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If you have less than 12 cbm
scroll down the Personal Effects domain
Until you come to Quick Price for LCL cargo
LCL stands for Less than a Container
members of the public call it share a container service

If you get more than 12 cbm (cubic metres)
It will be cheaper to take 1 x 20ft shipping container

Scroll down Personal Effects domain
until you come to Container Sizes and Sales
We suggest you print out these pages so that you can see
what the shipping containers look like PLUS you will 
get the internal and external measurements.
1 x 20ft container will carry up to 30 cbm of cargo 

If you have over 12 cbm of Personal Effects
You use our on-line costing spreadsheets for
Importing Personal Effects into Australia or 
Exporting Personal Effects out of Australia
Simply fill in this spreadsheet and click submit and 
we will get back with pricing

If you are importing 1 x 20ft container into Australia
We suggest you ask for a shipping price from local company (they know who to pay off etc..) and put us down on your Bill of lading / Waybill as Notify Party 
Australian Trade & Shipping 
PO Box 732 
Springwood Qld 4127 
Australia 
ph 61 7 3808 1200 
fax 61 73290 2481

This means we will be notified that your cargo is on its way into Australia and we can start arrangements for customs clearance

Payment
Its an Industry standard that when shipping Personal Effects.. YOU are required to pay in the country at the port of departure. ( No ifs No buts, that's the way it is)
This way any bounced cheques at the Port of Discharge means the shipping company at the Port of Arrival can put a stop to the cargo and a) ask you to pay cash for all services plus dishonoured bank fees or b) auction your cargo to recover debt (after transport, storage fees, freight, customs clearance, maybe Duty or GST, auctioneers fees, advertising costs I can tell you, that you will end up with nothing)

Australian Customs & Quarantine clearance using Agents
You can be expected to pay a A$2,000.00 plus GST per 20ft container security deposit before a customs agent starts the procedure for customs clearing your cargo. 
If an agent doesn't, then he's a bloody idiot.
This means that you are using the Customs Agents reputation, knowledge, and credit rating for paying all the contractors and allows sufficient time for your funds to clear, so if your money bounces the Customs Broker still has your goods in their possession.
If Australian Customs and or Quarantine Departments do there nanna (other expressions are, do their block, throw the book at you, not happy) you can expect to pay more for ultimate delivery to your new residence.

A.Q.I.S (or Australian Quarantine Inspection service) are proving to be right bastards when it comes to importing personal and household effects. 
We recommend that you get your Customs Agent to book and pay the A.Q.I.S fees of A$90.00 per half hour x 6 sessions.. Yes that's right A$540.00. Hello !!!!!! can see where your money is going. 
Once your Customs Agent has paid the monies they can obtain date and time for A.Q.I.S appointment, we seriously recommend that You do the A.Q.I.S appointment (make sure you go to the bond store with ID, covered footwear, and no animals or children in your vehicle, stanley knife, rolls of packing tape, manual screw drivers, claw hammer, fully charged battery powered screw driver) 

Credit Cards
Shipping companies do not accept credit cards payments as Banks take a credit card merchant fee of up to 4 % some even higher. The shipping industry works on smaller margins than 4 % hence the reason they do not take credit card payments unless you have agreed with the Shipping Agent to come to some service fee which funnily enough covers the Banks Fees.

Credit Rating 
Once you arrive in a country you have NO credit rating so you will need a specialist company such as ourselves to do customs and quarantine clearance other wise if you choose to do it yourself you will have to pay in cash before you can get anything done.

A credit rating is very important in Australia, from purchasing cars, houses or renting furniture. So your first point of contact in Australia is your Shipping / Customs Agent, pay them and you can use them as a credit referee.

Shipping Motor Vehicles 
You can choose to use our on-line costing spreadsheets for
Importing a motor vehicle into Australia or 
Exporting a motor vehicles out of Australia
Simply fill in this spreadsheet and click submit and 
we will get back with pricing
You are going to need an Australian Import Permit
Scroll down until you come to 
Federal Department of  Road Safety Import Permit Application
This permit will take 28 days do not ship your vehicle until you get this permit.
In the section which states Shipping Agent put 
New Zealand Shipping Fax number 07 3290 2481 and Dept Road Safety will fax us the permit within 21 days, the physical document will take an additional 7 days

The BIG problem for coming to Australia
That YOU should Know and Budget for.
You are probably in some country where the local shipping agent will say here's your price Door To Door.
STOP what you are doing !!!!!
In Australia under the Commonwealth Law administered by the Federal Customs and Quarantine Departments you can NOT take personal / household effects from any Australian wharf direct to your residence.

So if someone says here is a door to door price .. 
get them to put in writing which door, 

1. the container door at the Australian wharf, 
2. container door at licensed customs bond store, 
3. at the truck door at licensed bond store, 
4. at the truck door at your Australian residence, 
5. at the front door of your Australian residence or 
6. finally inside your house placed in one room of your house.

Door to Door means a lot of things to many people its amazing how many times we hear of stories, such as YES you have paid to have your goods delivered to your House Door.. however here are the charges brought about by Australian Customs and Quarantine Departments because they wished to inspect your cargo at the bond store, 

1. here is your fumigation invoice, 
2. here is the steam cleaning charges for motor bikes, lawn mowers, garden tools or machinery, 
3. here is incinerator and cartage charges for burning timber, straw or wood, 
4. here is the unpacking charge
5. here is the DPI re-inspection fees, 
6. here are bond charges and additional storage charges because we went outside the Three (3) free days, 
7. here is the re-delivery fee out of the bond store and 
8. here is our charges to attend to all these matters on your behalf.

You will not receive your goods until you pay for these additional charges .. So all you Kiwis, South Africans, Chinese, British, Canadians, Indians, Europeans and North & South Americans people wishing to come to Australia, who are trying to do it on the cheap YOU have been informed so budget accordingly.

Remember A$2,000.00 plus GST per 20ft container security deposit to cover outgoings by Customs Broker for getting container off the ship and onto the wharf, moved under bond to a licensed bond store for tailgate inspection, unpack quarantine inspection, cart empty container to container park.

If you decide to do it yourself and you get in the shit ... don't bother ringing us .. we have no time to placate all the contractors who you have got off side and now all of a sudden you can not speak English or you tried to bribe an official, (Australian don't take bribes, back handers, cash donations or brown paper bags) they get paid by their employer. (The Boss)

Packing List
Scroll down on the Personal Effects domain 
Until you come to Packing List for personal effects
print the 4 pages (bedroom, inside, outside, sundries)
This is an exact duplicate of Cubic Formula except we have charged the name, 
all you have to do is type in and print out
then simply click to give us a copy for customs clearance

Passports
We will require a photo copy of your passport face page only and the page where Australian Customs stamped the date when you arrived in the country.
Australian passport holders your passport will simply be scanned by bar code so you will not have a physical stamp appearing.

That's about it.
It's a bloody shame you're getting hit with such a lot of money based on A.Q.I.S requirements
I trust you enjoy your new life in Australia.
It's a beaut place.

(Kiwi's even though you come from a country which has no foot and mouth, no dangerous snakes or spiders, no fire ants.. you get treated in such a harsh manner, no wonder you have so many Aussie jokes. I don't blame you)