2020 Season

Marketing nominations for the 2020 Season are now closed.

Growers marketing with QSL for the 2020 Season now have until 30 April 2020 to finalise which pricing options they'd like to use for the coming season.

You can still choose QSL as your marketer and access pricing for the 2021 and 2022 seasons at any time. For more information about the marketing nomination process, call your local QSL team (see contact details below).

Looking for information about of our 2019-Season products? Please click here.

OUR 2020-SEASON PRODUCT RANGE

• QSL Product Overview (2020 Season) - click here
• Common Pool Terms - click here
• Shared Pool Terms - click here
• Glossary - click here

QSL-MANAGED PRICING OPTIONS

• Harvest Pool - click here
• Early-Start Actively Managed Pool - click here
• Actively Managed Pool - click here
• 2-Season Actively Managed Pool - click here
• 3-Season Actively Managed Pool - click here
• Guaranteed Floor Pool - click here
• US Quota Pool - click here

GROWER-MANAGED PRICING OPTIONS

• Target Price Contract - click here
• Individual Futures Price Contract - click here
• Self-Managed Harvest Pool - click here

QSL LOYALTY BONUS

QSL pays a Loyalty Bonus to growers who elect QSL as their marketer for 3 seasons in Advance. To qualify for the 2020-Season bonus you must nominate QSL as your GEI Sugar Marketer for the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Seasons by 30 June 2021. Click here for details.

QSL PAYMENT OPTIONS

• QSL Standard Advances: QSL's traditional Advances system, with incremental payments during the season reflecting the grower's current sugar returns estimate. Click here for details.                                               

• QSL Accelerated Advances: The Advance rate rises to 90% in December, then aligns with the QSL Standard Advances rate once it also reaches 90%. Click here for details.                                          

• QSL Deferred Payment Scheme: Allows participants to defer their early-season Advances payments due before June 30 to their first scheduled payment in July of the new financial year. Click here for details.

• QSL Pre-Crush Advance Payment Scheme: Under this option growers can nominate to receive an Advance payment for up to half of their GEI Sugar prior to the start of the harvest. Click here for details. Click here for details.

Growers should read the relevant terms above before using any QSL pricing or payment product. For further information or assistance regarding your pricing options, please contact your local QSL representative.

THE QSL DIRECT PORTAL

QSL Direct is the online portal used by growers with QSL Grower Pricing Agreements to submit and monitor their QSL pricing decisions and associated payments. Please note that this platform is currently only available to growers in Wilmar and select Mackay Sugar milling districts.

To log on to QSL Direct, visit https://qsldirect.qsl.com.au or click on the link at the top right of this page.

Access to QSL Direct is only available once the Grower:

1. Has chosen QSL as their GEI Sugar Marketer; and
2. Has a Grower Pricing Agreement (GPA) in place with QSL

To learn more about the QSL Direct Portal, please read the Fact Sheets below:

• QSL Direct Fact Sheet - click here
• Activating your QSL Direct account - click here
• Place a pricing nomination - click here
• QSL Direct Training Presentation (Notes Format) - click here
• QSL Direct Authorised Viewer Form - click here
• QSL Direct User Guide - click here

​Need help? Call the QSL Direct Helpline on 1800 870 756.

PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND TAXATION 

WILMAR MILLING DISTRICTS

Growers in Wilmar milling districts who elect QSL as their GEI Sugar Marketer are paid directly by QSL. Please read the Fact Sheets below for details of these arrangements:

• QSL Payments (Wilmar milling districts) - click here
• QSL Payment Statement Fact Sheet (Wilmar milling districts) - click here
• QSL Cashflow Forecast Tool Fact Sheet - click here
• Reconciling your QSL Payment Statement Fact Sheet (Wilmar milling districts) - click here
• Accounting and Tax Guide (Wilmar milling districts) - click here
• Financial Industry Advisors' Presentation (Wilmar milling districts) - click here

MACKAY MILLING DISTRICTS

QSL growers in Mackay milling districts can choose to be paid directly by QSL or via their miller.

Regardless of their chosen payment option, they should continue to complete the bookwork and tax documentation by using the Recipient Created Tax Invoice (RCTI) provided by their miller.

• Sample QSL Statement for Mackay growers - click here
• QSL Payment Fact Sheet for Mackay growers - click here

FARM GROUPING

Growers using QSL Direct can consolidate their QSL statements by grouping farms which fall under the same ABN. Click here for details.

QSL'S GROWER PRICING AGREEMENT (GPA)

The GPA is a contract between QSL and a Grower which details the conditions under which that Grower will allocate GEI Sugar to QSL in order to access QSL's marketing and pricing services. It is important to note that a GPA cannot be activated until we have received confirmation from the relevant miller that the Grower has chosen QSL as a GEI Sugar Marketer via the required process.

To learn more about QSL's GPA, please read the following documents:

• GPA Fact Sheet - click here
• GPA How-To Guide - click here
• GPA - Frequently Asked Questions - click here
• QSL's GPA for Trust Entities - click here

Please be assured that QSL respects your privacy, and any information provided by you will be handled in a way consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act (Cth) 1988 (Privacy Act). You can read more about our privacy policy by clicking here.

CHANGES TO FARM ARRANGEMENTS

Growers who have a QSL Grower Pricing Agreement and are planning changes to their farm’s operating structure (such as a farm sale, new lease or subdivision) are asked to complete a “Farm Sale/Lease Information Form” and submit this to QSL.

This form is not a contract – it simply initiates the documentation process by gathering basic information about the transaction to enable QSL to prepare the relevant Deed of Acknowledgement and/or Deed of Novation, to implement associated pricing transfers. This can be done before, during or after the transaction occurs, but ideally, before the transaction occurs.

Completed forms can be submitted via email to qsldirect@qsl.com.au or to your local Grower Services Representative.

For further information or to commence the process, please contact the QSL Direct team on 1800 870 756.

• Farm Transfer Information Form - click here

SELLING YOUR STL SHARES

Looking to sell your shares in Sugar Terminals Limited (STL)? As a not-for-profit organisation owned by the Queensland cane growers and sugar millers we serve, QSL is uniquely positioned to buy your STL shares. Click here for details.

TRANSFERRING PRICING TO QSL

Growers who have conducted pricing with a bank or financial services provider may be able to transfer (novate) their pricing to QSL.

While QSL charges no fees for this service, it should be noted that Growers in such arrangements may be liable for fees and charges from their existing pricing provider, and should refer to their current pricing agreement or provider for details of these. Technical limitations may also restrict QSL’s ability to novate pricing.

For more information regarding the novation process, please read the Fact Sheet below:

• Transfering pricing to QSL - click here

FURTHER INFORMATION AND SUPPORT

Your local Grower Services Team representative is available to assist you with any queries.

FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND

• Daniel Messina - 0429 660 238
• Amanda Sheppard - 0418 264 393

HERBERT RIVER

• Greg Watson - 0411 230 800
• James Formosa - 0428 664 057

BURDEKIN

• Rebecca Love - 0429 054 330 
• Kristen Paterson - 0438 470 235

PROSERPINE

• Karen Vloedmans - 0429 804 876

MACKAY

• Harriet McLennan - 0409 830 554
• Sonia Ball - 0418 978 120

PLANE CREEK

• Kathy Zanco - 0437 645 342

BUNDERABERG, ISIS & MARYBOROUGH

• Cathy Kelly - 0409 285 074

QSL DIRECT HELPLINE

• 1800 870 756