Thread: Importing costs

Charges are 10% GST and 10% import duty payable to customs.

Earlier in the year I purchased a complete tdi head from Turners in the UK, at the time they told me that they do send complete engines door to door.

In my case total costs were well under $AU1000 so there were no other charges

So without making further enquiry I assume that there would be no freight saving in not getting it send straight through to you, but it would be good to find out if there a difference in freight costs, if any.

They also mentioned that they could use an "economy " freight rate and the delivery time would be "about a week" instead of 3 days

If its a diesel engine on its own without a gearbox it will be duty free, so you will be up for at the minimum -

GST
Customs lodgement fee
DAFF fee
Port service charges
Broker customs entry fee

Originally Posted by Reads90

Charges are 10% GST and 10% import duty payable to customs.

GST applied to the final cost so is also applied to the import duties - also applied to the additional administration fees - normally a couple of Hundred $$

Talk to Garry at Maru International.. in Dewsbury UK. PM me if you can't find details on interweb. I have a Cummins 6 cyl and gearbox still in chassis rails coming over ATM, 2 mq and weighing in at a tonne. It cost me approx $400. Not sure of landing costs yet but will keep u posted...

Whatever you do get it door to door, that way apart from custom and GST fees there should be no extra charges. Every time paperwork changes hands in a door to airport shipment there's a fee. It's there door to door but it's part of the freight charge.

As an example, I just bought in a winch and an auto in two shipments. The freight cost was the same, $300-. But the winch was door to door and express freight (under 100kg). The Auto was 110kg and air freight door to airport. cost $300- plus another $380- in fees on landing. So the winch costs must have been minor if the landing fees were the same or the fees are a gip.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Whatever you do get it door to door, that way apart from custom and GST fees there should be no extra charges. Every time paperwork changes hands in a door to airport shipment there's a fee. It's there door to door but it's part of the freight charge.

As an example, I just bought in a winch and an auto in two shipments. The freight cost was the same, $300-. But the winch was door to door and express freight (under 100kg). The Auto was 110kg and air freight door to airport. cost $300- plus another $380- in fees on landing. So the winch costs must have been minor if the landing fees were the same or the fees are a gip.

You know that they add those costs into the purchase price dont you and usually more than the actual costs.

There was another thread with a list of overcharged costs from DHL. I haven't had any trouble with other companies. The other main thing with door-to-door is you don't have to fumble around with brokers and sending paperwork and organising payments and all the rest, which I've done many times. You just track your shipment and call your company when it gets stuck somewhere.