At BCR, we assist small, medium and large business customers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and all around Australia with 3PL services which include domestic and offshore warehousing, international freight forwarding services and expert Customs brokerage and consulting. In addition to providing 3PL services, at BCR we share information to assist businesses in Australia to stay informed. Today’s guest blog post from Russell Weise details yesterday's announcement on the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA). 

The busy Christmas period for Customs Brokers just got more frantic with the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Australia and China set to commence on 20 December. The ChAFTA commencement brings with it an immediate round of tariff cuts and a further round of cuts on 1 January 2016.  With only 11 days’ notice of commencement, importers, exporters and Customs Brokers need to act quickly to prepare.

Read on to learn what the ChAFTA commencement means for Australian importers and exporters.

At BCR, we assist small, medium and large business customers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and all around Australia with 3PL services which include domestic and offshore warehousing, international freight forwarding services and expert Customs brokerage and consulting. In addition to providing 3PL services, at BCR we share information to assist businesses in Australia to stay informed. Today’s guest blog post from Russell Weise provides detail the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and what it means for businesses in Australia.

Read on to learn what the TPP is, how your Customs Broker can assist in determining which Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to use, how some Australian exporters can retain their current advantage and when the TPP may possibly commence.

Editor’s Note: BCR is a 3PL company that provides business customers in Australia with international freight forwarding, contract logistics and customs brokerage/consulting services that are customised for their business. In addition to delivering these services, we believe it is important to be an information resource, and we are dedicated to publishing blog posts that are useful to our business customers and website visitors. 

While we mainly share 3PL and international freight forwarding insights, we also like to publish broader industry topics of interest. Today’s guest blog post is a submission from Russell Wiese who is a partner at Hunt & Hunt Lawyers within their dedicated Customs and Global Trade team.

At BCR we are open to receiving guest blog submissions that provide useful information to businesses that use international freight forwarding and logistics services so if you are interested, feel free to email me at contact@bcr.com.au with your ideas. Happy reading! Scott

Read on to learn Mr Wieses’ professional opinion on the recent announcement of the removal of the $1000 GST free low value threshold.

Editor’s Note: At BCR, we assist business customers as a customs broker and as customs consultants. Our in-house team of accredited customs brokers and consultants work every day to improve compliance and reduce duty for our customers.

At times though, a customs broker may add in the expertise from other service providers such as specialised lawyers to ensure that our customers are receiving what they need. We are fortunate at BCR to have business relationships with many specialised experts that can add value to the work we do, and one of these experts has provided today’s guest blog.

Russell Wiese is a partner at Hunt & Hunt Lawyers within their dedicated Customs and Global Trade team and he specialises in assisting importers and exporters with the various legal issues associated with international trade. In today’s post Mr. Wiese provides information for multinational companies on how to best approach the difficult relationship between Customs valuation and transfer pricing.