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Originally Posted by CoombellKid
Bryan,
Perhaps you should ring Australian Customs on that, as that is what
they told me two weeks ago when I inquired with them about bringing
an item into the country. Either via a broker and/or via post.
regards,CS
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Yep, Snowskies is correct.
Doesn't matter what the method of transport.
If it's over $1000 & sent by post you WILL cop duty & GST.
BUT
If you get it sent via a courier company (DHL, FEDEX, TNT etc) & it's under $1000 you will still be charged a customs clearance fee of around $140 odd. Because they (the courier) do not have the autharity to decide on the item being exempt or not & so they must still present it for clearance.
They then are told it's exempt, BUT you are still charged the fee.
With all agencies you wll get a different answer from a different person each time you call.
I operate an Import Business & deal with Customs very regularly.
I don't want to come across "I know it all" here, but I can assure you that the exemption is based on $$$ value & NOT whether it is sent by post or not.
Bryan