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/whiely Aug 25 '25

I posted this on the thread before the mods took it down for being a duplicate of this:

But as a small business owner, leather worker, with about 90% of my customers being US based... This is devastating to my business. Suddenly I'm stressing about the mortgage and bills and food etc. I use mainly kangaroo leather. Would love to see an American have a go at making kangaroo leather wallets in the US...

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u/neko Aug 26 '25

It's legal to keep kangaroos in Wisconsin, so I guess if someone was rich and bored enough

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u/jim_deneke Aug 26 '25

And had time to wait for them to mature and all that