, whether or not framed, made-up from shells; (47) plaques, textile; (48) ponchos; (49) pottery, decorated; (50) quilts and other quilted textile articles. stuffed, not being articles of apparel of any kind; (51) sandals, hand-made from woven, braided or knitted fabrics made from plaiting materials being plaiting materials as defined in note 1 to Chapter 46; L/3982 Page 40

(52) scarves, kerchiefs, handkerchiefs, tablecloths and like articles, the length and breadth of which eac. do not exceed 1 x..etre, made of hand-woven fabrics of or containing 50 per cent or more by weight of cotton, wool or silk, singly or in any combination; (53) shopping bags made of vegetable fibres other than cotton or linen; Note: Goods containing any cotton or linen are excluded. (54) shopping bags and similar carrying nets of a type falling within 59.05 or 59.06; (55) skirts of grass or like vegetable materials, of a kind known as hula skirt; (56) stone ware, carved, inlaid or ornamental; (57) table mats, place mats, coasters and the like, the essential character of which is derived from vegetable fibres other than cotton or linen; (58) textile fabrics, of cotton or in chief part by weight of cotton, weighing less than 203 gr. per in2, not being fabrics to which 55.09.529 applies; (59) textile fabrics, of silk or in chief part by weight of silk, but not including printed fabrics other than hand-printed fabrics; In the two immediately preceding references a reference to win chief part" =eans more than 50 per cent of the named fibre. In thecase ofsilk, fibres containing silk, waste silk and noil silk may be aggregated to ascertain the silk content. (60) textile fabrics in the piece, that:- (a) have been printed or dyed 'according to the traditional Batik method; and (b) (5) weigh less than 203 m. per -r2 and are -ade wholly of vegetable fibres; or (ii) are knitted fabrics of a kind falling within 60.01.99 and which are wholly of animal hair; (61) ties, string, sometimes known as "Bolos"; (62) undergarments being evening, business or sports shirts haring embroidery or printed designs thereon, and made front hand-woven fabrics woven wholly from natural fibres; (63) wallpaper being hand-painted on paper-backed silk; (64.) woodwork, carved or inlaid; Note: Includes carved wooden furniture in which the essential character is given by the carved wood components. (65) woven, braided: knitted or plaited articles being goods falling within 46.02 or 46.03. L/3982 Page 41

APPENDIX 7

Items in Respect of which Imports from Hong Kong are not Eligible

Tariff Item Brief descrition 42.03.900 Articles of.apparel and clothing, etce 61.05.000 Handkerchiefs 67.04.100 Wigs 67.04.200 Switches of hair or textiles 67.04.300 Hair nets 67.04.900 Other hair pieces 70.12.000 Glass inner for vacuum flasks 95.09,100. .Windscreen wipers, dynamos, etc. 85,09-300 Lams for bicycles 85 09.400 -Lamps, warning. devices, etc. 9401. 200 Vehicle seats, etce 94.01.400 Chairs and other seats of wicker etc. 94.01.900 Chairs: etc. other 94.03.200 Smoking requisites and parts

94.03.900 Other furniture: and parts 9170 02.000 Dolls 97.03,900 Toys 98.15.000 Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels L/3982 Page 42

APPENDIX 8

Rules of Origin and Invoicing Requirements Rules of Origin For the purposes of the special rates of duty applicable under the less- developed countries scheme goods shall not be regarded as the manufacture of a specified country unless they comply with the relevant provisions of Sub-Sections 151(3) and 151A(3) of the Customs Act which provide that for the purposes of a Direction under Section 33C of the Customs Tariff 1966-1972:- Goods shall be treated as the manufacture of a country if: (a) the process last performed in the manufacture of the goods was performed in the country; and (h) not less than one-half of the factory or works cost of the goods is represented by the value of lahour or materials, or of labour and materials, of the country or of the country. and one or more of the following countries, that is to say, Australia and countries that, at the time the goods are entered for home consumption, are less- developed countries, other than a country that, by virtue of a direction under sub-section 2 of Section 11 of the Customs Tariff 1966-1972 is not to be treated as a less-developed country in relation to the class of goods in which the goods are included. Noods shall not be treated as the produce or manufacture of a country unless they have been shipped from that country to Austra.ia and, except where the Collector is satisfied that the intended destination of the goods when originally shipped from that country was Australia, have not been transhipped. Invoicing The normal invoice form used by the exporter for shipments to Australia may be used for shipments of the goods entitled to tariff preferences as being the produce or manufacture of less-developed countries. In addition to the normal declaration the following declaration must be completed and signed on the face of the invoice by the exporter:- "I declare: (a) that the final process of manufacture of the goods for which special rates are claimed has been performed in (country) ...,...... and; (b) that not less than one-half of the factory or works cost of the goods is represented by the value of labour or materials, or of labour and materials, of (country or countries) . or of (country or countries) ...... and Australia. Signed, L/3982 Page 43

APPENDIX 9

nizedAuthoiissAproved to- Issue Handicraft Certificates for Purposes of the Australian System of Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries

(Reference paragraph 20 of the explanatory text)

Item 46 of the Second Schedule to the Australian Customs Tariff provides that certain hand-made traditional products of cottage industries of developing countries (as set out in Appendix 6) may be imported free of duty without prior application or quota certificates. To gain the concession the importer must produce to the Collector of Customs, at the time of entry- evidence in the form of a certificate issued by a recognized authority in the country of origin that the goods are in fact hand-made traditional products of a cottage industry of the country concerned. L/3982 Page 44

Country 4.-oproved authorities to issue certificates Afghanistan The General Presidont (or his deputy) the Federation of Afghan, Chambers of Commerce Algeria The Office National de Ltartisanat Traditional ilgerian (O.N.A.T.k.) Ministry of Trade, Production Pmd Labour Argentina Office of the Undersecretary of External Trade Bahamas Islands Ministry of Finance and Tourism Bangladesh Dacca Chamber of Commerce & Industry Narayahpianj Chamber of Commerce & Industry Khulna Chamber of Commerce & Industry Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry Hajshahi Char.ber of Co=mmerce & Industry Sylhet Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bozra Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation Small Investors Association of Bangladesh Bangladesh Handloom Goods Export Corporation Bangladesh Textile Mills Association Bangladesh Jute Mills .Association Barbados Berbados Development Board Botswana ministry of Commerce, Industry and Water Affairs Bermuda Coloni.-l Secretary Brazil Camera Comercio Industria Brazil, Rio de Janeiro British Honduras Ministry of Local Government, Social Welfare & Co-operatives British Virgin Islands Ministry of Trade and Production British Solomon Islands District Co=,issioners Brunei Controller of Customs & Excise, Brunei Buraa bL.E.I.C. Export Division, Rangoon Central African Republic Minister de LM education Nationale de la Jeunesse ot des Sports Chad Minister Dteducation Nationale Chile Servicio de Cooperacion Tecnica of the Corporation Chilena de Fomento a. la Produccion (Technical Co-operation Service of the Chileran Corporation for the promotion of production) Columbia Instituto Colombiano De Comercio Exterior - Incomex, Bogota L/3982 Page 45

Country Approved authorities to issue certificates Congo Ministry of Information, Youth Sports, Popular and Civic (Brazzaville) Education, Culture and Sports Cook Islands Collector of Customs, Rartonga Costa Rica Ministry of industry Cuba Ministry of Industries Cyprus Cyprus Handicraft Association Dahomey Ministry of Education and Culture Democratic Rep. of the Congo Le Minister des Finances, du Budget et du Portefev-ille, Kinshasa Dominica Ministry of Trade and Production Dubai Chamber of Commerce Ecuador OOC.E.P.A. artesanias del Ecuador El Salvador' 'Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Ethiopia Industry Department, ministryy of Commerce and Industry Fiji Commerce and Industries Office Gabon Ifinistere de liEducation Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports Gambia Controller of Customs, Bathurst Ghana Assistant Comptroller, Principe Collector, Customs and Excise Department, Tema Principal Collector, Senior Collector, Customs and Excise Department, Takoradi Principal Collector, Senior Collector, Customs and Excise Department, Accra Gilbert & Ellice Islands Manager of the Co-operative Federation, Betio, Tarawa Grenada Ministry of Production and Labour Guyana Ministry of Trade and Industries. Guatemala Ministry of Economy Haiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry Hong Kong Department of Cormerce and Industry India Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry Coit' Board, Ernakulcnm (South) Cochin District Magistrate, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh The Common Facility Centre, Moradabad The All India Handicrafts Board The Regional Design Centre, New Delhi L/3982 Page 46

Country Apporoved authorities to issue certificates India (continued) The Regional Design Centre, Bombay The Regional Design Centre, Bangalore The Regional Design Centre, Calcutta The Pile Carpet Manufacturers Association, Eluru (West Godavant District) The Director of Industries, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad The Director of Industries, U.P. Kanpur Indian Chamber of Cormerce, Singapore. Assistant Development Officer (Export) Vijainagaraa Bharan Bhelupura, Valanast Assistant Development Officer (Export) District Industries Officer, Civil Lines, Bareilly Assistant Development Officer (Export) 13 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Agra Assistant Development Officer (Exj-ort) C/- Joint Director of Industries (W.Z.) Meerut Assistant Development Officer (Export) Kaipur Regional, Directorate of Tndustries, U.P. Kanpur Kashmir Chariber of Corz.mer. e and Industries, Srinagar all India Crochet Lace Exporters association, Narsapur (W:Nest Godavani Dist.) The Handicrafts & Handlooms Export Corporation of India Ltd., New Delhi The Handicraft & Handlooms Export Corporation of India Ltd., Madras The Handicrafts & Handlooms Export Corporation of India Ltd., Bombay The Handicrafts & Handlooms Export Corporation of India Ltd., Calcutta The An' India Handloom Board, Bombay The Weavers Service Centre, Bombay The Weavers Service Centre, Calcutta The Weavers Service Centre, Chowkaghat Varanasi The Weavers Service Centre, Madras The Weavers Service,. entre, New Delhi The Weavers Service Centre, Bangalore The Weavers Service Centre, Kancheepuran; The Weavers Service Centre, Indore City, M.P. The Handlooms Export Promotion Council, Madras The Secretary, Central Silk Board, Bombay The Asst. Secretary, Liaison Office of the C.S. Board, Calcutta The Asst. Secretary, Liaison.Office of the C.S. Board, New Delhi The Silk Testing Assistant. Certification Centre of tha Central Silk Board, Madras Senior Trh.i Cal. Silk Inspector, Liaison Office of the Central Silk Board, Bangalore The Inspector Certification Centre of the Silk Board, Varanasi U.P. L/3982 Page 47

Country Approved authorities to issue certificates India (continued) The Senior Technical Silk Inspector, Srinagar Central Design Centre, Luckhoow 7, Extension Units at Lucknow, Vaianasi, Furakhabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Ihurja'and Saharanpur -Institute of Industrial Designs, Patna A small institute of Industrial Design, Banci for tribal craft School of Designs, Srinagar Export Promotion Cell, Dept,, of industries, Government of Raj asthan, Jaipur Handicrafts Development Centre, Jhalai House, Amer Road, Jaipur Arts and Crafts Institute, Jaipur Design Extension Centre for Cloth Printing at Jodhpur, Barmer and Chittor Design Extension Centre, for Druggets & Carpets, Jaipur Design.Extension Centres in Community Development Block in the crafts of Bamboo, Basketry, Druggets & Carpets, Ivory. Namadas, Pottery, Textile Hand-printing and Wooden Toys Central Design and Research Centre, Chandigarb Research and Design Instituxte, Hyderabad Design Demonstration Centre, Madras Design Development & Technical Improvement Centre, Including Bamboo Research Centre, Trivaaxdrum. Central Designing Centre, Dharansala Design Demonstration Cell;' Mandi Zari Design Demonstration Centre, Bhopal State Industrial Co-operative Association, Abmedabad Arts & Crafts Centxe, Orissa Design Centre, Manipur . Design Centre, Tripura Handicraft Design Training Centre, Bhubanesware (O>rissa) Director of Induèstries and Commerce, Government of Kerala, Trivandrum Memon Chamber of Commerce, Borabay. Indonesia. Indonesian Department of Trade Iran Chamber of commercee together with Imperial Ministry-of Foreign Affairs, Teheran Israel Israel Export Institute Jamaica The Craft Development Agency of the Ministry of Development and Welfare Ministry of Trade and Industry Kenya Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry L/3982 , Page 48

Country Approved authorities to issue certificates Khmer Republic The Ministry of Industry Laos Directorate of Handicrafts and Industry (Artisaahate and Industrie) MInistry of the National Economy Lebanon Chamber of Commerce Industry Department Ministry of National Economy Lesotho Minister for Agriculture, Co-operatives and marketing Malaysia Associated Chinese Chanbers of Commerce of Sarawak -- Authorized members - Kuching Chinese General Chambers of Commerce, Kuching, Sarawak Miri Chinese Chamber of Cormmerce, Miri, Sarawak Sibu Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Sibu, Sarawak Simanggang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Simanggang, Sarawak Johore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Majlis Amanah PaAyat Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce Selangor Malay Chamber of Commerce Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce Malawi The Ministry of Trade and Industry The Malawi Chamber of Commerce Malta Ministry of Finance, Customs and Ports Ministry of Trade, Industry and Agriculture Mauritius Minister for Commerce, Industry and Internal Communications Mexico National Chamber of Comerce National Chamber of the Industry of Silver and Jewellery (Camera Nacional de la Industria de Plateria y Joyeria) Ministry of Trade and Production Morocco The Department of Irtisanat (Handicrafts) Nepal Federation of Nepal Chanber of Commerce and Industries Neth. Antilles M1inistry of Social and Economic Affairs New Hebrides Collector of Customs Nicaragua Ministry of Econory Niger Ministry of Rural Economy Nigeria Handicraft Centre, M4inistry of Commerce, Enugu Benin Carvers Co-operative Society Awka Co-operative Carvers Benin Co-perative Woodworkers Oyo Calabash Workers Association Benin Bronze Workers Association Pottery Centre, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Abuja L/3982 Page 49

Country Aoroved authorities to issue certificates Niue Islands Coriptroller of Custo-as, Niue Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Overseas Investors Chae.ber of Co=mraerce Sind Smnal' Industries azid Handicrafts The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Hyderabad Chamaber of Co-nrierce and Industry The Sukkur Chazfber of Corffuerce and Industry The Multan Chamnber of Commerce and Industry The Rawalpindi Chamber of CormLerce and Industry Panama Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Peru The General Division of Comerce (Direccion General De Conercio) of the Miinistry of Trade and Industry (Mlinisterio De Industria y Commercio), Lima Philippines National Cottage Industries Development Authority Qatar: Doha Chamber of Commerce Rep. of Korea Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Rep. of Viet Nam Directorate of' Foreign Trade, Saigon Romania The Ministry of Foreign Trade, Bulcharest, The Chamber of Commerce of the Socialist Republic of Rorania, Bucharest Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and Industry and its branches in Damunan and Jeddah Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Forest Industries Corporation Singapore International Chambar of Commerce Export Promotion Centre, Economic Development Board Chinese Chamber of Coammerce The Singtapore Manufacturers1 Association Trade Division, Yinistry of Finance Indian Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka Director, Department of Rural Development and Smnall, Industries, Colombo St. Kitts, Ministry of Agr'iculture and La.bour St. Lucia Ministry of Trade and Industry St. Vincent Ministry of Trad'e and Production Surinan Ministry of Economic Affairs Somalia Mogadiscio Chanber of Commerce Swaziland Secretary of Finance and Development Syria Syrianl Chamber of Commerce L/3982 Page 50

Country Approved authorities to issue certificates Taiwan Taipei Handicraft Association Taiwan Handicrcaft Promotion Centre Taiwan Chamber of Commerce Taiwan Handicraft Exporters' Association China External Trade Development Council Tanzania Association of Chambers of Commerce and its constituents (listed hereunder) Arusha Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, Arusha Bukoba Chamber of Commerce, Bukoba Chamber of Commerce, Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam NIrchants Chamber, Dar es Salsam Mbeya Chamber of Comrierce, Mbeya Morogoro Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, Morogoro Moshi Chamber of Coruierce and Industry, Moshi Mtwara Region Chamber of Commuerce and Agriculture, Mtwara Nwanza Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mwanza Southern Region Chamber of Cormerce and Agriculture, Lindi Chamber of Commerce, Tabora Tanga Chamber of Commerce. Tanga Tanga Region Chamber of Comerce and Agriculture, Tanga Associate members Association of East African Industries, Nairobi Co-operative Union of Tanganyika Ltd., Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Building and Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Produce Exchange, Dar es Salaam Lake Region Ginners Association,, Mwanza Lint and Seed Marketing Board, Dar es Salaam National Agricultural Products Board, Dar es Salaam Tanganyika Coffee Growers Assoc. Ltd., Moshi Tanganyika Ginneries Association, Dar es Salaam Tanganyika Hides & Skins Exporters Assoc., Dar es Salaam Tangaanyika Miing Association, Mwanza Tanganyika Motor Traders Association, Dar es Salaam Tanganyika Pyrethrtu Board, Dar es Salaam Tanganyika Sisal Growers Association, Tenga Tangemnyika Sugar Manufacturers Assoc., Moshi Tanganyika Tea. Growers .'Association, Dar es Salala Thailand Export Promotion Division, Ministry of Commerce Thai Chamber of Commerce Department of Foreign Trade, ministry of Commerce Department of Industrial Promotion, Ministry of Industry Office of Commodity Standards, Ministry of Comerce The Territory of Assistant District Comrmissioner & Administration Officials Papua & New (in each district) Guine a L/3982 Page 51

Approrved authorities to issue certificates Tokelau Islands Administrator or his deputy Tonga Collector of Customs Trinidad & Ministry of Community Development Tobago Tuniisia Office National de l'Artisanat Turkey Chambers of Commerce Chambers of Commerce and Industry Uganda The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Kampala United Arab Egyptian Chamber of Commerce, Cairo Republic Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, Aleandria Venezuela Ministry of Development Western Samoa Collector of Customs, Apia Yugoslavia Chambers of Economy - Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia - Herzegovina. Federal Economic Chamber - Belgrade Zambia Kitwe Chamber of Commerce and Industry Zambia Industrial and Commercial Association (Zincom) L/3982 Page 52

APPENDIX 10

Addresses of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Capitalcity Chambers of Commerce

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and capital city Chambers of Commerce in Australia will pass on to members enquiries received from exporters or potential exporters wishing to find importers to handle their products under the Australian system of tariff preferences for developing countries. Where the enquiries are directed to the Australian Chamber in Canberra, six copies of each enquiry should be forwarded for circulation to all Australian States (if this is desired). The addresses of the various Chambers in Australia are as follows:

The Director, The Australian Chamber of Comerce Box E139, G.P.O., Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, AUSTRIALIA. The Director, The Secretary, Sydney Chamber of Commerce, Adelaide Chamber of Commerce, Box 4280, G.P.O., 54 Currie Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 2001, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIA.

The General Manager, The Director, Melbourne Chember of Commerce, Perth Chamber of Commerce, 60 Market Street, Box D170, G.P. 0., Melbourne, Vic. 3000, Perth, Western Australia, 6001, AUSTRALIA. AUSTRLIA.

The Manager, The Director, Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, Hobart Chamber of Commerce, Box 1390R, G.P.O., Box 969K, G.P.0., Brisbane, Queensland, 4001 Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, AUSTRALIA. AUSTRALIA.