If you buy, export, grow, process or sell Australian agricultural produce yourself, or on behalf of another person, you may be liable to pay a levy or charge.
We collect levies and charges on behalf of the relevant agriculture industry. The money collected is then disbursed to levy recipient bodies to fund activities that protect and strengthen those industries.
Check if a levy or charge may apply to your product.
All rate details
The total levy or charge you pay includes components used to fund different activities.
Our list of rates tables shows the breakdown of all levy and charge components.
See all levy and charge rate tables.
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Animal products
Levies and charges are payable on:
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Field crops
Levies and charges are payable on:
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Fisheries
Levies and charges are payable on:
You must lodge your return by completing a manual farmed prawns return form.
Forestry
Levies and charges are payable on:
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Note: The forest industries products import charge is payable through the Department of Home Affairs.
Game animals
Levies and charges are payable on:
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Horticulture
Levies and charges are payable on:
- almonds
- apples and pears
- avocados
- bananas
- cherries
- chestnuts
- citrus
- custard apples
- dried grapes
- dried tree fruits
- ginger
- lychees
- macadamia nuts
- mangoes
- melons
- mushrooms
- nursery products
- olives
- onions
- papaya
- passionfruit
- pears (refer to apples and pears)
- persimmons
- pineapples
- potatoes
- rubus
- stone fruit
- strawberries
- sweet potatoes
- table grapes
- turf
- vegetables.
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Note: For return periods up to 31 December 2024, Levies Online is not available for dried tree fruits, dried grapes, mushrooms, nursery products and strawberries. You must lodge your return for periods prior to January 2025 by completing the manual horticulture return form.
Live animal export
Charges are payable on:
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Livestock processing
Levies are payable for the following livestock and animal slaughter:
- beef production
- buffalo slaughter
- deer slaughter
- livestock (goat, lamb and sheep) slaughter
- pig slaughter.
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Livestock transaction
Levies are payable on:
- cattle and livestock (goat, lamb and sheep) delivered for export by a producer
- cattle and livestock (goat, sheep and lamb) transactions.
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Other rural industries
Levies and charges are payable on:
You can lodge your tea tree oil return online at: Levies Online.
Note: The thoroughbred horses levy is collected by Racing Australia.
Poultry
Levies are payable on:
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Note: Levies Online is not available for Eggs. You must lodge your return by completing a manual eggs return form.
Wine
Levies and charges are payable on :
- fresh grapes, dried grapes and grape juice (grape research levy)
- wine grapes (wine grapes levy)
- wine export.
You can lodge your return online at: Levies Online.
Note: Wine Australia is responsible for the collection of wine export charge. Please and pay your wine export charge through Wine Australia.
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Contact us
For more on levies and charges, levies accounts or how to lodge your return, contact the Levies team.