August 1, 2013 | Latest News, News & Offers
Australia can expect a surge in bicycle imports after the success of our home grown Orica GreenEDGE team at the Tour de France trial this year. Importers including individuals, retailers, online and wholesale businesses and sporting teams should be on top of the...
July 1, 2013 | Customs Clearance Savings, Latest News, News & Offers
Importing businesses are being hit with a double whammy (1) the dollar dropping and (2) an increase in the Customs Import Processing Charge [IPC] effective 01 January 2014. Platinum® Freight Management Customs Broker Peter McRae says that if you have a business...
June 29, 2013 | Latest News, News & Offers
With the growth of eBay shops and other online stores, thousands of home-based businesses are becoming significant importers. Here are eight top tips from Peter McRae, a senior lecturer on customs broking, and one of Australia’s leading customs brokers at Platinum®...
June 27, 2013 | Latest News, News & Offers
Or How to Save Time and Frustration When Vu Dang imported a camera from overseas this month, he thought he would receive a letter from Customs saying that it had arrived and how much money he would need to pay. But that is not what happened, and his problems were not...
June 12, 2013 | Customs Clearance Savings, Latest News, News & Offers
Thinking of buying a secondhand earthmoving machine from Asia? Then make sure you factor in all the additional costs, because you could be hit up for $4,000 just for cleaning the machine when it arrives. Increasingly earthmoving companies are buying secondhand...
June 12, 2013 | Latest News, News & Offers
The Australian Government in the recent budget announced a restructure of the import processing charge (IPC) which is payable by importers. The current charges are: Parcel post $40.20 Air freight $55.20 Sea freight (less than a container load) $70.00 Sea freight (full...
