Customs Tariff Amendment (Craft Beer) Act 2019 (NNF 2019/149)

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has published a notice which sets out the changes made by the Customs Tariff Amendment (Craft Beer) Bill 2019 that received the Royal Assent on 5 April 2019.

From 1 July 2019, draught beer in containers between 8 and 48 litres designed to be connected to pressurised gas or pump delivery systems, will be subject to the same rate of excise-equivalent customs duty as draught beer in containers with a capacity exceeding 48 litres.

These changes apply to goods classified to tariff subheadings 2203.00.6 and 2206.00.7 in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (the Customs Tariff Act).

To download the DHA notice No: 2019/21 click HERE.