Shipping to the US Temporarily Suspended

Australia Post has suspended shipping business parcels to the United States. The suspension will affect businesses like Abbey's from sending packages to the United States that now require pre-payment of tariffs before arriving in America.

The systems for payment of the tariff are yet to be put into place. Once that happens, we hope to resume this service.

The tariff will be paid by our US customers who buy books that are shipped to an address within the United States.

As a result of the recently introduced changes to the import tariff requirements set out in US Executive Order 14324, Australia Post has joined a number of international postal operators to temporarily suspend partial postal services to the United States (US) and Puerto Rico, effective immediately until further notice.

This decision has been made to ensure compliance with the new US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirements. Specifically, the requirement for duties and taxes to be prepaid on all shipments prior to their arrival in the US. The key changes are as follows:

1. Suspension of the de minimis USD$800 threshold exemption.

2. New mandatory customs declaration requirements.

3. Duties for imported goods to be collected prior to goods entering the US.

Australia Post is partnering with Zonos®, an authorised CBP third-party provider to offer a solution that, once launched, will allow services to the US to resume. We will advise customers once this solution has been implemented and services resumed. We will provide an update once this solution has been implemented.

Once implemented, Zonos® will help streamline the calculations and pre-payment of duties and taxes for postal goods entering the US and Puerto Rico, and assist customers with their payment and compliance with global tax regulations.