Sheepmeat
Australia's sheepmeat exports face barriers to trade 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
|
|
China
|
15%
|
12% -15%
|
|
EU
|
70%**
|
Within quota zero. Above quota 12.8% + 90.2-311.8 euro/100 kg
|
|
Japan
|
0%
|
0%
|
|
Korea
|
22.5%
|
22.5%
|
|
Mexico
|
10%
|
10%
|
|
Middle East
|
0-5%
|
0-5%
|
|
PNG
|
11%
|
11%
|
|
South Africa
|
66%
|
40% or 2 RAND/kg whichever is higher
|
|
Taiwan
|
15%
|
15% or NT$11.3/kg whichever is higher
|
|
Thailand
|
32%
|
0% (under TAFTA)
|
|
US - lamb
|
US 0.7c/kg
|
0% (under AUSFTA)
|
|
US - mutton
|
US 2.8c/kg
|
0% (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)
TAFTA = Thailand-Australia FTA; AUSFTA = Australia-US FTA
Tariff quotas
|
Country
|
Australia's country specific tariff quota (tonnes, carcase weight equivalent)
|
In-quota tariff
|
|
EU
|
18,786
|
0% |
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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