The real cost of parts from USA

[Philm]

HI Hogster,
I have just perchased a TKO600 from summit racing, expecting delivery any day now.

You will have to pay GST and associated customs and bull**** charges.

With the dollar as it is I am saving well over $500 on the best price I could get locally.

Phil

[Tenrocca]

I have some wheels arriving tomorrow - dont forget to factor in credit card foreign currency conversion. works in at around 2.5% on my card.

Make sure its marked as made in the USA. you will get a discount on duty. I had to send a statement to fedex this morning describing the good, and stating they were made in US from US sourced materials. Duty and gst (which you have to pay if total including shipping is over $1000) was going to be $419, and dropped to $269 after I sent the statement through, so from my working out duty dropped from 10% to 2.5% with the free trade stuff factored in. Also, and Im not sure about this, say its for a 1965 cobra. I got the impression from the customs broker guy at fedex that the rate was less for "old" car parts - someone else might be able to confirm this.

Cheers.

[sambo]

Originally Posted by Tenrocca

Make sure its marked as made in the USA. you will get a discount on duty. I had to send a statement to fedex this morning describing the good, and stating they were made in US from US sourced materials.

Andrew, I've just ordered QA1 shocks/springs from the States and have requested that they mark the package as "Made in the USA". I don't suppose you still have a copy of the statement you sent to Fedex or remember the details? PM or email me if you like. Thanks.

Sambo

[OZCOBRA]

Originally Posted by Tenrocca

Duty and gst (which you have to pay if total including shipping is over $1000)

As I understand it....Duty payable is ONLY on Purchase price....NOT combined with shipping and handling...DUTY IS PAYABLE as stated on purchases of $1000 or more..and GST again is applied only to the duty value and on Australian services handling...