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, 391.77 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, applicants must complete and submit an application to become an intermediate consignee.
Application form - Intermediate consignee (PDF, 277.05 KB)
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.