Weekly Update 1 March 2021

Welcome to our new weekly update report for the BMSB season. We want to keep you informed of our work and answer your questions. We'll include lodgement queue processing times and volumes.

This week

Sea freight queue

For this week, sea freight lodgement turnaround is estimated at 3 - 6 days.

On Monday 1 March, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 826 lodgements and TET are processing lodgements due back today at 11am

Last week:  average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 23:56 hrs (previous week 24:13 hrs) and for second submissions 6:17 hrs (previous week 7:09 hrs)

Airfreight queue

For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 3-7 hours

On Monday 1 March, morning, there were 4 airfreight lodgements, the team was processing applications due back at 9:13am. 

 Last week:  average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 5:27 hrs (previous week 7:20 hrs) and for second submissions 4:17 hrs (previous week 5:51 hrs)

Australia queue

On Monday 1 March, morning, there were 108 Australian specific lodgements, the team is processing consignments due back today at 10:00am.

 Last week:

 Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 5:36 hrs (previous week 6:51 hrs) and for second submissions 4:59 hrs (previous week 5:01 hrs).

Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 23:05 hrs (previous week 21:52hrs) and for second submissions 5:42 hrs (previous week 6:31 hrs)

Pressure point:

• None noted

Lodgements processed Weekly 22 Feb – 28 Feb

All timings are based on business hours from 7am to 5pm.

 Total lodgements processed 6,065

Australian queue

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