Customs Compliance Focus for 2011 – 2012 and Voluntary Disclosure

Customs has recently used a series of seminars on its "2011/12 Compliance Focus" to stress that deliveries without authority are a major area of concern and will be a specific focus of increased compliance action. Customs also stressed the importance of voluntary disclosure of false or misleading statements that have previously been made to Customs.

In seminars held around the country, Craig Sommerville, the National Manager for Compliance Operations highlighted the following areas of concern:

• deliveries without authority;
• cargo control issues associated with major resource projects;
• cargo reporting timeliness and accuracy;
• goods of consumer safety concern;
• imported drug precursors;