Tobacco Permit – Australian Border Force

REQUIREMENT OF TOBACCO IMPORT PERMIT TO AUSTRALIA PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING AN ORDER

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Australian border force requires a tobacco permit if you want to import any kind of tobacco product including Heat not Burn Tobacco sticks(HEETS) The good thing is, you can still import the IQOS HEETS Tobacco stick into Australia. However, you may be required to pay an additional excise amount that is in addition to what you will be paying at the time of checking out from the Vapeys Vape Store website. It also infers the free shipping policy for orders above AU$ 144 shall not be applied while purchasing IQOS HEETS by Carton/Single pack as it is prohibited to ship tobacco products through standard post and only courier service like DHL is permitted.

As per the tobacco laws from Australia, tobacco products are controlled under regulation 4DA of the customs (prohibited imports) Regulations 1956.

If you import tobacco or tobacco products into Australia, classified as excise equivalent goods (EEGs). Instead of paying excise duty on EEGs, you generally pay an equivalent customs duty.

If you import tobacco into Australia, you must pay all customs duty and taxes to the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs) when the goods arrive at the Australian border.

With regards to these new regulations, you can refer the below table to understand how much you need to pay as customs duty.

You may be eligible to claim back a portion of the duty paid, Please visit this official page for more information.

Please note the this customs duty has to be paid only while importing IQOS heet sticks and not the IQOS device.

Please be advised that this is only an extract of the information provided by ABF for more up to date official information and applying for a tobacco permit please visit the website here