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Sender Reference

The identifier assigned by the person communicating the export periodic declaration to identify (and distinguish from others) the export periodic declaration and all subsequent amendments to the export periodic declaration

2

Sender Reference Version

The numeric identifier assigned by the person communicating the export periodic declaration to identify the version of a export periodic declaration or a sequence of related export periodic declarations.

3

Periodic Declaration Number

The alpha-numeric identifier for the export periodic declaration.

4

Settlement Period

The month to which the export periodic declaration relates .

5

Accredited Client Party Id

The numeric identifier assigned to the Accredited Client who is making the export periodic declaration.

6

Agent Party Id

The ABN, or code allocated by Customs, that identifies the person communicating the export periodic declaration.

7

Line Number

The number that identifies each separate line of goods on the export periodic declaration.

8

Line Action Code

The code indicating whether the line is being amended (A) or deleted (D).

9

ACEAN

For each line of goods - the Accredited Client Export Approval Number (ACEAN) used to enter goods covered by the export periodic declaration

10

AHECC Code

For each line of goods - the commodity classification code (Export Statistical Item) for the goods, as shown in the Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC) published by Australian Bureau of Statistics as in force when this instrument commences.

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FOB Currency Code

The code indicating the monetary unit associated with the export periodic declaration.

12

Invoice Currency Code

The code indicating the monetary unit in which the invoice for the goods is made out.

13

Port of Loading

The UN/LOCODE, as published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE), of the port where the goods will be loaded onto a ship or aircraft for export.

14

Country of Destination

If the goods are not stores or spares - the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, as published in ISO 3166-1:1997 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes, by the International Organization for Standardization as in force when this instrument commences, of the final country of destination of the goods. 

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First Port of Discharge

If the goods are not stores or spares - the UN/LOCODE of the first foreign port or airport at which the goods will be discharged from the ship or aircraft that transported them from Australia. This may not be the final destination of the goods.

16

Total FOB Value

The FOB value of all the goods covered by the periodic declaration:

–      as defined in the AHECC; and

–      in the currency unit indicated in the FOB Currency Code.

17

Net Quantity

For each line of goods, if the AHECC requires a quantity for the goods - the Net Quantity of the goods.

18

Net Quantity Unit

For each line of goods:

–      if the AHECC requires a quantity for the goods - the Net Quantity Unit for the goods in accordance with the AHECC; or

–      if the AHECC does not require a quantity for the goods - ‘NR’.

19

Gross Weight

The weight of the goods, including packing excluding the carrier’s equipment.

20

Gross Weight Unit

The code indicating the unit of weight which in which the Gross Weight is measured:

–      Grams ‘GR’

–      Kilograms ’KG’

–      Tonnes ‘T’

21

Goods Origin Code

The code to identify where the goods were produced or manufactured:

–      Australian Capital Territory  ‘AU-CT’

–      New South Wales   ‘AU-NS’

–      Queensland     ‘AU-QL’

–      South Australia     ‘AU-SA’

–      Tasmania     ‘AU-TS’

–      Victoria       ‘AU-VI’

–      Western Australia    ‘AU-WA’

–      Northern Territory   ‘AU-NT’

–      Foreign      ‘YY-FO’

22

Goods Origin Country Code

If the goods are not produced or manufactured in Australia - the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, as published in ISO 3166-1:1997 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes by the International Organization for Standardization as in force when this instrument commences, for the country in which the goods have been produced or manufactured.

23

Mode of Transport

If the goods were not being consigned by post - the code indicating the mode of transport of the goods:

–      Air ‘A’

–      Sea  ‘S’

24

Assay Element Code

If the goods are goods which the AHECC indicates must be declared for export along with assay detail - the code to describe the goods:

–      Gold  ‘AU’

–      Silver  ‘AG’

–      Copper  ‘CU’

–      Lead  ‘PB’

–      Platinum  ‘PT’

–      Nickel  ‘NI’

–      Tin   ‘SN’

–      Tungsten  ‘WO’

25

Assay Element Concentration

If the goods are goods which the AHECC indicates must be declared for export along with assay detail - the concentration of the identified element.

26

Assay Element Concentration Unit

If the goods are goods which the AHECC indicates must be declared for export along with assay detail - the units of concentration of the element in its ore:

–      Grams per Tonne ‘GPT’

–      Percentage ‘PER’

27

Permit Number

If the goods are required by law to have an export permission (however described) - the numbers or codes identifying the required export permits, licences, or other permissions along with a 3 character permit prefix allocated by Customs.

28

Permit Validation Number

The number used to validate the Permit Number.