Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 10 January 2012, amends the Tariff (Specified AANZFTA Parties) Order 2009. The amendment declares Indonesia to be a specified AANZFTA party (party to the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA Agreement)) for the purposes of the Tariff Act 1988.

The effect of this order is to—

• make the preferential tariff rates of duty that apply to specified AANZFTA parties (which are set out in the Tariff) available to Indonesia; and

• enable transitional safeguard measures to be applied under the AANZFTA Agreement in appropriate circumstances on imports originating from Indonesia.

Indonesia is also declared to be a specified AANZFTA party for the purposes of the Customs and Excise Act 1996, under the Customs and Excise (Specified AANZFTA Parties—Indonesia) Amendment Order 2011.