Dynamic wrote:thanks for fast reply Jeff. I never understood, and this might be a stupid question but why do you need to use a broker?
To sort out the miriad of payments and fees and inspections for:
Port arrival fee
container unloading fee
container unpacking fee
customs inspection + fee
quarantine inspection + fee
cleaning (if required by AQIS)
transport from port to inspection location (if required)
GST payment
Duty payment (if any)...
The list goes on I think and there are a lot of different people to communicate with...
Also, from my understanding (no first hand experience) but AQIS and Customs prefer to deal with known agents as they do build relationships up with them to some extent and it will be a lot quicker and FAR LESS painfull for you...