Resources

Documents

• AAF documents
• Customs forms
• Export forms
• Quarantine documents
• Other documents

Useful Links

• Australian Customs Service
• Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
• Other useful Government links
• Useful online references
• Air Cargo Tracking
• Sea Cargo Tracking

Documents

AAF documents

• Letter of Authority
  
  
• Shipper’s Letter of Instruction (SLI)
  

  		Shippers Letter of Instruction
  		Shippers Letter of Instruction

      
• Terms and Conditions

Customs forms

• Direct Debit forms
  

  		B320 Direct Debit Request (DDR)
  		B322 ICS EFT Client Authorisation

  
  
• B534 Unaccompanied Personal Effects Statement
  
  
• B807 Claim for Drawback
  
  
• B923 Order to Pay Agent

Export forms

• Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. (AACCI) Certificate of Australian Origin
  
  
• Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) Certificates of Australian Origin
  

  		Queensland (Commerce Queensland)
  		South Australia (SA Business)
  		Victoria (Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry - VECCI)
  		All other states and territories.

  
  
• Multimodal Dangerous Goods Form

Quarantine documents

• Examples of acceptable documents
  

  		FCL & LCL packing declarations
  		Combined FCL/LCL Annual Packing Declaration
  		Treatment certificates

  
  
• AQIS delivery postcode directory (Metropolitan, Fringe and Rural postcode search)
  
  
• CCC Resources document - AQIS manual detailing timber treatment options (pages 8 to 21) and delivery postcodes for each state (pages 22 to 26).
  

  		CCC Resources
  		CCC Resources

Other documents

• Application for Approval to Import a Motor Vehicle
  

  		Word Form
  		PDF Form

  
  
• GST Food Guide

Useful Links

Australian Customs Service

• Customs homepage
• Commerce markings (labeling requirements)
• Customs exchange rates
• Customs fact sheets
• Customs Interactive (ICS)
• Customs tariff
• GST exemptions
• GST on taxable importations
• Importing a motor vehicle
• Prohibited and restricted imports
• Complaints and compliments

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)

• AQIS homepage
• Faster clearance tips
• Fees and charges for import clearance
• ICON – Import Conditions Search
• Import permit applications forms
• ISPM 15 frequently asked questions
• Lists of acceptable/unacceptable methyl bromide fumigators
• Compliments and complaints

Other useful Government links

• ABN Lookup
• Bureau of Meteorology (weather forecasts)
• Business Victoria - Exporting
• ComLaw (Commonwealth legislation)
• Deferred GST Scheme

Useful online references

• APEC Tariff Database(customs tariff information for APEC member countries including China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, United States etc.)
• Container sizes/specifications Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
• Currency converters Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
• Babel Fish (online translator)
• Incoterms 2000
• Street maps and driving directions Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
• Time zones Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
• Travelmate (calculates distance and travel time between any two towns in Australia)
• Unit converters Web Link 1 | Web Link 2
• Webster’s Online Dictionary
• Wikipedia (public encyclopedia)
• Worldwide public holidays

Air Cargo Tracking

Next to each airline’s name is their flight number prefix and air waybill prefix, to help you identify the airline responsible for your cargo.

If your air waybill prefix is not shown above, you could try looking it up on either of these sites:

• Air Cargo Tracking Consultant
• Redberry Tracking

Sea Cargo Tracking

If you know your shipping line or container number, you can often track your cargo online. Look for the 4-letter prefix (the beginning of the container number) in the tables below.

Shipping lines’ websites will usually give you the current shipment details, such as the vessel name and expected arrival dates.

Leasing businesses’ websites will usually give you the current lessee’s or customer’s name. If the lessee is a shipping line, you can then go to their website to search for the shipment details.

Shipping lines

	Shipping Lines	Common Prefixes
	American President Lines (APL)	APHU, APLS, APLU, APZU
	China Shipping	CCLU, CSLU
	CMA CGM, including Delmas	CGHU, CGMU, CMAU, DVRU, ECMU
	COSCO (need to register first – free)	CBHU
	Evergreen Marine	EGHU, EISU, EMCU, HMCU, IMTU, LTIU, UGMU
	Hamburg Süd	KHLU, SUDU
	Hanjin Shipping	HJCU
	Hapag-Lloyd (need to register first – free)	CASU, CMUU, CPSU, CSQU, HLXU, ITAU, USCU
	Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM)	HDMU
	K Line Group (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd)	AKLU, KKFU, KKTU, KLFU, KLTU
	Maersk Line	APMU, KNLU, MAEU, MGBU, MSKU, MWCU, MWMU, OCLU, POCU, PONU, SEAU
	Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC) – no online tracking available	MAJU, MISU, MNLU
	Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)	MEDU, MSCU
	Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL)	MOAU, MOFU, MOGU, MOLU, MORU, MOTU
	NYK Line	NYKU
	Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL)	OOLU
	Pacific International Lines (PIL)	NLHU, PCIU
	Regional Container Lines (RCL)	REGU
	Shandong Yantai International Marine Shipping Co (SYMS) - no online tracking available	SYMU
	United Arab Shipping Co (UASC)	UACU
	ZIM Israel Navigation	ZCSU, ZIMU

Container leasing businesses

	Container leasing businesses	Common Prefixes
	Blue Sky Intermodal	BSIU
	Bridgehead Container Services	BHCU, MBIU
	Container Applications International (CAI)	CAIU, CAXU
	Carlisle Leasing International	DRYU, INBU, INKU, IPXU
	Cronos	CRSU, CRXU
	Florens Container Company	FBLU, FCIU, FSCU
	Ge Seaco Services (need to register first – free)	CLOU, GCEU, GESU, GSTU, ITLU, SCZU
	Gold Container Corporation	GLDU
	Grand View Development (GVC)	GVCU, GVDU
	TAL International	ICSU, TOLU, TPHU, TRDU, TRLU
	Textainer Capital Corporation	CLHU, GATU, MAXU, MLCU, PRSU, TEXU, TGHU, WCIU
	Triton Container International	TCKU, TCNU, TTNU, TRIU
	Unit Equipment Service (UES)	GVCU, GVDU, UESU, UXXU
	Waterfront Container Leasing (need to register first – free)	WFHU

If your container prefix is not shown above, you could try looking it up on either of these sites:

• pier2pier.com
• prefixlist.com