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
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    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.