Thread: Importing Parts

Originally Posted by garrycol

No - the $1000 is the cost of goods only excluding shipping.

Garry

Not sure really, but I shipped in some stuff from the USA for around $1100. Got smashed duties and GST. Good were around $980, postage was the rest.
So now I just keep the whole show under $1000 and no problems. Maybe I just struck a customs officer having a bad day.

I cannot comment on your specific circumstance - what exchange rates were used - goods that close to the limit could have been over $1000 by the time customs calculated the rate using their exchange rate.

This has been done to dealt a thousand times on this forum - for individual importers is it $1000 goods only - the rules are different if you are a commercial importer.

Garry