Statutory levies are required to be paid by all producers of the horticultural products listed on the Annual Levy Return form. This amount may have been deducted from payments that you received for your produce at a point in the supply chain, and then passed on to the Australian Government on your behalf.
If you are unsure as to whether you have paid a levy, or the amount of levy you may have paid, more information about horticultural levies can be found on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s website at
www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/levies/rates#horticulture, including the rates of levy for each horticultural product.
Producer Contributions are amounts paid voluntarily by participants in the almond, blueberry, pistachio, pyrethrum and processing tomato industries to their relevant industry body – being Almond Board of Australia Inc., Australian Blueberry Growers’ Association Inc., Pistachio Growers’ Association Inc., Botanical Resources Australia Pty Ltd and Australian Tomato Research Council Inc. respectively. These contributions are collected for the purpose of funding research and development services through Hort Innovation. The voluntary contributions made by participants in the almond industry are in addition to that industry’s statutory levy.
If you grow almonds, blueberries, pistachios or pyrethrum or are a processing tomato producer and are unsure as to whether you have paid a Producer Contribution, please contact the organisation listed above as applicable.