cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/24045349

Australia Post has suspended most postage to the US ahead of new tariffs on low-value parcels, with businesses wanting to ship to American customers now unable to use the government-owned carrier.

Some online retailers had pre-empted issues with sending goods to the US and stopped shipping there in recent weeks, as global postal services described "chaos".

From Friday, August 29, parcels valued under $US800 ($1,230) imported into the US will attract tariffs or flat fees.

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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Excellent, let's isolate them further until they're a hermit nation like North Korea

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    A hermit nation like North Korea, but with a nuclear arsenal that works, is a really really bad idea. I mean, seriously, what could go wrong for the world?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I had a friend ship me a package via Aus Post on Saturday. The tracking page last updated at 1:33am on the 26th local time to say it'd been processed at the (Australian) airport. I assume we got in just in time to avoid being inconvenienced by this? If the package fails to arrive in the US before Friday will I have to pay an additional fee to receive it?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Nobody knows, that's why they've stopped post instead of just charging you the fee.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I'm thinking we might be in the clear. It says items marked as a "gift" with a value of less than $100 USD should still be exempt, and this is both of those. I've reached out to double check that they marked the "Gift" box on the customs form and find out what specific value they declared just to be safe.

    Either way I'm still expecting chaos-related delays from this.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    NZ Post has done this too.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They're just temporarily suspended until Aug 29. They don't want in-flight packages to arrive without duty paid and have to be returned. When they resume delivery, all new packages will have duty collected at the time of sending.

    That said, it'll kill overseas direct to consumer businesses aimed at the US. No one wants to pay $80-200 per package for packages valued under $800.

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Interestingly, I think this will affect me. I have been selling off old collectable stuff on eBay recently, and have had a few sales go to the USA.

    Even though they say (for now) you can still send stuff if it marked as a "gift" and is less than $150 on the customs declaration, I still don't want to risk it.

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