The following notice has been received by Customs and is now available from the Australian Customs Site :

"The existing Type 3 digital certificate used by the Australian Customs Service will expire soon, and Customs will be 'rolling over' to a newly issued certificate on Wednesday 15 October 2008.

This means that users who send messages to the ICS (in both Industry Test and Production), using electronic data interchange (EDI) software, need to rollover to the new Customs certificate.

Organisations who only use Customs Interactive (the web-based component of the ICS), or who use the services of a bureau will not be affected by the rollover and will not need to take any action.

The new Type 3 digital certificate is now available from the Cargo Support website.

A guide on when to action the rollover, as well as a step by step certificate installation guide are also available. "

Go to http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=6004 to download the certificate and guides.

If you have any questions please contact Cargo Systems Support by emailing cargosupport@customs.gov.au or phone 1300 558 099.

Thank you and kind regards,

Juana Mulherin
Executive Assistant

Australian Federation of International Forwarders Ltd (AFIF)
Suite 403, Level 3
152 Bunnerong Road
Eastgardens NSW 2036
Tel: (61 2) 9314 3055
Fax: (61 2) 9314 3116