This guidance is an explanation of UK-Australia FTA Chapter 2: Trade in Goods
Removal of customs duties
The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will remove all customs duties on UK originating exports to Australia.
The vast majority of UK originating exports will see all duties removed immediately upon entry into force. This includes key goods which will see their import duties reduced to 0%, such as:
- Whiskies
- Gins
- Liqueurs
- Motor Cars and Passenger Vehicles including electric
- Car Parts
- Pharmaceutical and Medical (where not already included)
- Heavy Machinery
- Dried Vegetables
For a smaller number of goods – namely some steel and cheese products, the removal of duties will be phased in over a set number of years.
For those steel products, duties will be removed over 5 equal annual instalments; and for cheese products, remaining duties will be eliminated over 6 equal annual instalments.
The agreement provides a full list of goods and their duty rates.
Rules of Origin (RoO)
Provided the export to Australia meets the Rules of Origin requirements, a declaration regarding the origin can be made on the export invoice, or any other commercial document stating the goods are originating in the UK and meet the requirements of the RoO chapter.
Non-tariff measures
Australia will not maintain any non-tariff measures or adopt any non-tariff measures that are not in accordance with WTO rights and obligations. Details of non-tariff measures that are permitted will be made available to interested parties in the future.