Hi Aus people, <br><br>Neil: the info I got was referred to me by another Brisbane guy who pointed me to the "Buying over the internet page" [1] which is where I got the 5% from (check the table down the bottom). <br>
<br>Dennis: I did the UPS one and it came to around $170 which is drastically different from $70 so maybe I did something wrong there. Nice work interrogating Customs btw ;)<br><br>In summary, I'm clueless as to a definitive answer. Alex you work for the ADO, so you must speak government-ese, maybe you can bring some clarity to our situation...<br>
<br>-Nick<br><br>[1] <a href="http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=5549">http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=5549</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:37 PM, NeilBrown <<a href="mailto:neilb@suse.de">neilb@suse.de</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, May 16, 2008 3:59 pm, nickd wrote:<br>
> That's strange. I'm in Brisbane and it worked out cheaper to buy in<br>
> bulk. I estimated the postage as $70 for the bulk and $50 for individual<br>
> (using AusPost's Int. parcel calculator). What was your<br>
> postage/calculations? I've attached the worksheet I used to come to my<br>
> amount.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but where did you get the<br>
5% figure from?<br>
<br>
Looking at the different tariff classes in<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4273" target="_blank">http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4273</a><br>
<br>
The openmoko could only possibly fall in section 16 and chapter 85.<br>
<br>
Of those the closest fit seems to be item 8517.<br>
(See <a href="http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/tariff/chapter85notes.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/tariff/chapter85notes.pdf</a>)<br>
According to<br>
<a href="http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/tariff/chapter85goods_b.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/tariff/chapter85goods_b.pdf</a><br>
there are several subclasses of 8517, but the closest seems to be<br>
8517.12.00 - Telephones for cellular networks or for other<br>
wireless networks<br>
<br>
which is "Free" of import duty.<br>
<br>
However I couldn't find "Computer" or "PDA" in Chapter 85, so<br>
maybe I'm missing something.<br>
<br>
But the above suggests that if the package is marked that it contains<br>
Cellular Telephony Devices (sounds more impressive than 'mobile phones')<br>
they should be customs-free ???<br>
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NeilBrown<br>
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