These are the binders I have been working on so far for the conference, this is the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement up to chapter 15. These include the tariff elimination schedules for all twelve countries. Some of the most disturbing items include Rhino horns, Ivory, Tortoise Shell, Shark fin, as well as an alarming number of pages for live export. Live export as well as the meat of Whales, Dolphins, Horses, and even Primates are included in the tariff schedules. You can see this for yourself on the ustr website at https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/trans-pacific-partnership/tpp-full-text start with chapter two and just go down the list of countries which of course starts with Australia. I will give an example here;
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF AUSTRALIA (HS2012) Tariff Line Description Base Rate Staging Category Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 and subsequent years 0105.14.00 –Geese 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0105.15.00 –Guinea fowls 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0105.9 -Other: 0105.94.00 –Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0105.99.00 –Other 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106 OTHER LIVE ANIMALS: 0106.1 -Mammals: 0106.11.00 –Primates 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.12.00 –Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia) 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.13.00 –Camels and other camelids (Camelidae) 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.14.00 –Rabbits and hares 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.19.00 –Other 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.20.00 -Reptiles (Including snakes and turtles) 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.3 -Birds: 0106.31.00 –Birds of prey 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.32.00 –Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos) 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.33.00 –Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.39.00 –Other 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.4 -Insects: 0106.41.00 –Bees 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.49.00 –Other 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0106.90.00 -Other 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 02 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL 0201 MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FRESH OR CHILLED: 0201.10.00 -Carcasses and half-carcasses 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0201.20.00 -Other cuts with bone in 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0201.30.00 -Boneless 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% 0202 MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FROZEN: 0202.10.00 -Carcasses and half-carcasses 0% EIF 0% 0% 0% 0% This is page two of Australia’s Tariff Schedule but check this out;
TARIFF SCHEDULE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (HS2012) Hdg Subhdg Tariff Line Description Base Rate Staging Category Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 and subsequent years 0506.90 0506.90.00 – Other 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 05.07 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products. 0507.10 – Ivory; ivory powder and waste: 0507.10.10 – – Rhinoceros horns; ivory powder and waste 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0507.10.90 – – Other 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0507.90 – Other: 0507.90.10 – – Horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0507.90.20 – – Tortoise-shell 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0507.90.90 – – Other 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 05.08 0508.00 Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof. 0508.00.10 – Coral and similar materials 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0508.00.20 – Shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0508.00.90 – Other 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 05.10 0510.00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved. 0510.00.10 – Cantharides 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0510.00.20 – Musk 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0510.00.90 – Other 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 05.11 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption. 0511.10 0511.10.00 – Bovine semen 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free – Other: 0511.91 0511.91.00 – – Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0511.99 ‑ ‑ Other: 0511.99.10 – – – Domestic animal semen 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0511.99.20 – – – Silk worm eggs 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0511.99.30 – – – Natural sponges 0% EIF Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 0511.99.90 – – – Other 0% EIF Free Free Free Free this is page 18 of Brunei’s Tariff Schedule. On page two on the bottom include fighting cocks.
I will be exhibiting the entire tariff elimination schedule for all 12 countries at this year’s Animal Rights National Conference this July 7 thru 10 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel on Century Park West in Los Angeles California. I received a letter from the White House about these items. I am still waiting for a response from Hillary Clinton as well as Donald Trump.
Rett’s Rascals will be exhibiting at the 2016 Animal Rights National Conference for the first time. Details TBA but if you are going please look for me and my exhibit about live export, the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, and USDA and other govt. corruption. I will also have leaflets, and information about other organizations that are speaking out against live export such as Animals Australia.