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Question Custom broker in Melbourne?

I was told i would need the assistance of a custom broker to get my motorbike out of the customs in Melbourne.

Is it really necessary? Or is it possible to do it on my own? (In Peru this was horrible and almost impossible without a broker)

Any recommendations availble??
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If you're travelling under cover of a carnet - which presumably you are - then the whole process is relatively straightforward. No need to pay a third party.

I brought my motorbike, from New Zealand, by air into Melbourne-Tullamarine Intn'l Airport back in March this year .. and dealt with everything myself. I encountered no real problems; just a couple of niggling frustrations, which aren't even worth mentioning here.

Make sure your bike is as sparkly clean as you can get it. AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service) can be quite fussy, so I understand. But I went through my inspection with .. "No Worries Mate" ..

Good luck .. Oz is definitely worth visiting. Good bunch of folks too, even though they can't play cricket! ..

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Melbourne is fine to do your own customs clearance. I've done it myself 3 times now without problem.
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If you don't have a carnet, it can be very difficult without a broker. I reimported an Australian bike last year without a carnet, tried briefly to do it myself, but gave up. The system is designed to be difficult for the average person so the customs agents can deal with online documents from experienced customs agents rather than a thousand questions from the general public.
I talked to Ross Coats at JWI (Johnson Wills International) who have an office at Melbourne airport. It cost me around 600 bucks i think with agent's fees, quarantine inspection, handling, warehouse fees etc. Took 2 or 3 days from when it landed to when i could ride it away.
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Folks,

many thanks for your replies.

Well, of course i wll have a carnet since wherever i asked i was told it's mandatory. When i got all of you right you brought your bikes by air rather than by a container vessel what will be the way i must do it (due to horrible costs, and even the costs for shipping by boat seem to have risen by 30 % (!!) during the last 6 months ).

Sean mentioned already the fee for his broker, does anybody have an idea what fees have to be paid to the authorities in addition? I try to find it out on the official websites of customs and AQIS but that's sometimes quite confusing.....

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Hey Gerd - here's a link to a breakdown of what I paid, in total, from Auckland to Melbourne (by air): <<LINKY>>

I'm not saying that I necessarily struck the cheapest deal out there .. BUT I know, for sure, that it could have been even more expensive .. had I not shopped around.

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Hey Keith,

thanks for the link. It's helpful for me to get a rough idea of the estimated costs.


BTW - nice webpage with nice pics , hope to see some of those in "real life" when i am "down under"...

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