Send Cosmetics (Commercial) → 🇦🇺 Australia
Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Australia?
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Australia; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Required at the destination customs authority
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Posting cosmetics to Australia in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Australian Border Force (ABF) applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 10% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. Goods valued at AUD $1,000 or less are generally duty-free (customs duty relief). However, GST (10%) now applies to all low-value imported goods as of 1 July 2018 — overseas sellers/platforms must register to collect GST if their Australian revenue exceeds AUD $75,000. Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.
Keep parcels to personal quantities and declare contents specifically ('face cream', not 'gift'). Check carrier rules for aerosols and nail varnish — they are the commonly refused items in this class.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
All international postal articles are subject to biosecurity and customs assessment. Items valued above AUD $1,000 arriving by post require a formal import declaration and payment of duties and GST. Australia Post facilitates customs clearance.
Sending Cosmetics (Commercial) to other countries
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇺🇸 United States
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United States; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United Kingdom; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇨🇦 Canada
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Canada; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to New Zealand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇹🇭 Thailand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Thailand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇸🇬 Singapore
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Singapore; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.