Information About Shipping Personal Effects Into Australia
Welcome to Australia Trade
& Shipping inconjuction with New Zealand Shipping
Start Here
For all commercial goods go to the Commercial Shipping index page
If you wish to Ship Personal Effects Overseas or back to Australia go to
Cubic formula for
personal effects print the 4 pages (bedroom, inside, outside, sundries)
This will be of great assistance and is self explanatory.
Simply fill in all forms and add up each page with calculator.
This is also available to Download as a Pdf Document and as a Word Document
A cubic metre is length x width x height = cubic metres
Here are two examples
1.3 m x .50 cm x .30 cm = .195 cbm
1.2 m x 1.2 m x 1.8 m = 2.592 cbm
You may also wish to visit our Helpful Hints for a Hassle Free Move page
This is also available to Download as a Pdf Document and as a Word Document
Importing:
For a General Quote for Importing Personal Effects
LCL stands for Less than a Container
members of the public call it share a container service
If you have less than 15 cbm
of If you have less than 15 cbm
of Personal Effects to Import
Go to Import Share a Container for a quote
Or go to our Quick Price page to get a price
If you get more than 15 cbm (cubic metres) and
less than 30 cbm
It will be cheaper to take 1 x 20ft shipping container
Go to Import a Container for a quote
RoRo means Roll on Roll off . If you wish to ship your car from overseas on a carship,
Go to Drive on off page
Exporting:
For a General Quote for Exporting Personal Effects
FCL stands for Full Container Load
Personal Effects to export
Go to Export Share a Container for a quote
Or go to our Quick Price page to get a price
If you get more than 15 cbm (cubic metres) and
less than 30 cbm
It will be cheaper to take 1 x 20ft shipping container
Go to Export a Container for a quote
RoRo means Roll on Roll off . If you wish to ship your car overseas on a carship,
Go to Drive on off page
Container Sizes
Scroll down our Personal Effects Index page until you come to Container
Sizes and Sales
We suggest you print out these pages so that you can see
what the shipping containers look like PLUS you will
get the internal and external measurements.
1 x 20ft container will carry up to 30 cbm of cargo
If you have over 15 cbm of Personal Effects, you please use our on-line costing spreadsheets for
Importing Personal Effects into Australia or
Exporting Personal Effects out of Australia
Simply fill in this spreadsheet and click submit and
we will get back with pricing.
If you are importing 1 x 20ft container into
Australia
We suggest you ask for a shipping price from local company
in that country (they know who to pay off, talk the ling-ling, wing-wing etc..) and put us down on your Bill of lading /
Waybill as Notify Party
Australian Trade & Shipping
PO Box 732
Springwood Qld 4127
Australia
ph 61 7 3808 1200
fax 61 73290 2481
This means we will be notified that your cargo is on its way into Australia and we can start the arrangements for customs & quarantine clearance
Payment:
Its an Industry standard that when
shipping Personal Effects.. YOU are required to pay in the
country at the port of departure. ( No ifs No buts, that's the way it is)
This way any bounced cheques at the Port of Loading means the shipping
company at the Port of Arrival can
put a stop to the cargo and
a) ask you to pay cash for all services plus dishonoured bank fees or
b) auction your cargo to recover debt (after transport, storage fees, freight, customs clearance, maybe Duty or GST, auctioneers fees, advertising costs I can tell you, that you will end up with nothing) so don't even think about.
Australian Customs & Quarantine Clearance using Agents
You can be expected to pay a A$3,000.00 plus GST per 20ft container security deposit
before a customs agent starts the procedure for customs clearing your
cargo.
If an agent doesn't, then he/she's a bloody idiot.
This means that you are using the Customs Agents reputation, knowledge,
and credit rating for paying all the contractors and allows sufficient
time for your funds to clear, so if your money bounces the Customs Broker
still has your goods in their possession.
If Australian Customs and or Quarantine Departments do there nanna (other
expressions are, do their block, throw the book at you, not happy Jan) you can
expect to pay more for ultimate delivery to your new residence.
A.Q.I.S (or Australian Quarantine Inspection
service) are proving to be right bastards when it comes to importing
personal and household effects because that's their job to be in the
front row defending Australia from you wanabee's.
We recommend that you get your Customs Agent to book and pay the A.Q.I.S
fees of A$130.00 per half hour x 4 sessions.. Yes that's right A$520.00.
Hello !!!!!! now can you see where your money is going.
Once your Customs Agent has paid the monies they can obtain date and time
for A.Q.I.S appointment, we seriously recommend that You do the A.Q.I.S
inspection so if you have any funny stuff you're the one who gets
marched off to the klink, goal, cop shop, detention centre and
re-exported back after you have done your time (make sure you go to the bond store with ID,
wearing covered footwear as in boots .. no thongs, sandals, jandals for
kiwis,
and no animals or children in your vehicle (this is not a play ground), stanley knife, rolls of
packing tape, manual screw drivers, claw hammer, fully charged battery
powered screw driver)
Credit Cards
Shipping companies do not accept credit cards payments as Banks take a credit card merchant fee of up to 4 % some even higher. The shipping industry works on smaller margins than 4 % hence the reason they do not take credit card payments unless you have agreed with the Shipping Agent to come to some service fee which funnily enough covers the Banks Fees.
Credit Rating
Once you arrive in a country you have NO credit rating so you will need a specialist company such as ourselves to do customs and quarantine clearance other wise if you choose to do it yourself you will have to pay in cash before you can get anything done.
A credit rating is very important in Australia, from purchasing cars, houses or renting furniture. So your first point of contact in Australia is your Shipping / Customs Agent, pay them and you can use them as a credit referee.
Shipping Motor Vehicles
You can choose to use our on-line costing spreadsheets for
Importing a motor vehicle into
Australia or
Exporting a motor vehicles out of Australia
Simply fill in this spreadsheet and click submit and
we will get back with pricing
You are going to need an Australian Import Permit Scroll our Import Declarations and Application Forms Page you come to the appropriate form/s
The Australian Import Permit will take 28 days do not ship your
vehicle until you get this permit.
In the section which states Shipping Agent put Australian Trade & Shipping or New Zealand Shipping and Department of Infrastructure and Road Safety will email us a copy of the permit within 21 days, the physical document will take an
additional 7 days. A new on-line application system was implemented by Dept of Infrastucture in 2017 so you can expect a quicker turnaround then the time frame i have indicated using the previous method.
The BIG problem with coming to Australia that YOU should Know and Budget for.
You are probably in some country where the local shipping agent is trying
to mimic Australian behaviour or accent and doing a poor job of it, will say
here's your price Door To Door.
STOP what you are doing !!!!! Hello
Dahhhhh
In Australia under the Commonwealth Law administered by the Federal
Customs and Quarantine Departments you can NOT take personal / household
effects from any Australian wharf direct to your residence. This is not
Europe or UK where you have open borders and foot and mouth disease.
Remember this is why you are coming to Australia so don't moan or whinge
if we don't tell you someone else will quick smart so you might as well
as get told now.
So if someone says here is a door to door price ..
get them to put in writing which door,
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the container door at the Australian wharf,
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container door at licensed customs bond store,
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at the truck door at licensed bond store,
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at the truck door at your Australian residence,
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at the front door of your Australian residence or
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finally inside your house placed in one room of your house.
Door to Door means a lot of things to many people its amazing how many times we hear of stories, such as YES you have paid to have your goods delivered to your House Door.. however here are the charges brought about by Australian Customs and Quarantine Departments because they wished to inspect your cargo at the bond store,
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here is your fumigation invoice,
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here is the steam cleaning charges for motor bikes, lawn mowers, garden tools or machinery,
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here is incinerator and cartage charges for burning timber, straw or wood,
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here is the unpacking charge
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here is the DPI re-inspection fees,
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here are bond charges and additional storage charges because we went outside the Three (3) free days,
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here is the re-delivery fee out of the bond store and
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here is our charges to attend to all these matters on your behalf.
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here is the shipping companies detention invoice for not getting the container back empty in 7 days
You will not receive your goods until you pay for these additional
charges .. So all you Kiwis, South Africans, Chinese, British, Canadians,
Indians, Europeans
and North & South Americans people wishing to come to Australia, who
are trying to do it on the cheap YOU have been informed so budget
accordingly.
Remember A$3,000.00 plus GST per 20ft container security deposit to cover outgoings
by Customs Broker for getting container off the ship and onto the wharf,
moved under bond to a licensed bond store for tailgate inspection, unpack
quarantine inspection, cart empty container to container park.
If you decide to do it yourself and you get in the shit ... don't bother ringing us .. we have no time to placate all the contractors who you have got off side and now all of a sudden you can not speak English or you tried to bribe an official, (Australian don't take bribes, back handers, cash donations or brown paper bags) they get paid by their employer. (The Boss)
Packing List:
On the Personal Effects index page you will find a link to Packing
List for
personal
effects
print the 4 pages (bedroom, inside, outside, sundries)
This is also available to Download as
Packing list Pers Effects.PDF or
Packing list Pers Effects.doc (word)
This is an exact duplicate of Cubic Formula except we have charged the
name, all you have to do is type in and print out
then simply click to give us a copy for customs clearance
Passports
We will require a photo copy of your passport face page only and the
page where Australian Customs stamped the date when you arrived in the
country.
Australian passport holders your passport will simply be scanned by bar
code so you will not have a physical stamp appearing.
That's about it.
It's a bloody shame you're getting hit with such a lot of money based on
A.Q.I.S requirements but now you know.
I trust you enjoy your new life in Australia.
It's a beaut place.
(Kiwi's even though you come from a country which has no foot and mouth,
no dangerous snakes except for those trouser snakes or spiders, no fire ants .. you get treated in such a
harsh manner, no wonder you have so many Aussie jokes. I don't blame you)
Please feel free to contact us at Australia Trade & Shipping. |
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+61 8 8464 0840 |
Lismore: |
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Mailing address |
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I wish a safe and prosperous journey for you and your loved ones. |
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