Beef
Australia's beef exports face trade barriers in a number of countries. This border protection commonly takes the form of tariffs and/or tariff rate quotas. A tariff is a duty (or tax) levied on goods transported from one customs area to another.
A tariff rate quota is a quantity limit on imports below which a reduced or in-quota tariff is charged on imports. Where imports exceed the tariff rate quota the level of imports above the limit are charged a higher or above-quota tariff.
Tariffs
|
Country
|
Bound tariff*
|
Applied tariff
|
|
Canada (above quota)
|
26.5% |
26.5%
|
|
China
|
18.6% |
12-25%
|
|
EU
|
100%** |
In quota 20% customs duty
Above quota 12.8% + 141.4-304.1 Euro/100kg
|
|
Indonesia
|
50% |
0-5% (0% for most tariff lines by 2020 under AANZFTA)
|
|
Japan
|
50% |
38.5% (special safeguard of 50%)
|
|
Mexico
|
45% |
20% - 25%
|
|
Philippines
|
40% |
10% (0% by 2012 under AANZFTA)
|
| Russia |
(Not a WTO member)
|
In quota 15%, but not less than 0.2 Euro/kg
Above quota 50%, but not less than 1 Euro/kg |
|
South Korea
|
40% |
40%
|
|
Taiwan ('other quality' beef)
|
29%** |
NT $10/kg
|
|
Thailand
|
51% |
24% (0% by 2020 under TAFTA)
|
|
US (above quota)
|
26.4% |
In quota 0%
Above quota 26.4% (0% by 2022 under AUSFTA)
|
*Bound tariffs are those agreed to under GATT or WTO. They represent commitments not to increase tariffs above the listed rates - the rates are "bound".
** Estimated tariff equivalent (average across tariff lines)
AANZFTA = ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTA; TAFTA = Thailand-Australia FTA; AUSFTA = Australia-US FTA
Tariff quotas
|
Country
|
Australia's country specific tariff quota (tonnes)
|
In-quota tariff
|
|
Canada
|
35,000 (calendar year)
|
0% |
|
European Union
(high quality beef)
|
7,150 (fiscal year)
|
20% |
|
European Union
(grainfed beef)
|
Australia has shared access with the United States (and other potentially eligible suppliers) to a 20,000 tonne quota (fiscal year) |
0% |
|
United States
|
408,214 (calendar year) expanding to 448,214 by 2022 under AUSFTA
|
0%
|
| Russia |
Australia has shared access along with other eligible suppliers to a 428,300 tonne frozen beef quota (calendar year) and a 1,000 tonne chilled quota (calendar year)
|
15%, but not less than 0.2 Euro/kg |
View the tariff reductions applicable to Australian beef as a result of free trade agreements
As tariff rates and quotas can alter, reference should also be made to the tariff schedules available from the relevant authority in the country of interest.
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