
Leonie Ferretter
With over 40 years of experience, BDO’s customs, international trade and excise team are trusted advisers to importers, exporters and manufacturers. We specialise in helping businesses navigate the complexities of customs duty, excise duty and international trade compliance.
Whether you’re seeking to optimise costs, improve operational efficiency or ensure certainty across your international supply chain, our experts are here to support you.
We provide tailored solutions for excisable goods, customs duty mitigation and international trade advisory. Find out how we can help you achieve cost savings, efficiency, and certainty in your international trade operations.
BDO's international trade team are recognised as leaders in providing expert assistance to importers, exporters and manufacturers, helping them to minimise cost, enhance efficiency, and ensure compliance in their international supply chains.
We provide expert assistance to importers, exporters and manufacturers of excisable goods, focusing on minimising international supply chain costs. Our team advises on a wide range of customs, international trade and excise matters, including:
We help clients optimise their customs duty obligations and ensure compliance with Australian customs and excise regulations, delivering certainty and cost savings across their global operations.
Our solutions improve efficiency across the entire international trade supply chain. We prepare and implement duty mitigation strategies and utilise our bespoke international trade data analyser tool to look for cost saving opportunities.
Prioritising compliance with Australian laws, we assist with customs and excise audits, endeavour to minimise penalties for clients, and assist with voluntary disclosures to the Australian Border Force and the Australian Taxation Office. We optimise trade administration, provide advice, and obtain accreditation for businesses under the Trusted Trader Agreement.
We prepare customs valuation rulings for related party transactions and other valuation matters to provide certainty and eliminate the risk of penalties where the ruling is adhered to.
We also prepare voluntary disclosures to the Australian Border Force to ensure the correct customs values and duties have been declared and any additional payments or refunds of import GST and customs duties are processed.
In conjunction with our value chain and transfer pricing specialists, our global experts assist with value chain management, customs duty optimisation, cross-border operations advice, trade facilitation, excise advisory, trade data analytics, and international trade programs.
Contact us
Contact our team to discuss your needs using the request for service form.
Alternatively, call 1300 138 991 to speak with an adviser in your nearest BDO office.
Leonie Ferretter