On 2 July 2019, Viterra provided a written application to the ACCC seeking to be determined an exempt service provider of port terminal services provided by means of all six of their port terminal facilities located in South Australia.
On 9 August 2019, the ACCC released an issues paper to commence a public consultation process on the application submitted by Viterra. Eight submissions were published in response to the paper (see below).
Viterra provided various supplementary materials since stakeholder submissions were received in October 2019. In order to give stakeholders an opportunity to comment on these new materials the ACCC released a supplementary issues paper on 25 May 2020. A further three submissions were received from stakeholders in response to the supplementary issues paper.
Exemption application
Viterra provided the ACCC with their initial exemption application on 2 July 2019.
Viterra provided a revised exemption application with updated capacity figures for each of their port terminals on 7 February 2020.
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| Viterra exemption application 2019 - submitted 2 July 2019 ( PDF 1.17 MB ) | 9 August 2019 |
| Viterra revised exemption application 2019 - updated February 2020 ( PDF 1.73 MB ) | 13 February 2020 |
Supplementary information provided by Viterra
After releasing the initial Issues Paper (August 2019) the ACCC received a range of further information from Viterra (between November 2019 and March 2020), largely in response to information requests and ongoing discussions with/from the ACCC.
Subsequent to the release of the Draft Determinations, Viterra provided updated 2019-20 capacity figures as part of its response to the Draft Determinations. The changes reflect the release of additional short term capacity since Viterra’s original response to the information request (and other minor amendments). The updated 2019-20 capacity figures are presented in the document titled:
- Attachment 2 – UPDATED – Response to 14/11/19 information request – Question 3 – Viterra published available capacity.
Following the release of the Final Determinations for IHB, OHB, Port Giles and Wallaroo, Viterra provided 2020-21 and 2021-22 capacity figures for Port Lincoln and Thevenard in response to an ACCC information request. These capacity figures are presented in the document titled:
- Viterra - Response to 11/6/21 information request - Port Lincoln and Thevenard published available capacity estimates (2020-21 and 2021-22).
Issues paper
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| ACCC issues paper - Viterra exemption assessment ( PDF 637.39 KB ) | 9 August 2019 |
Submissions in response to issues paper
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| Cargill - 6 September 2019 ( PDF 116.65 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
| Grain Producers South Australia (GPSA) - 27 September 2019 ( PDF 295.51 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
| GrainGrowers - 26 September 2019 ( PDF 245.36 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
| Grain Producers Australia (GPA) - 4 October 2019 ( PDF 129.64 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
| Gypsum Resources Australia - 5 September 2019 ( PDF 432.54 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
| Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA (PGA) - 3 September 2019 ( PDF 45.28 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
| South Australian Freight Council (SAFC) - 6 September 2019 ( PDF 225.77 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
| T-PORTS - 26 August 2019 ( PDF 955.28 KB ) | 10 October 2019 |
Supplementary issues paper
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| ACCC supplementary issues paper - Viterra exemption assessment ( PDF 1.1 MB ) | 25 May 2020 |
Submissions in response to supplementary issues paper
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| Geoff Ryan - supplementary submission ( PDF 111.04 KB ) | 22 June 2020 |
| South Australian Freight Council (SAFC) - supplementary submission ( PDF 221.67 KB ) | 19 June 2020 |
| T-PORTS - supplementary submission ( PDF 210.15 KB ) | 19 June 2020 |
| Viterra - Submission in response to the ACCC's supplementary issues paper and third party responses ( PDF 655.66 KB ) | 29 June 2020 |