Closed

International Freight Assistance Mechanism

Tender ID: 446851


Tender Details

Tender #:
GO4665  
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
19 February 2021
Closing Date:
30 June 2021

Tender Description

⁠⁠⁠The IFAM program is a temporary, emergency measure in response to an extraordinary situation. The Tranche 2 of IFAM gives Australian businesses more time to re-engineer their business models and adjust to a new and more challenging environment created by COVID-19.

The intended outcomes of the IFAM grants are to:

• increase the volume of Australian outbound freight (and inbound medical supplies) to encourage the return of international freight providers;

• reduce the impact on exporters of Australian high-value and time-sensitive perishable products, of freight cost increases caused by the COVID-19 impact; and

• enable Australian exporters of high-value and time-sensitive perishable products to keep exporting and thereby keep Australian employees in jobs during the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.