Australia Post to Resume Full US Shipping Services September โ25 After Tariff Resolution
Sydney, Australia – Australia Postโ will โฃresume shipping to โthe United Statesโ on September 25, resolving โขa weeks-long suspension causedโ by โฃcomplex tariff rules and escalating shipping costs. The resumption follows the implementation of a new third-party platform, Zonos, wich allows Australia Post to comply with โUS importโ regulations.
Theโ suspension, impacting a wide โฃrange of Australian โขbusinesses – including fashion brands and Etsy sellers – forced โmany to halt US orders. The issue stemmedโ from the requirement to electronically transmit detailed customs data forโ each item, a process Australia Post’s existing โคsystems struggled to accommodate cost-effectively. The new zonos platform automates this process, enabling complianceโ and restoring shipping services.
Fashion โlabel Aperoโข pre-emptively paused US orders three โคweeks prior to theโข official suspension. “We’ve obviously lost revenueโ but that’s always theโฃ case with uncertainty,” Aperoโ co-founder Lazโ Smith told ABC News.”That’s not necessarily Australia Post’s fault. They’ve been trying to get a solution working.”
australia Post now requires businesses to utilizeโ Zonos to ship toโ the US. โฃ”You โคcan’t use Australia Post now unless you go โฃwith Zonos,”โฃ Smith explained, adding that Apero expectsโ to resume โขaccepting US orders by the endโฃ ofโ the month.โ
The disruption โhighlighted the challenges faced by Australian businesses navigating international shipping complexities, particularlyโค regardingโฃ US import regulations. smith expressed โreliefโฃ at the impending resolution, stating, “Atโข least we’ll have certainty about Black Friday sales now.”

