Ship parcels under $800 USD to the U.S. via Australia Post
With a Verified Account, you can ship parcels under $800 USD to the U.S. via Australia Post without being stopped for lack of duty payment. Here's how it works:
- You ship your package through Australia Post using your connected Verified Account.
- Australia Post and Zonos ensure the package is marked as prepaid (we use a marker called a Declaration ID, tied to your tracking number).
- Zonos bills you for duties and processing/clearance fees as shipments are processed by the post.
- Zonos remits duties to CBP on behalf of Australia Post.
Note: Australia Post requires the QR code to be scanned only when you drop parcels off at a retail post office counter. The retail counter uses a different system that needs this scan to confirm the shipment and pass the data to Zonos. If you hand parcels to an Australia Post pickup driver or place them in a drop box, the QR code is not required because those systems record the shipment automatically.
How to create Australia Post labels with a Verified Account
Print your labels from wherever you normally print your Australia Post labels. No additional steps are required. Australia Post will send shipment data to Zonos so Zonos can bill you for duties and processing/clearance fees.
Use Zonos Dashboard Lite to calculate U.S. duties on your products (free)
Your Verified Account gives you free access to Zonos Dashboard Lite, which includes tools to help you calculate duties on your products. With these calculations, you can build the true cost of cross-border shipping into your product or shipping price—so there are no surprises for you or your customers.
Item Quoter
Limit: 5,000 quotes per month (between both Item Quoter and Shipment Quoter).
Item Quoter is your quick tariff calculator for individual products. Perfect for building duty costs into your product pricing before shipping with Australia Post.
How to calculate duty rates
- Go to Dashboard → Item Quoter.
- Add your item price and currency.
- Add your made-in country (where your item was manufactured).
- Select destination country (limited to the U.S. in Dashboard Lite).
- Enter your item description.
- Click Get result.
Review returned duty rates for the postal service. You can use this calculation to know how much to buffer product prices or shipping prices to cover duty cost.
Best practices for accurate duty rates
- Accurate descriptions: Use “sterling silver ring with gemstone” instead of “jewelry”.
- Country of origin: Where the product was made, not your business location.
- Pricing strategy: Add calculated duties to product pricing to ensure profitable DDP shipping.
Need just an HS code? Enter item description only. No price or country of origin required for classification-only lookups.
Use Dashboard Lite for HTS code classifications (free)
Your Verified Account gives you access to Dashboard Lite, which includes tools to classify your products with HTS codes. HTS codes are required when shipping internationally to the U.S. and tell customs what kinds of products are in the packages entering the U.S.
Item Quoter
Item Quoter is your quick tariff classification tool for individual products.
Limit: 5,000 quotes per month (between both Item Quoter and Shipment Quoter).
How to get an HTS code classification
- Go to Dashboard → Item Quoter.
- Enter your item description (use detailed descriptions to improve accuracy).
- Select destination country (United States).
- Click Get result.
What you can do with your Verified Account
Once you have created your Verified Account, you can: