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title: "Form B443: application for a tariff concession order"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b443-tariff-concession"
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area_id: "A65"
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task_ids: ["A65-RO20261022-6"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Form B443: application for a tariff concession order

> Completion guide for Australian Border Force Form B443, the approved form for a written application for a tariff concession order under Part XVA of the Customs Act 1901.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b443-tariff-concession  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [International Trade, Customs & Sanctions](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at abf.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when no suitable tariff concession order already exists and the applicant can assert that no substitutable goods are produced in Australia in the ordinary course of business. Do not lodge if the applicant knows substitutable goods are produced.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check whether imported goods match a tariff concession order](https://ailawframework.com/practice/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions.md#A65-RO20261022-6)

## How AI may be used

AI may index the enquiries and the goods description the lawyer marks against Form B443; the lawyer decides whether the core criteria can be asserted and signs the application.

**AI may:**

- List the local manufacturers and organisations the lawyer has already enquired of, with the date and the reply
- Check the draft has a full goods description, a tariff classification and, if the applicant is not the importer, the importer identity
- Flag an application that does not record the enquiries the form requires

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whether substitutable goods are produced in Australia
- Must not sign or lodge Form B443, Form B444 or Form B441
- Must not describe the goods more narrowly or widely than the specification the lawyer has settled

**The lawyer checks:**

- The list of existing orders has been searched. The form tells the applicant to do this before lodging
- Questions 1 to 8 are answered. The form says failure to supply the required information rejects the application and loses the operative date
- The applicant can point to the information and enquiries behind the core-criteria assertion
- The applicant signs. An accepted application publishes the applicant and importer identity in the Tariff Concessions Gazette

## Authorities

- [Australian Border Force, Form B443 Application for Tariff Concession Order](https://www.abf.gov.au/form-listing/forms/b443.pdf)
- [Australian Border Force, Tariff concession order](https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-concessions-system/tariff-concession-order)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.abf.gov.au/form-listing/forms/b443.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by abf.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b443-tariff-concession and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*