Michael Sukkar (Deakin, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2018 contains a number of amendments to the Customs Tariff Act that will assist Australian businesses and consumers. The first set of amendments in the bill implement an early outcome of the Indonesia-Australia Closer Economic Partnership Agreement by providing a free rate of duty for certain herbicides and pesticides imported from Indonesia. These amendments are consistent with Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2018. The second set of amendments in the bill create a concessional item for eligible blinded clinical trial kits and placebos used in clinical trials. This will make the importation of these goods into Australia cheaper through the removal of customs duty while also simplifying the import process and reducing red tape. These amendments are consistent with Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 2) 2018. The final amendment made by the bill realigns schedule 12 with the other schedules of the act by removing a redundant item. I therefore commend the bill to the House.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

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