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Australia runs an ongoing administrative Tariff Concessions System under the Customs Act 1901: importers apply under s.269K(1) for duty-free treatment (TCOs) on goods not produced in Australia in the normal course of business, and the ABF periodically gazettes applications, TCOs made under s.269R(1), and local-manufacturer-initiated revocations under s.269SE(1). Gazette No. TC 25/22 (published 11 June 2025) is one such weekly batch. On the liberalising side, eight product lines move from the standard 5% tariff to duty-free: amine-based corrosion inhibitors (Schlumberger Australia), compostable-film polymer pellets (Biobag World Australia), anode-baking- furnace cooling systems, aseptic UHT food/beverage processing machinery (Tetra Pak Marketing), reverse-osmosis filtration membranes (Vantive), bottom-hole-assembly drilling parts (Schlumberger Australia), a repaired rail-welding-machine centring device, and further items granted under earlier applications. On the restrictive side, the local-manufacturer- initiated revocation notices reinstate the 5% tariff on steel access boxes, vertical-climbing-system formwork parts and building safety-screen parts (all substitutable goods now produced by Liberty Primary Steel) and on crown seals (substitutable goods produced by Interpack Pty Ltd), with effect from 22-24 January 2025 — predating the gazette's publication date, consistent with the TCO revocation process's retrospective effective dates.
re-protection; no aggregate trade-value figure disclosed in the gazette, so severity is capped at 1 with the 5% general-tariff rate as the only quantified parameter (mixed basis).
this register (2025-07-02) and the parallel New Zealand Tariff Concession Approvals Notice series — future TC gazettes remain low-priority filing candidates unless a batch grants concessions on a strategically material product line (e.g. critical-mineral processing equipment).
batch; severity reflects the routine per-item 5% tariff rate only.