No more parcel post to the US

Let's clear up a few things. Trump did not have a majority of anything. In fact, more people voted for other candidates than did for Trump.

29% of voters chose Trump. We are here because 29% of eligible voters (not the population) wanted him.

There will be a ton of small businesses shut down by this. Not all of those are Trump voters.

That being said, they only way to get through to them is to allow them to feel the pain of their vote. Unfortunately, that takes us all down with them.

Sadly, a portion of them are still blaming Democrats for their ills right now. The delusion is strong.

The postal charges have ruined everything my son sent me a kiwi kneeler for the garden and a matching pair of gardening glove both very very light from NZ,last birthday He was charged £40 and said ‘ sorry mum never again’

PamelaJ1

After many years of exchanging gifts with family in Australia we were charged tax on a parcel we received.
That was the last parcel we exchanged.
Now we use the internet to order what we want to have delivered. No problem, no tax.

I remember being charged VAT and Customs duty on a christening present from Australia, on which GST had already been paid.

From today, any item containing goods cannot be sent from the UK to the USA, cards are still okay but not gifts

After many years of exchanging gifts with family in Australia we were charged tax on a parcel we received.
That was the last parcel we exchanged.
Now we use the internet to order what we want to have delivered. No problem, no tax.

" Gifts valued at less than $100, letters and documents are unaffected by the change." Al Jazeera

Why not Google shops local to where your family/friends live, go to their website (most shops have them) and purchase from them direct, that’s what we do for our abroad contingents

"The announcements from Australia and Japan come after several European postal services announced similar changes last week, including Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Austria and the United Kingdom."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/26/australia-japan-join-countries-suspending-some-parcel-shipments-to-the-us

It is for parcels between $150 (or maybe $100, depending which version you read) and $800. If you are sending several gifts of a value whichs add up to be in this band, perhaps you could split them into two or more parcels each to be less than $150 (or $100) ?

There also seems to be some concern about the logistics of collecting the tax and so on, so there could still be problems. It may be simpler to just transfer money to people to buy their own gifts - though I am sure Trump & Co will think of a way to take a cut of that.

Jackiest

Not all people voted for what they got. You don't even need the majority of the votes to win an election.

Trump had a large majority and Brexit had a majority (though statistically not significant).

What we get is never what everyone voted for. But democracy demands that we accept the winning side (and hope that we're on it the next time)

It isn’t right that you can’t send gifts but you can always order them on American Amazon and avoid huge postal charges.

Not all people voted for what they got. You don't even need the majority of the votes to win an election.

My family don't send me parcels here in France since Brexit because of duty payable on receipt. As keepingquiet said people get what they vote for.

It is not just Australia, lots of countries are adopting this policy.

People get what they vote for.

I think gifts are ok if under $150

Or indeed parcels from anywhere to or from the US, my relatives in the US just order from a company in the UK to be delivered locally. We do the same with presents to them, goods to the US or EU are a pain these days and best avoided

Australia are joining a number of countries doing this, I believe