The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has redesigned its fruit export certification and biosecurity cost recovery fees and charges, effective 1 Dec 2015.
The redesigned fees and levies program, actioned by Plant Export Operations, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, is part of the Federal Government’s Cost Recovery program.
Various different models, fees and levies were proposed by the department and put to industry for consultation and feedback. The department received quite a bit of ‘frank and fearless’ advice about the model and subsequently took on board many of the suggested changes put forward by industry.
Details of the charging guidelines can be found on the Department of Agriculture website.
For more information, visit www.apal.org.au