Form · International Trade, Customs & Sanctions
Self-assessed clearance declaration: cargo report, short format and long format
Guide to the three self-assessed clearance declarations on the Australian Border Force import-declarations page, for air or sea cargo of AUD1,000 or less.
- Kind
- Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Where it applies
- Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the official form at abf.gov.au and the authority it cites, for Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Link to the official form. Licence: © Commonwealth of Australia. Link only: use the current import-declarations page; do not copy a declaration screen.
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.
When to use it
Use when air or sea cargo is valued at AUD1,000 or less and is not international mail or a carnet. An Import Declaration (N10) is the declaration for home-consumption goods over AUD1,000. Form B444 is the tariff concession objection, and it is a different form.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may sort a consignment of AUD1,000 or less into the self-assessed clearance type the import-declarations page describes; the lawyer or the person with Integrated Cargo System access lodges it.
AI may
- Record value, arrival mode, and whether the goods are mail, a carnet, alcohol, tobacco, or goods that need a permit
- State which of the three self-assessed clearance types the page points to from those facts
- List the short-format particulars the page names, and any that are missing
AI must not
- Must not lodge a self-assessed clearance declaration
- Must not call Form B444 a self-assessed clearance form
- Must not treat a word as inside or outside the self-assessed clearance thesaurus. That file was not opened
The lawyer checks
- The goods arrive by air or sea, and the value is AUD1,000 or less
- Mail and carnets are outside a self-assessed clearance
- Goods that need a permit use an N10 or a long-format self-assessed clearance
- A cargo-report declaration is available only if the cargo reporter can make the three statements on the page
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer. Licence: © Commonwealth of Australia. Link only: use the current import-declarations page; do not copy a declaration screen..
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