This instrument is the Customs Tariff Amendment Regulations 2017.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this instrument is registered.	20 June 2017
2. Schedule 1	Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Amendment Act 2017.	1 July 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Customs Tariff Regulations 2004

1 Regulation 3

Repeal the following definitions:

(a) definition of Harmonized US Tariff Schedule;

(b) definition of Schedule 5 item;

2 Regulations 4 and 4A

Repeal the regulations, substitute:

4 Classes of countries and places for which preferential rates apply

For the purposes of the Act, Schedule 1 has effect.

Note: Schedule 1 sets out the countries and places to which preferential rates of duty apply under the Australian system of tariff preferences.

3 After regulation 5

Insert:

6 Saving provision—amendments made by the Customs Tariff Amendment Regulations 2017

These Regulations, as in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Amendment Regulations 2017, continue to apply on and after that commencement in relation to goods imported into Australia before that commencement.

4 Schedules 1 and 1A

Repeal the Schedules, substitute:

Schedule 1—Classes of countries and places for which preferential rates apply

Note: See regulation 4.

Part 1—Forum Island Countries

Forum Island Countries
Column 1 Country	Column 2 Abbreviation
Cook Islands	CK
Fiji	FJ
Kiribati	KI
Marshall Islands, Republic of	MH
Micronesia, Federated States of	FM
Nauru	NR
Niue	NU
Papua New Guinea	PG
Samoa	WS
Solomon Islands	SB
Tonga	TO
Tuvalu	TV
Vanuatu	VU

Part 2—Least Developed Countries

Division 1—Countries that are Least Developed Countries

Countries that are Least Developed Countries
Column 1 Country	Column 2 Abbreviation
Afghanistan	AF
Angola	AO
Bangladesh	BD
Benin	BJ
Bhutan	BT
Burkina Faso	BF
Burundi	BI
Cambodia	KH
Cape Verde	CV
Central African Republic	CF
Chad	TD
Comoros	KM
Congo, Democratic Republic of	CD
Djibouti	DJ
Equatorial Guinea	GQ
Eritrea	ER
Ethiopia	ET
Gambia	GM
Guinea	GN
Guinea‑Bissau	GW
Haiti	HT
Kiribati	KI
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	LA
Lesotho	LS
Liberia	LR
Madagascar	MG
Malawi	MW
Maldives	MV
Mali	ML
Mauritania	MR
Mozambique	MZ
Myanmar, Union of	MM
Nepal	NP
Niger	NE
Rwanda	RW
Samoa	WS
Sao Tome and Principe	ST
Senegal	SN
Sierra Leone	SL
Solomon Islands	SB
Somalia	SO
Sudan	SD
Tanzania, United Republic of	TZ
Togo	TG
Tuvalu	TV
Uganda	UG
Vanuatu	VU
Yemen, Republic of	YE
Zambia	ZM

Division 2—Other countries and places that are treated as Least Developed Countries

Other countries and places that are treated as Least Developed Countries
Column 1 Country or place	Column 2 Abbreviation
East Timor (Timor‑Leste)	TL

Part 3—Developing Countries subject to DC rates of duty

Division 1—Countries subject to DC rates of duty

Countries subject to DC rates of duty
Column 1 Country	Column 2 Abbreviation
Afghanistan	AF
Angola	AO
Bangladesh	BD
Benin	BJ
Bhutan	BT
Botswana	BW
Burkina Faso	BF
Burundi	BI
Cambodia	KH
Cape Verde	CV
Central African Republic	CF
Chad	TD
Comoros	KM
Congo, Democratic Republic of	CD
Cook Islands	CK
Djibouti	DJ
East Timor (Timor‑Leste)	TL
Equatorial Guinea	GQ
Eritrea	ER
Ethiopia	ET
Fiji	FJ
Gambia	GM
Guinea	GN
Guinea‑Bissau	GW
Haiti	HT
Kiribati	KI
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	LA
Lesotho	LS
Liberia	LR
Madagascar	MG
Malawi	MW
Maldives	MV
Mali	ML
Marshall Islands, Republic of	MH
Mauritania	MR
Micronesia, Federated States of	FM
Mozambique	MZ
Myanmar, Union of	MM
Namibia	NA
Nauru	NR
Nepal	NP
Niger	NE
Niue	NU
Palau	PW
Papua New Guinea	PG
Rwanda	RW
Samoa	WS
Sao Tome and Principe	ST
Senegal	SN
Sierra Leone	SL
Solomon Islands	SB
Somalia	SO
Sudan	SD
Tanzania, United Republic of	TZ
Togo	TG
Tonga	TO
Tuvalu	TV
Uganda	UG
Vanuatu	VU
Yemen, Republic of	YE
Zambia	ZM

Division 2—Places subject to DC rates of duty

Places subject to DC rates of duty
Column 1 Place	Column 2 Abbreviation
American Samoa	AS
French Polynesia	PF
Guam	GU
Mariana Islands	MP
New Caledonia	NC
Pitcairn Island	PN
Tokelau Islands	TK
Wallis and Futuna Islands	WF

Part 4—Developing Countries subject to DCS rates of duty

Division 1—Countries subject to DCS rates of duty

Countries subject to DCS rates of duty
Column 1 Country	Column 2 Abbreviation
Albania	AL
Algeria	DZ
Antigua and Barbuda	AG
Argentina	AR
Bahamas	BS
Bahrain	BH
Barbados	BB
Belize	BZ
Bolivia	BO
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA
Brazil	BR
Brunei Darussalam	BN
Bulgaria	BG
Cameroon	CM
Chile	CL
China, People’s Republic of	CN
Colombia	CO
Congo	CG
Costa Rica	CR
Cote d’Ivoire	CI
Croatia	HR
Cuba	CU
Cyprus	CY
Czech Republic	CZ
Dominica	DM
Dominican Republic	DO
Ecuador	EC
Egypt	EG
El Salvador	SV
Gabon	GA
Ghana	GH
Grenada	GD
Guatemala	GT
Guyana	GY
Honduras	HN
Hungary	HU
India	IN
Indonesia	ID
Iran	IR
Iraq	IQ
Israel	IL
Jamaica	JM
Jordan	JO
Kenya	KE
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	KP
Korea, Republic of	KR
Kuwait	KW
Lebanon	LB
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LY
Malaysia	MY
Malta	MT
Mauritius	MU
Mexico	MX
Mongolia	MN
Morocco	MA
Nicaragua	NI
Nigeria	NG
Oman	OM
Pakistan	PK
Panama	PA
Paraguay	PY
Peru	PE
Philippines	PH
Poland	PL
Qatar	QA
Romania	RO
St Christopher and Nevis	KN
St Lucia	LC
St Vincent and the Grenadines	VC
Saudi Arabia	SA
Serbia	RS
Seychelles	SC
Singapore	SG
Slovak Republic	SK
Slovenia	SI
Sri Lanka	LK
Suriname	SR
Swaziland	SZ
Syrian Arab Republic	SY
Thailand	TH
Trinidad and Tobago	TT
Tunisia	TN
Turkey	TR
United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah)	AE
Uruguay	UY
Venezuela	VE
Vietnam, Socialist Republic of	VN
Zimbabwe	ZW

Division 2—Places subject to DCS rates of duty

Places subject to DCS rates of duty
Column 1 Place	Column 2 Abbreviation
Anguilla	AI
Bermuda	BM
British Indian Ocean Territory	IO
British Virgin Islands	VG
Cayman Islands	KY
Falkland Islands	FK
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	MK
Gibraltar	GI
Hong Kong	HK
Johnston Island	XA
Macao	MO
Midway Islands	XB
Montserrat	MS
Netherlands Antilles	AN
St Helena	SH
St Pierre and Miquelon	PM
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	GS
Taiwan Province	TW
Territories administered by the Palestinian Authority	PS
Turks and Caicos Islands	TC
Virgin Islands of the United States	VI
Wake Island	XC

Part 5—Developing Countries subject to DCT rates of duty

Division 1—Countries subject to DCT rates of duty

Countries subject to DCT rates of duty
Column 1 Country	Column 2 Abbreviation
Korea, Republic of	KR
Singapore	SG

Division 2—Places subject to DCT rates of duty

Places subject to DCT rates of duty
Column 1 Place	Column 2 Abbreviation
Hong Kong	HK
Taiwan Province	TW