Import Clearances

The team at Australian Customs Professionals will assess your goods to identify any applicable Free Trade Agreements, concession schemes, schedule items to minimise your duty and tax exposure.

We work quickly on your behalf to clear the goods and our team of licenced in house brokers will do the paperwork to submit any duty applications which may minimise your duty exposure to save you time and money. Contact us before shipping your goods and speak to our experienced team.

Air Freight Import Clearance

When your cargo is sent via air freight, we fully appreciate that you have paid to premium for this service and time matters!

Our team treat airfreight customs clearance with the utmost priority, whilst still ensuring care and attention is maintained while facilitating the formal entry process.

Our team will work closely with you for any shipment specific and regulatory documentation, necessary to ensure smooth importation processing.

Sea Freight Import Clearance

We are able to navigate and arrange necessary clearance for all cargo arriving by sea freight!

Subject to the freight mode, and goods that you are importing, ACP will determine exactly what documentation is necessary for import customs clearance.

Our team is here to navigate the process with you, we will ensure that documentation is prepared in line with regulatory requirements to best ensure smooth importation processing.

Parcel Post Import Clearance

If you have a shipment arriving via Australia Post International services, we can assist with the timely, and efficient customs clearance of your parcel.

ACP will work with you to determine exactly what documentation is necessary for import customs clearance.

Our team is here to navigate the process with you, we will ensure that documentation is prepared in line with regulatory requirements to best ensure smooth importation processing.

Personal Effects / Household Goods Import Clearance

Unaccompanied Personal Effects / Household Goods Import Clearance applies to:

Your personal property
Suitable and intended for use by you in Australia
personally owned and used overseas by you for a specified length of time. Generally, this is the 12 months before your departure for Australia.

The following goods are not eligible for the UPE concession:

Motor vehicles
Motor vehicle parts
Commercial goods
Bequeathed goods
Items that you have purchased over the internet after your arrival in Australia
Items belonging to another person who is not eligible for the concession
Tobacco and tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, or other products containing tobacco)
Alcoholic beverages.

Operating our own Australian Quarantine Facility, ACP are the experts in Personal Effects / Household Goods Import Customs Clearance and Personal Effects / Household Goods handling.

We understand that the process of moving can be stressful, our team of experienced staff is here to work through the required importation customs clearance process with you to ensure that all elements of the process are put in place for importation Customs and Quarantine Clearances.

Vehicle Importation Clearance

Vehicle importations into Australia are highly regulated by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.

All vehicle importations require prior approval to import issued by the department.

When permitted to import, ACP have specialised experienced in navigating the importation customs clearance process of vehicles and are here to assist you.

Our team is here to navigate the process with you, we will ensure that documentation is prepared in line with regulatory requirements to best ensure smooth importation processing.

Machinery Importation Clearance

Australia exercises strict importation regulations for machinery importations.

Used machinery in particular, must follow very strict Australian Quarantine guidelines.

ACP has over 15 years of machinery importation experience, and thoroughly understand the processes required to facilitate arrival clearances.

Our team is here to navigate the process with you, we will ensure that documentation is prepared in line with regulatory requirements to best ensure smooth importation processing.

Hand Carried Importation Clearance

ACP can arrange the prior arrival customs clearance of your goods that you intended to hand carry with you into Australia.

Our process allows for arrival entry management to best streamline the through terminal customs clearance of your goods.

Our team is here to navigate the process with you, we will ensure that documentation is prepared in line with regulatory requirements to best ensure smooth importation processing.

Self-Transported Vessel Clearance

Boats and Yachts that are sailed into Australia must be formally customs cleared through Australian Border Force and Bio security / Quarantine authorities.

ACP have a complete understanding of the process involved in arranging clearance of your Self-Transported Vessels

Our team is here to navigate the process with you, we will ensure that documentation is prepared in line with regulatory requirements to best ensure smooth importation processing.

Temporary Importation

Carnets & Securities

Importing certain goods for a temporary period of time may allow DUTY and GST exemption at the border provided specific conditions are met.

ACP are experts in understanding Australian Border Force Section 162 Temporary Importation and security requirements and can advise on a best solution to fit your case.

ACP can also assist Importers and Exports with movement of cargo under section 162A ATA & CPD Carnets and can provide advice to best suit your specific importation or exportation requirements.

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Import Clearances

Freight Forwarding

Consultancy

General Warehousing

PNG – LCL Consolidation

Import Clearances

Freight Forwarding

Consultancy

General Warehousing

PNG – LCL Consolidation