INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Last year, it was announced that Aussies would have to pay GST on all overseas purchases from July 1, 2018, leaving the country's online
controversial) GST rules had since been confined to the realm of speculation until now
US giant Amazon, which operates the world's largest online retail site, says it will no longer ship to Australian addresses starting from
the aforementioned July 1, 2018 cut-off date.After that date, Aussie customers who attempt to visit the US version of Amazon or any of
Amazon's overseas sites will find themselves redirected to Amazon's Australian site, which offers a much smaller selection of items
Whether that decision to redirect users will also be applied to other Amazon-owned stores, such as Book Depository, is currently
unknown.According to the The Sydney Morning Herald, Amazon's US site provides access to roughly 500 million items, as opposed to the Aussie
youUnfortunately, consumers who've spent the last couple of decades relying on the US version of Amazon to purchase products not
sellers' storefronts will still be accessible from the Australian Amazon site, although shipping costs on those items will be at the
step to provide our customers with continued access to international selection and allow us to remain compliant with the law which requires
April, stating that itmay block Australians from international purchases in response to the GST changes
At present, the online marketplace has yet to comment on Amazon's decision, though you can read its current tax and import charges policy
