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There are around 2,000 family operated farm businesses growing rice in the Murrumbidgee valleys of NSW and the Murray valleys of NSW and Victoria. In NSW all growers are shareholders of…
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When levies applyLevy applies to rice harvested and delivered to a processing establishment in Australia.ExemptionsNo exemptions apply to the rice levy. Who collects and paysThe levy may be paid directly to us or via a third party (collection agent). This depends on the first transaction…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry manages 10 quotas under the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA), including rice.
Australian exporters can export up to 1,000 tonnes/year of Long Grain Rice and 11,500 tonnes/year of Broken Rice at a 0% tariff rate. Access…
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Authors: Dale Ashton and Jeremy van Dijk
In 2014–15 rice production contributed 4 per cent of the total gross value of irrigated agricultural production in the Murray–Darling Basin (ABS 2017). Almost all of Australia’s rice production occurs in the NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee regions in the…
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Date of notice: 12 June 2020
Effective date for levy returns: 1 July 2020
From 1 July 2020, the research and development (R&D) component of the rice levy, will increase from $2.94 per tonne to $5.94 per tonne. The total rice levy rate will be $6.00 per tonne. It will apply to…
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The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has been commissioned by the NSW Government to prepare an independent report on NSW rice vesting arrangements.
As part of its decision to extend rice vesting arrangements for rice grown in the NSW to 30 June 2027,…
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ABARES was commissioned by the NSW Department of Primary Industries to deliver an independent report on NSW rice vesting arrangements to the NSW Minister for Agriculture by 30 May 2023.The report considered the issues raised in the NSW 2021 Rice Vesting Review (the 2021 Review) and made…
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16 September 2019Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to clients, brokers and agents who import rice for human consumption.What has changed?The Department of Agriculture (the department)…
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19 July 2019Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to clients, brokers and agents who import parboiled rice for human consumption.What has changed?A new pathway for rice 'semi processed…
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8 July 2016Who does this notice affect? This notice is relevant to shipping agents, international vessel masters and international vessel operators involved in voyages between the Philippines and…
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