cletusSamboy
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Not sure where to post this but since tobacco is a drug I'll just post it here.
I've placed a tobacco order with a US based company and it's been explained that it's illegal to import tobacco into Australia via post and instead they said it will be shipped with air cargo via USP instead of USPS to comply with aussie tobacco import laws that require tobacco be imported via air/sea cargo and it's up to me to obtain a tobacco import permit in time. I went ahead and ordered but since it's a time consuming process a permit might not be able to be obtained in time so I'm gonna just see if it slips through like it often would when arriving by post by other companies that ship via postal system.
So what's the difference in how Aussie customs handles items arriving by air cargo vs items arriving by post? Does air cargo undergo more thorough inspection by customs with more fees involved or does the company inform customs beforehand what the item is so all customs has to do is wait until they scan it then just sends the bill because they know beforehand what it is?
I've placed a tobacco order with a US based company and it's been explained that it's illegal to import tobacco into Australia via post and instead they said it will be shipped with air cargo via USP instead of USPS to comply with aussie tobacco import laws that require tobacco be imported via air/sea cargo and it's up to me to obtain a tobacco import permit in time. I went ahead and ordered but since it's a time consuming process a permit might not be able to be obtained in time so I'm gonna just see if it slips through like it often would when arriving by post by other companies that ship via postal system.
So what's the difference in how Aussie customs handles items arriving by air cargo vs items arriving by post? Does air cargo undergo more thorough inspection by customs with more fees involved or does the company inform customs beforehand what the item is so all customs has to do is wait until they scan it then just sends the bill because they know beforehand what it is?
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