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title: "Form B444: submission objecting to a tariff concession order"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b444-tco-objection"
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law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Form B444: submission objecting to a tariff concession order

> Completion guide for Australian Border Force Form B444, the approved form for a written objection to the making of a tariff concession order under Part XVA of the Customs Act 1901.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b444-tco-objection  
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 a local manufacturer objects to a gazetted application for a tariff concession order. Lodge within 50 days of the gazettal day, or 14 days if the application was amended, unless an invitation states another period. This form is not a self-assessed clearance.

## How AI may be used

AI may index the gazette notice and the invoices the lawyer marks against Form B444; the lawyer decides whether substitutable goods are produced in Australia and signs the objection.

**AI may:**

- Copy the gazette number, gazettal date, gazetted description and TC reference from the notice the lawyer marks
- List the invoices, stock records or catalogues the lawyer has already selected, with date and customer
- Flag a missing signature, a website-only description, or a date of readiness that is not before the application was lodged

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whether the goods are substitutable or produced in Australia in the ordinary course of business
- Must not sign Form B444 or send it to tarcon@abf.gov.au
- Must not describe this form as a self-assessed clearance declaration

**The lawyer checks:**

- The objection is lodged no later than 50 days after the gazettal day, or 14 days after the gazettal day of an amended application, or inside an invited period
- Questions that apply are answered. A website address alone is not the illustrative material the form asks for
- The date the manufacturer was first prepared to accept an order is before the tariff concession application was lodged
- The applicant signs. The first two pages are sent to the tariff concession applicant. The rest is marked commercial-in-confidence on the form

## Authorities

- [Australian Border Force, Form B444 Submission objecting to the making of a Tariff Concession Order](https://www.abf.gov.au/form-listing/forms/b444.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/b444.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-b444-tco-objection 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.*