Australia Post joins other global mail services and suspends US parcels
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Australia Post is taking the extraordinary step of immediately suspending many forms of shipping to the United States, as a Trump administration tariff deadline approaches on Friday.

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.

  • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    4 days ago

    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?

    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      24·
      4 days ago

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

      • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 days 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.