Changes

Effective 21 November 2022, green coffee beans imported under tariff 0901.1 will be in scope for the class 19.2 AEPCOMM approved arrangement as well as the Highly Compliant Importer scheme. This will provide importers with reduced end-to-end departmental intervention via document assessment and risk-based inspections.

The Highly Compliant Importer (HCI) functionality for green coffee beans will be managed in the Agriculture Import Management System (AIMS) Q-ruler.

As a result of these changes, green coffee beans will be removed from the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS).

The BICON case has been updated as follows:

• HCI direction outcomes as well as the AEPCOMM in scope pathways have now been included in the onshore outcomes section to assist staff and accredited persons when performing document assessment.
• References to the Compliance Base Intervention scheme (CBIS) have now been removed.

Who does this notice affect:
Importers of green coffee beans for processing, Pathway Operations Cargo - Assessment and Inspections, accredited persons operating under the department’s class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangement.

Further information:
Please see the highly compliant importer webpage.

Enquiries in relation to the HCI scheme should be directed to AEP Support.