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Importing anything from OS can be a pain in backside.It gets to Australia, and more often than not, customs picks it up, whacks all sorts of charges on it, and wont let u pick it up till you pay them.
This is space for us to fill in the rules as we learn them.
- Basic Procedure
For goods Under $1000 AU
1. make sure you have an invoice.
2. make sure you have proof of payment (ie; receipt).
3. for goods under $1000 this, with the 'first notice' you receive in the mail, should be all you need.
You will get a notice (mine was ExpressMail) from the Airmail transit center. Take it and all you're other 'evidence' along, might get a bit of a wait, but shouldnt be that painful.
You will pay GST on the total value of the Invoice. You may also be charged 'Duty' depending on the item. GST will also be exempt on some items.
(will update when i get details-20020522tm)
For goods Over $1000 AU
1. Follow same points as above.
2. Call a Customs Broker. Find one near you at http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au
A Customs broker will charge you anywhere between $70-$???. Its worth the cost if the items are even just over $1000.
By all means check out the customs clearance forms, If you have the right information at hand, you may be able to complete it yourself.
The form I was pointed to (not sure if its 'general') was: http://www.customs.gov.au/cusforms/pdfs/b616gst.pdf
Other forms are available at http://www.customs.gov.au/cusforms/index.htm
Reading through the http://www.customs.gov.au/ site can be pretty helpful too.
Notes
- Correctly identify your gear on parcel documentation. They DO open all packages to check it matches.
- Be aware of all the costs before publishing prices or making sales. This one was learned easily on us due to negligible cost, dont let it happen to you.
- 'use your common sense' doing silly things in the post is obviously bad.
- customs fraud is really bad. jail bad.
More to come..
Please feel free to add your experiences, thoughts or comments. tm
Contributors:
James Healy (hmm... dunno if I'd call what i wrote 'contributing' troy...)
Troy Mitchell
Version 1 (old) modified Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:49:29 +0000 by tyson
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