Can I ship to Australia with FedEx?

Can I ship to Australia with FedEx?

FedEx’s massive fleet of aircraft and motor vehicles enable rapid parcel deliveries to over 200 countries worldwide; and Australia is no exception. But for Canadian shippers, there exist other couriers who also offer reliable global shipping services, and Canada’s Secureship can quickly arrange your shipment with FedEx or those other couriers for up to half of their price.

This blog outlines how easy Secureship makes shipping for you. As well, it presents some basic packaging and paperwork information for international destinations, and a few particulars about shipping to Australia

Table of Contents

• How Secureship’s Services Work
• Packaging and Paperwork
• Shipping to Australia
• Conclusion

How Secureship’s Services Work

It’s easy to get a shipping estimate from Secureship. Simply go to our main page, provide the sender’s and recipients’s addresses, details of the parcel, and press Get Estimate. And in less than a minute, a set of shipping options will appear as shown below.

The list of estimates above readily reveals two things: It can be quite expensive to ship from Canada to Australia, but Secureship can save you a lot of money when you need to ship anywhere.

Packaging and Paperwork

Once you have selected a carrier and shipping option, you must ensure the parcel is securely packed and then complete the necessary paper. Secureship provides information about packaging and its system guides you through the paperwork.

Packaging

If your shipment is fragile and/or valuable, packaging it for a safe delivery is particularly important, and here are a few pointers:

1. Use a new, untravelled box.
2. Encase each item in bubble wrap or package peanuts.
3. Arrange items at least 5 cm from each other and all six sides of the box.
4. Seal the box with packing-grade tape (no Scotch, duct tape or string or rope).

A comprehensive discussion of packing practices can be found by consulting ISTA 3A packaging standards.

Paperwork

Every shipment, domestic or internationally-bound, requires a shipping label (also called an air waybill). However, foreign destinations can require a lot of documentation depending on the nature of the goods and the country’s rules governing them.

In brief, all shipments require a commercial invoice (CI), which functions as a parcel’s passport – no CI, no entry. The CI identifies the goods to customs agents so that they can assess the correct duties and taxes on them.

Beyond that, a shipment may also require Form B13, Certificate of Origin, ATA Carnet, or Personal Effects form. Secureship’s Learning Centre can help you decipher these forms and guide you as to when they are needed.

Shipping to Australia

Foreign countries apply prohibitions and restrictions to incoming goods and they also levy duties and taxes on them. And while Canada and Australia both belong to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) that reduces duties, some remain, as does Australian GST on shipments from Canada to Australia.

Conclusion

As a first-world trading nation, Australia is well connected to Canada, and FedEx will happily ferry your parcels there. To assist you connect with FedEx, the Canadian shipping broker – Secureship – can find you cost savings and several delivery options with FedEx, but also with Purolator and UPS.

In addition, Secureship provides a wide range of support and shipping information in the form of articles and blogs, like how to package your goods to ensure a safe arrival, documentation for international parcels, and specific regulatory and tax information for goods entering Australia