International Shipping from / to Australia

Shipping to Australia

Australia as a whole is a very easy country to ship to, be it a small package or large cargo shipments of goods from a manufacturing plant. Being an island, there are a plethora of ports that can take your shipments if you choose to ship by sea such as Albany to the West and Brisbane to the East. Just make sure that before you ship your goods via an ocean cargo carrier that you have all the necessary paperwork filed and ready for when it gets to port. This will ensure that there is no hold up of your items to get into the country officially and dispersed to the proper parties.

Customs in Australia

The Customs and Border Protection is the organization that regulates which goods get into Australia and which are held or denied access to the country. You can contact them or go on their web site to get an up to date list of what is acceptable and what is not under Commonwealth Law so you know before you ship whether you need additional documentation or permits of any kind before you ship something.

Tracking your shipping to Australia

It is a good idea to have some sort of tracking system attached to your package or goods when shipping anywhere in the world, and Australia is no exception to that advice. The tracking system is typically a number or bar code (sometimes both) that is noted as your package or item passes through different ports and finally reaches its destination. Most all tracking systems are digital so you can easily watch your packages progress on line through your shipping company’s web site. Contact your shipping company for more details though as each company’s individual tracking system is a bit different from one another even though the end result is the same: you are able to know when you package or goods arrive safely where you intended it to.