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Table 3.7 Imports subject to prohibition or non-automatic licensing, 2019
Item: Endangered animal and plant species export
Justification: International commitment (CITES)
Measure: Importation of CITES-listed species generally require an export permit from the country of origin and an import permit issued by the Department of the Environment and Energy. For live animals and plants, the Department of Agriculture administers further regulations and restrictions.

Table 4.3 Installed power-generating capacity, 2010-18
(GW)
Coal (...)
Natural gas (...)
Other fuels[a] (...)
Hydro[b] (...)
Wind (...)
Solar (...)

[a] Other fuels includes liquid fuels and refinery gas, liquid/gas and solid/liquid gas combined plants, and biofuels.
[b] Hydro includes pumped hydro storage capacity.

The EBPS, administered by the AusIndustry Division of the Department of Industry and Science, provides for duty-free imports of eligible goods to be used in major projects in mining, resource processing, agriculture, food processing, food packaging, manufacturing, and industries supplying gas, water and energy.

The Government also supports environmental projects and conservation management, through the National Landcare Programme (AUD 1 billion) and the Green Army (AUD 700 million).

Since 2016, responsibility for energy matters lies with the Department of the Environment and Energy, which, in addition to energy and environmental legislation, is also responsible for energy security.[25]

[25] Previously, the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science was responsible for energy matters.

Table 3.7 Imports subject to prohibition or non-automatic licensing, 2019
Item: Radioactive substances
Justification: Community protection/international commitments
Measure: Prohibited. Licensing and permit requirements are administered by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency.

Table A3.1 Non-agricultural subsidies notified to the WTO, 2016/17 and 2018/19
(AUD)
RESOURCES
Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships: (...)
Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package: (...)

Australia replies to the WTO questionnaire on import licensing procedures on a regular basis. The 2018 submission provided details of many of the restrictions on items enumerated in Table 3.7. In addition, information was provided on the licensing procedures employed to administer Australia's annual tariff quota on cheese and curd; import approvals for new and used motor vehicles; imports into Antarctica, the Heard Island and the McDonald Islands; and the regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Australia. In most cases, a licence is necessary for commercial dealings with a GMO.

Current support programmes target risk management, environmental conservation, and provision of general services. Total support to agriculture amounts to approximately 0.2% of GDP.

The entry into force of the Biosecurity Act (in 2015), two basic implementing regulations and a host of related legal instruments constitute a major recent development in the area of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in Australia. The legislation provides for risk analysis to be conducted through a regulated process (Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis) for goods in the review of existing trade, and in response to requests regarding products that have never been imported into Australia, or have not previously been imported from a particular country or region. As before, imports are not permitted unless the estimated biosecurity risks are "very low" (or lower).