Thailand’s Department of Foreign Trade has advised imports of Australian fresh grapes are approaching the trigger level at which a temporary tariff increase will be applied.
As of 11 March, imports from Australia had reached 1,188 tonnes in 2013.
The applicable trigger volume for 2013 is 1,475 tonnes, based on the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
Once the specified trigger level has been reached, the tariff rate applying to Australian grape imports increases from the preferential rate for 2013 of 6 per cent to the general tariff rate of 30 per cent, until the end of the calendar year.
Shipments en route to Thailand when the trigger level is reached, with a contract settled before the trigger level is reached, will attract the preferential rate.
