Energy corporation fined for asbestos importation (NNF 2019/131)

The Australian Border Force has published the following news release and is forwarded for your information.

An energy corporation, which has significant assets in Western Australia, was convicted of two counts of contravening s233 (1)(b) of the Customs Act 1901 for importing a prohibited item, namely chrysotile asbestos, contained in gaskets in a condensate metering skid and two storage tanks in 2012 and 2013.

To read the full news release click HERE

Zoran Kostadinoski
Regional  Manager VIC | TAS | SA, CBFCA