Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, upon notice, on 5 May 2011:

(1) Can details be provided of the 3 month compliance campaign into low value imports, including the: (a) name; (b) objectives; (c) cost; and (d) outcomes, of the campaign.

(2) What impact did this have on the flow of overseas imports and their timely delivery.

(3) Was there any difficulty in the storage of held goods during the campaign.

(4) How many consumers were contacted about the goods they were importing during the campaign.

(5) How many parcels were determined to be non-compliant during the campaign, and what goods and services tax or duty was payable on these non-compliant items.

(6) (a) How many parcels declared to have a value less than $1 000 arrive each year; (b) how many are found to be non-compliant; and (c) how has this figure fluctuated over the past 10 years.