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Originally Posted by Louwai
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.
Bryan
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I'm only relaying what Customs told me on the telephone, still the link posted
only suggests on postal items "you
may be subject to Customs duty and Goods
and Services Tax". In which case I assume it is up to the post office to police.
I also think your better off pre-paying freight as you seem to avoid the dodgy
$140.00 customs clearance
fee.
regards,CS