scrubbedexpat020

Just had my shipping invoice through and there are two extra charges that are new to me.
Maff approved spray £20
NES customs export surcharge £35
Anybody come across these. They are not detailed in my quote of £3054 for Midlands to Melbourne. I know it's only £55 but it annoys me to get hit with extra charges that have not been detailed.
Ian

worzel

If Aussie customs find something that may be dirty with soil etc they are worried it might contain seeds etc which are not indiginous and could go wild in Aus. (Eg on bikes, garden tools...) They will spray to kill off all such stuff. The first item sounds like this. Not sure about the second.

Fuzzy Duck

We got hit with a bill of $150 which we had to pay or they would not release our things. The charges we're for "customs related services" is what we we're told when we rang our shipping agents.

It seems that most people get a few extra charges at the other end even though we have been assured that this will not be the case.

Stormz

One of the shipping guys we spoke to here said it`s a waste of money to get stuff steam-cleaned/fumigated in the UK as Oz customs would pick up on something and get it done there anyway.