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Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill (No. 1) 2026

Amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to:

  • set the general rate of customs duty applicable to approximately 500 tariff headings and subheadings to free
  • provide that the preferential rate of customs duty applied to goods covered by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is not higher than the general rate of customs duty
  • extend for a further 2 years the increase in customs duty on imported goods that are the produce or manufacture of Russia or Belarus
  • extend for a further 24 months the free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine
  • repeal spent phasing rates of duty for Peruvian originating goods.

Summary from the official bill homepage.

Official record: bill homepage at aph.gov.au.