Levy rates and commodity details

Levies and charges are payable on the following animal fibres:

• deer velvet
• goat fibre
• wool.

Returns can be lodged through Levies Online for all animal fibres.

Wool levy payers and collection agents are also required to provide a completed wool producers statistics form with their levy return.

Levies and charges are payable on the following:

• dairy produce (milk delivered to a manufacturer)
• honey.

Returns can be lodged through Levies Online for dairy produce and honey.

Levies are payable on the following field crops:

• coarse grains
• cotton and seed cotton
• fodder
• grain legumes
• oilseeds
• pasture seeds
• rice
• sugar cane
• wheat.

Returns can be lodged through Levies Online for all field crops except pasture seeds and rice.

Returns for pasture seeds and rice must be lodged using a manual lodgement form.

Levies and charges are payable for:

• farmed prawns.

Returns for farmed prawns must be lodged using a manual lodgement form.

Levies and charges are payable for the following forestry commodities:

• forest growers — logs
• forest and wood products.

Note: Forest and wood products import charge is payable through the Australian Customs Service.

All returns for forestry levies and export charges can be lodged through Levies Online.

Levies and charges are payable on the following horticultural products:

• almonds
• apples and pears
• avocados
• bananas
• cherries
• chestnuts
• citrus
• custard apples
• dried fruits
• dried vine fruits
• ginger
• lychees
• macadamia nuts
• mangoes
• melons
• mushrooms
• nursery products
• olives
• onions
• papaya
• passionfruit
• persimmons
• pineapples
• potatoes
• rubus
• stone fruit
• strawberries
• sweet potatoes
• table grapes
• turf
• vegetables.

Returns can be lodged through Levies Online for all horticultural products except dried fruits, dried vine fruits, mushrooms, nursery product and strawberries.

If online lodgement is not available for your commodity you will need to lodge a manual levy return.

Charges are payable on exports of the following live animals:

• buffalo
• cattle and livestock (goat, lamb and sheep)
• cattle and livestock (goat, lamb and sheep) delivered for export — producers
• deer.

All live animal export charge returns can be lodged through Levies Online.

Levies are payable for the following livestock and animal slaughter:

• beef production
• buffalo slaughter
• deer slaughter
• game animals (goats and pigs)
• horse slaughter
• livestock (goat, lamb and sheep) slaughter
• macropod slaughter
• pig slaughter
• ratite (emu and ostrich) slaughter.

All livestock and animal slaughter levy returns can be lodged through Levies Online.

Levies are payable for all cattle and livestock (goat, sheep and lamb) transactions.

All livestock transaction levy returns can be lodged through Levies Online.

Levies are payable for the following poultry products:

• egg promotion
• laying chickens
• meat chickens.

Returns can be lodged through Levies Online for all poultry products except egg promotion.

Egg promotion levy returns must be lodged using a manual lodgement form.

Levies and charges are payable for:

• tea tree oil.

Returns for tea tree oil can be lodged through Levies Online.

Levies Online will be available in October 2017.

Levies on wine grapes and wine are payable for:

• grape research
• wine grapes
• wine export (information only).

Returns for wine grapes and grape research levy can be lodged through Levies Online.

Grape research and wine grapes levy payers and collection agents are also required to provide a completed details of contract winemaking at a processing establishment form with their levy return.