First heard that immigrant shipping furniture only applies to immigrants within a year of new immigrants, including previous posts read in the forum, there is a widespread misunderstanding.
Then I called the Australian Customs and Excise Service Hotline and they said there was no such restriction. It later became clear that the restriction was domestic, and that Australia did not. As long as you can handle it at home, you have PR, Australia to import in the name of the individual is no problem.
Why so many Chinese like to come back to China to buy furniture, daily necessities and so on, all for a reason. These things over there to buy prices compared to the difference in domestic education! Instead of buying at a high price abroad, it is better to buy good luck at a low price at home in the past. And foreign furniture is generally very expensive, style is not so full, so more Chinese immigrants, will be more willing to go back to China to buy furniture, and then consign it.
With the development of logistics industry, the traditional mode of port-to-port transportation has been unable to meet the needs of customers, customers prefer to choose door-to-door freight mode. The difference between seaborne door-to-door and international movers lies in the need to pay taxes and import, do not require customers to personally submit applications to customs, personally declare customs and other listed work.
For new immigrants, how to safely ship new furniture purchased in China to Australia without paying tariffs is a matter of great concern. First, it is the proper status and the status of returning Australian residents who can transport personal belongings. Foreign residents with temporary Visa and permanent Visa, new immigrants, international students, diplomats, etc.
Today, I would like to share with you how to avoid customs duties on consignment to Australia, and what should we pay attention to in the course of transportation? The shipping process needs to provide what information, and how to operate.
I. Tax exemption conditions / operations / considerations
1. As long as the identity is met, the new and old items are all fine. Although the customs requires that items must be owned and used for more than a year, if they are new items, we will remove the original packaging and then repackage it by our company's professional packaging materials. In this way, you can declare your used personal belongings without paying any duties.
2. Old goods to Australia must be checked on every ticket, but customs inspection will not open the packaging for inspection. Even if the goods repackaged by us are new, the customs will not be able to find out. If the goods are originally packaged, the customs will know as soon as they are checked. However, if the original packaging has been checked by the customs, it will not only have to pay a relatively high tariff and consumption tax, but will also face the danger of being fined. Therefore, private goods must not be packaged.
3. Hong Kong miscellaneous charges (including THC, exchange fee, wharf operation fee, etc.) and inspection fees are bound to be incurred in Hong Kong. Generally, Hong Kong miscellaneous fees range from 200 to 400 Australian dollars, and the inspection fee is about 500 Australian dollars. However, if there is a problem during customs clearance, it will result in higher demurrage and storage charges. Therefore, it is important to communicate well in advance. In addition, it is important to note that the destination agent has a lot of services that are not included, such as heavy object removal charges. Second delivery fee, etc.
4. Customs clearance only needs to provide copies of passport and Visa, other relevant information will be provided by our company and then you can sign it, but you will need your assistance in customs clearance, customs will inform you to interview, general interview topics such as how long you have lived abroad. Whether or not your goods have been used for more than a year, and how to operate them, the agent of port of destination will communicate well with you when clearing the customs.
II. Cargo consignment needs to be provided with information
1, consignor information (name, telephone, address, scan)
2, list of goods (name, material, number of packages, quantity, amount)
3, consignee information (name, telephone, address, date of birth, passport scan)
Third, door-to-door check-in process
China Warehouse-> truck Transport-> Customs clearance (China Port)-> Shipping / Air Transport
~ Sea time: generally 11 days 15 days ~
Arrival at the port of destination-> Customs clearance-> Foreign agent clearance / trailer delivery-> your home
1. From home to our warehouse,
A, the goods are in the Pearl River Delta in Guangzhou. We can arrange goods trucks to pick up and pick up goods from the door to our company warehouse.
B, goods in other provinces, can be delivered to our company through domestic logistics, domestic logistics companies can provide contact information.
C, if you shop online, you can write down our warehouse address, send it to our company and transfer it to Australia.
2, our warehouse goes to Guangzhou port,
A, after the collection of your goods, we need to package the goods, cartons, wooden frames, wooden support packaging.
B, let me negotiate the shipping time with you, determine the shipping time, and we will book the shipping space with the shipping company. The shipping company will leave for Australia once a week, load the container on Monday, sail on Friday, and we will draw the goods to the port on Monday.
(3) Guangzhou port to Australian port,
A, to the port, if there are solid wood goods or log packaging need to be fumigated, fumigation is mainly insecticidal eggs, otherwise can not be imported into Australia.
B, the purchase of customs declaration may also document declaration, customs declaration through release after shipment, sea transport to Australian ports,
4. Australian ports go to their homes in Australia.
A, at the Australian port, I will arrange for my Australian colleague to bring a bill of lading by sea, a list of goods, and the consignee ID card will go to the Customs and Excise Department to clear the customs.
B, if the customer pays the tax himself, the Australian colleague provides the tax form to let the customer pay the tax at the customs, or we can pay the tax on our behalf. If the customer satisfies the duty-free qualification, the customer needs to interview with the customs for customs questions.
C, complete all customs clearance procedures, arrange the delivery of goods to the door, goods to the door can be arranged to unload, move into the home, assemble, take away the garbage.
IV. Shipping tips
1. Consignments should not involve politics, DVDs, dangerous goods, as well as food (dry goods and meat), wine (alcohol, combustion), medicine (cold medicine, health care products and other medicines, wine). (1) consignments should not involve politics, CDs, dangerous goods, such as food (dry goods and meat), alcohol (alcohol, combustion), medicine (cold medicine, health products and other medicines). In general, special items are consulted separately.
2, packing: furniture or other valuable, fragile, afraid of pressing the goods, please make a good transport packaging (wooden rack or wooden box) to avoid causing bumps in the handling process, thereby damaging or scratching.
3, wood-containing goods must be fumigated disinfection, insecticidal treatment. At the same time, wood packaging must not have bark, moldy, watermarks, wormeyes. Fumigation does not have any effect on the goods.
4, Customs inspection: developed countries to import goods spot check, inquiry actual recipient information, inquiry customs declaration document declaration content. The consignor must faithfully declare the goods information, the value of the goods, and refuse to understate the goods. The sender can greatly reduce the probability of customs inspection by truthfully reporting the goods information.
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