Taking New Furniture to Oz

[The Picketts]

Have any of you taken new furniture items (ie - sofa's, bed frames) from the UK in your containers? I understand there is import duty to pay on anything less than 1-year old. Does anyone know how much this duty is? Are receipts needed, even for items that look new but are over a year old?
Also, has anyone had to have items treated (ie wooden items etc) by the quarantine officials on arrival at port?

Any advice much appreciated.......

[calNgary]

Hiya there RE LOTS OF POSTS IN THE SECTION ASKING THE SAME QUESTION ,YOUR BEST HAVING A NOSEY THROUGH FOR THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES ,SOME PEOPLE LIKE OURSELVES BROUGHT ONLY PERSONAL STUFF ,SOME FETCHED EVERYTHING ,,REGARDING THE 12MTH OLD RULE ,,UN PACK IT AND RE-PACK IT ,WHO KNOWS IF 12 OR 18 MTH OLD !!!

CAL X

[ali]

Use the search option, we brought stuff less than 12 months old - as cal said unpacked and repacked some stuff. some stuff did get checked at customs, xmas decs, garden stuff etc., but we didn't have to pay. I have heard if you pack stuff yourself then it does get looked at more than if you've used a company. Don't know if this is true or not.

Ali

[The Picketts]

Many thanks for that - we will be using a shipping company (just starting to get quotes) and will unpack and repack as suggested.