Australian Community members must use an approved intermediate consignee to move articles within Australia-US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty (the Treaty) to other Approved Community members. This includes Community members located in the United States.
Intermediate consignees are defined as any of the following companies:
- freight forwarders
- customs brokers
- commercial air, land or sea freight carriers
- transport provider.
Intermediate consignee information flyer (PDF, 2.67 MB)
Intermediate consignees are not required to join the Approved Community; however, they are required to be approved by both United States and Australian Governments before undertaking any Treaty activity.
Approved intermediate consignee list (PDF, 208.41 KB)
Application process
Applicants must obtain a Defence Export Control System Client Registration Number (DCRN). To receive a DCRN, applicants must first create a user account and submit a Defence Client Registration form within the My Australian Defence Export (MADE) portal.
After obtaining a DCRN and requesting access to Treaty forms, applicants must complete and submit the relevant application form available via the Treaty tile on the MADE portal landing page.
Successful applicants will receive a notice from Defence advising them of their approval as an intermediate consignee.
Compliance
To be listed as an approved intermediate consignee, applicants must fulfil the following reporting compliance requirements:
- The intermediate consignee's primary business must be as a freight forwarder, customs broker or other commercial transport provider.
- The intermediate consignee must have a tracking system that is capable of tracking the movement of articles in their possession including information such as time, date, location and identity of recipient.
- The intermediate consignee must ensure that articles are handled and managed strictly in accordance with the regulations.