BEO2010 International Trade Practices S2, 2025
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BEO2010
International Trade Practices
S2, 2025
Group Assignment
(30% of total Assessment)
Due date: (TBA)
Question 1 (10 marks)
You are employed by Australian company looking to diversify the range of products to increase scoop of their operations. You have been given a task to choose one product out six, the cheapest one in total cost, listed below (3 countries, 2 products) to import to Australia.
1.1 Identify the custom classification code for each listed product in Table 1.
https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff
1.2 Calculate amount of duty payable on entering the product for home (local) consumption.
● Provide hard copy of foreign exchange rate used for calculations
1.3 Calculate the VoTI (Value of Taxable Imports)
1.4 Calculate the total cost of products at the end of the customs clearance.
Instructions:
● Students must complete six calculations (three products, each product has two potential countries to import from)
● Freight costs are for sea transport from the country of origin to Melbourne Victoria Australia.
● In calculating the costs, you will have to convert them to AUD. When currency exchange rate is not available with ANZ source you can use an alternative source to obtain currency exchange rate. (Provide screenshots of exchange rates)
https://www.anz.com/aus/RateFee/fxrates/fxpopup.asp
● Cost of goods given as an equivalent FOB value for customs purposes.
● There is no option in deferring GST.
1.5 Complete Import Declaration (N10) form for the product you have calculated as the cheapest one in total cost.
Table 1: Product and origin information
Product A
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Product: CONIFEROUS WOOD IN CHIPS |
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Origin |
United States |
Portugal |
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Price |
USD 50 cubic meter |
EUR 35 per cubic meter |
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Quantity |
100 cubic meters |
100 cubic meters |
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Freight costs to Australia |
USD 2,000.00 |
EUR 1,500.00 |
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Cargo Insurance costs |
USD 950.00 |
AUD 1,400.00 |
Product B
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Product: SHEETS OF IRON STEEL |
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Origin |
China |
Japan |
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Price |
RMB 60 per sheet |
JPY 1,200.00 per sheet |
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Quantity |
5,000 sheets |
5,000 sheets |
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Freight costs to Australia |
AUD 1,500.00 |
USD ,1000.00 |
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Cargo Insurance costs |
RMB 1,600.00 |
JPY 32,000.00 |
Product C
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Product: COMPOUNDED RUBBER IN STREAPS |
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Origin |
Thailand |
Malaysia |
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Price |
THB 50 per kg |
MYR 7 per kg |
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Quantity |
2,500.00 kg |
2,500.00 kg |
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Freight costs to Australia |
AUD 1300.00 |
AUD 1,300.00 |
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Cargo Insurance costs |
THB 12,000.00 |
MYR1600.00 |
Question 2 (10 marks)
Suntory Beverage & Food Limited is a Japanese company selling to Australia a traditional Japanese spirit Sake and Matcha Powder. Your company signed a contract with agreed deferred payment (30 day from the shipping date paid in JPY) to import these two products to Australia. The goods are priced in JPY. You have heard about the benefits of preferential duty treatment for Japanese goods under the Japan Australia Free Trade Agreement (JAFTA).
You are considering entering a forward exchange contract with your bank to avoid any currency fluctuation. The bank offers you an adjustment at premium 0.0478
Note: All teams, no matter whether decision made is to enter the contract or not, will have to complete three calculations using the following rates: spot rate (shipping date), spot rate (30 days from the shipping date) and the rate under the contract (adjusted). (Please attached the relevant screenshots for the currency rates)
The products you will import are listed in Table 1 and dimensions in Table 2 (prices shown on an EXW Incoterms 2020 basis):
Table 1: Product details
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Matcha Powder (product code JMTP) |
Sake (product code JPNS) |
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Quantity: 40 kg per box |
Quantity: 12 bottles per box |
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Price: 1,000.00 JPY per kg |
Price: JPY 800 per bottle |
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Total quantity of Matcha Powder: 840kg |
Total quantity of Sake: 2400 bottles |
Table 2: Product sizes and measurements
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Product Gross |
Weight per box |
Measurement per box |
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Matcha Powder |
40 kgs |
0.03 m3 |
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Sake |
15kgs |
0.02 m3 |
2.1 You must decide whether you will enter a forward exchange contract or not
(You must email your group decision to your teacher at the end of the Session 1)
2.2 In Week 1 Session 1 you are to obtain the following information:
● The spot rate for the JPY (Provide screenshot evidence of exchange rate on the day)
https://www.anz.com/aus/RateFee/fxrates/fxpopup.asp
● The value of the contract is as per product you are selling above (details as in Table 1).
● Calculate the amount payable when converted to AUD using the spot rate obtained in Week 1 Session 1
2.3 In Week 6, Session 1, you are to obtain the following information:
• Obtain the spot rate for the JPY (must be from the same source as of Week 1).
• Calculate the amount payable in AUD using the spot rate obtained during Session 1
from the same source as for Week 1. (Provide screenshot evidence of exchange rate on the day)
Table 3 Comparison of amount payable in Week 1 and Week 6
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Week 1 |
Week 6 |
Week 6 (Under the contract) |
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Spot Rate |
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Amount Payable |
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2.4 Anticipate the amount payable in Week 6 and analyze the effect of the exchange rates movement on the amount payable in AUD, benefit, and cost of forward contract as an exchange rate risk management tool.
Question 3 (10 marks)
Use OZDOCS TO COMPLETE THIS TASK
Complete the necessary export documentation to clear Customs and enable the importer to complete border clearance processes in Thailand for products in Table 1&2.
Table 1.
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(A) Australian Lamb (Product Code AULM) |
(B) Australian Wine (Product Code AUWN) |
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Quantity: 50 kg per box |
Quantity: 6 bottles per box |
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Price: AUD 10 per kg |
Price: AUD 8 per bottle |
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Total quantity of lamb: 1750 kg |
Total quantity of wine: 2400 bottles |
Table 2.
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Product Gross |
Weight per box |
Measurement per box |
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A |
50 kgs |
0.3 m3 |
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B |
8 kgs |
0.2 m3 |
You must decide whether to use air or sea transport, based on the information provided below
Seller: Greenes Pty Ltd, 1010 Key st. Moorabbin, Vic, 3838 Australia.
Tel: +61 3 94135432
Buyer: Chabang Imports. 10 Postbank st. Bangkok, 10150, Thailand.
Tel: +66 0 26013826
Terms of Delivery: CIP Bangkok, uncleared for import, all charges outside for buyer’s account, Incoterms 2020
Method of payment: Letter of Credit
Transport details:
A)
Sea transport: Vista Voyage 112
· Departing Melbourne 10 October 2025, destination Port Ranong, Thailand.
· Latest receival date: 5 October 2025
· Bill of Lading Number: BS1584
· Transit time to Ranong Port: 28 days
Costs:
● Sea freight: USD 800.00.
● Carriage to wharf: AUD 150.00.
● Documentation: AUD 320.00
B)
Air Transport:
· Flight TG200 Melbourne- Bangkok,
· Departing Melbourne: 12 October 2025,
· AWB number: 052 – 26067621
Costs:
● Airfreight: USD 3930.00.
● Carriage to airport: AUD 285.00.
● Documentation: AUD 260.00
Insurance charges (regardless of mode of transport chosen). Premium = (CPT invoice value X 110%) X 0.3%
2025-11-01