Australia Post Global Logistics

The Shipping and Tracking APIs can be used to create a shipment for Customers who have access to Australia Post Global Logistics (APGL) products.

APGL utilises a logistics network with commercial clearance so it is important to provide additional data to help us facilitate Customs Clearance – we send data to the destination Customs before the shipment arrives in the destination country to enable low-risk and low-value items to be pre-cleared by Customs.

Information required for Global Logistics

• Receiver email or phone number must be provided.
• Item Description should be describing the content(s) of the Article at a category level (e.g. sportswear; electronic appliance) for customs clearance.
• Parcel dimensions are required
• 'Commercial value' must be set as true.
• 'HS Tariff Concession Code' is optional to obtain concessions where applicable with destination Customs.
• 'Free Trade Applicable' is optional to describe whether the content is applicable for free trade; for example, most Australian made products that contain over 50% of Australian content are not subject to tariffs into New Zealand.

Commercial Clearance feature

When using APGL products, you must supply Commercial Clearance. Commercial Clearance is a shipment feature specified when creating a shipment. For more information see the shipment features page.

Business rules

• Incoterm refers to the type of agreement for purchase and shipping of goods internationally. We currently accept Delivered Duties Paid (DDP) and Delivered At Place (DAP) in this field.
• Currency code determines the currency of both the value of the items and the declared shipping costs for Customs duty and tax calculation.
• Declared shipping cost is the shipping you charge to your customer during the eCommerce transaction if any.
• "Buyer" details will be used for Customs Clearance and contacted to pay duties and taxes where applicable. The Receiver details will be used if the "Buyer" isn't provided.

Note: "Buyer code" is an optional field to capture any Customer ID or registration number related to the Importer of Record relevant for the destination country.
• An offshore return address is required. If you do not have an offshore return address to use, you can use one of our Returns facilities.

Returns Facility Address Details

Below are the Returns facilities available if you do not have an offshore return address.

Create Shipment API - example payload