The Government has announced a restructure to the import processing charge (“IPC”) to recover the cost of all import related cargo and trade functions undertaken by Australian Customs. 

For consignments valued over $10K or more,

The IPC for electronic sea import declarations (both FCL and LCL) will be increased by $102.60 to $152.60 per consignment. 

• The IPC for electronic air import declarations will be increased by $81.90 to $122.10 per consignment

• For Full Import Declarations (Value over $1000 up to $10,000) there will be no change to the current IPC charged, being $50 for electronic sea import declarations and $40.20 for electronic air import declarations.

• There is no change to any IPC in relation to self-assessed clearances (SAC) where the Customs Value is less than A$1000.