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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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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 24 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

and the ones that knew how to get it all properly set up seems to have been fired or they've quit.