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Offline andy3055Topic starter

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Customs formalities in Australia
« on: August 12, 2022, 11:11:38 pm »
Not really a technical but...
I have a friend in Australia who needs some of my old stock of semiconductors. If I just mail them what sort of duty would he be subject to?
They are not in commercial quantities but just one or two pieces of different transistors and stuff like that which are hard to find at present.
 

Offline mag_therm

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Re: Customs formalities in Australia
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2022, 11:25:40 pm »
I have mailed hobby tools and materials < $100 to Australia by USPS.
Fill in the customs forms, I suggest "Hobby electronic components"
And state a value that can be verified eg by prices online.
 

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Re: Customs formalities in Australia
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2022, 12:37:34 am »
Under $1000 usually goes through without any hassle. Couriers love their declared value vs commercial value vs liability value vs other similarly named value shenanigans, its rather confusing. For a random selection of semiconductors just put: "electronic parts" qty n, value n*$5
 

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Re: Customs formalities in Australia
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2022, 05:10:01 am »
Great, thanks.  Just the way I imagined.
 

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Re: Customs formalities in Australia
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2022, 05:18:01 am »
Huh, I figured everywhere in the commonwealth taxed the piss out of you if the declared value exceeded like $20. Guess it's just Canada.
 

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Re: Customs formalities in Australia
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2022, 05:31:49 am »
Pardon me for saying this but Canada post is horrible. With all that is going on,  USPS is the best.
I mailed a small packet to Toronto from the bay area and it took 2 days to get to Canada and then six days to the local address. They also pilfered some items. Anything going in the post in Canada is horribly expensive, even inside the country. It is a service here but a business in Canada!
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Re: Customs formalities in Australia
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2022, 07:04:53 am »
If the value is under AU$1000 it won't cost the recipient anything.

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Re: Customs formalities in Australia
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2022, 02:58:23 pm »
Thanks. That sounds great!
 


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