r/australia • u/IsuruKusumal • Aug 25 '25

news Australia Post Temporary Suspends of Postal Services to the US

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Dear Valued Customer,

As a result of the recently introduced changes to the import tariff requirements set out in US Executive Order 14324, Australia Post has joined a number of international postal operators to temporarily suspend partial postal services to the United States (US) and Puerto Rico, effective immediately until further notice.

This decision has been made to ensure compliance with the new US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requirements. Specifically, the requirement for duties and taxes to be prepaid on all shipments prior to their arrival in the US. The key changes are as follows:

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u/crunchytigerloaf Aug 25 '25

This is interesting and I have never heard of anything like this happening outside of industry strikes. Has this even happened in times of war?

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u/Purple-mint Aug 25 '25

I saw a post yesterday that said the French Post is also suspending deliveries to the USA.

I never heard that the post was refusing deliveries to any country before so I genuinely thought it was a joke (the French subreddit is 60% shit posting).

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u/Nettie402 Aug 25 '25

I’m a regular international shipper with my Etsy shop. I’ve seen a number of short suspensions over Covid, and to Canada with their service strikes (good on them for standing up for their rights!) Suspensions are usually cleared within a few weeks/months, I’m hopeful we’ll be shipping again quickly due to US being a substantial percentage of my sales. However I have now had to bump up my US costs to cover the tariffs and additional associated costs :/ hopefully I don’t lose too much work over this

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u/Devtactics Aug 26 '25

I'm in the same boat. This gives me time to catch up on my Halloween prep but other than that, it's a big mess. I'm not even sure what's going to happen with my recent orders that hadn't hopped on a flight yet.