This paper has been developed to assist the canola/grains industry to determine how it can meet EU requirements for sustainability certification.
This paper outlines the EU legislation and its requirements, then addresses the options for the Australian industry and identifies issues in implementing the recommended option.
Strategic Direction 2012 follows widespread industry consultation and ensures that GTA fulfils its key task to "facilitate trade" across the Australian grain supply chain.
Strategic Direction 2012 has been prepared for members and others with an interest in the Australian grains industry and details the short to medium strategies and GTA’s longer term vision for the Australian grain supply chain.
Personal Property Securities Question & Answer Sheet for the Grain Industry
The PPS Act is the Commonwealth legislation that replaces more than 70 existing Commonwealth, State and Territory Acts with a single, national law. It introduces a national online register - called the Personal Property Securities Register ("PPS Register") - for the registration of all security interests.
This paper sets out Grain Trade Australia’s (GTA) ideas regarding future funding of industry development functions. It seeks feedback from GTA members, the broader grain industry, government and aligned agencies. Should there be broad industry support for the structure outlined in this paper, GTA will develop a business plan and governance details for final sign-off.
Insolvencies occur frequently in the grain industry and businesses need to prepare for them. The best preparation is to attempt to avoid dealing with counterparties that are likely to enter insolvency but even with the best preparation it is likely that you will have to deal with an insolvent counterparty. This paper is meant to be a brief guide to a before and after situation with insolvencies.
This document provides Members an outline of the new AQIS Grain and Seed Export Program Fees and Charges and rational behind their development.
The new Personal Property Securities (“PPS”) scheme is due to begin on 31 October 2011. It is likely to have a significant impact on many areas of business including the grains industry. The new scheme is complex and it is hard to predict with clarity how it will operate in practice. This note is intended to provide an overview only.
The Australian Government, as part of its preparation for the next BSP (also called the Cartagena Protocol) meeting in October 2010, will, as a matter of course, review its current position to determine if it is still the most advantageous to Australia’s interests.
GTA prepared an industry briefing paper which detailed the opposition of the grain industry to Australia ratifying the Protocol.
Grain Trade Australia (GTA) has developed the Test Weight of Australian Wheat - 2010 and Beyond (PDF 80KB) paper to provide industry with background information to support GTA’s policy to increase wheat test weight for milling grades.
