On Wed, 17 May 2006 23:21:59 -0700, sf
wrote:

On Wed, 17 May 2006 13:23:21 GMT, Rich wrote:


"notbob" wrote in message
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Aloha,

Sometimes people don't care. Everything is relative and it's
especially true for tourists. They are being ripped off (in local
terms), they know it and they figure it's worth the price. People
who
want pure Kona can buy it at home. That's the way the world works
these days.

I don't think people are deliberately out to rip off tourists. Perhaps
the big huge Blending companies, like Lion and Royal Kona can phrase
it differently in their marketing meetings- profit motive etc...,
but most people want visitors to have a nice time here.

aloha, Thunder

smithfarms.com
Farmers of pure Kona Coffee

smithfarms pure kona wrote in
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On Wed, 17 May 2006 14:44:21 GMT, (Phred)
wrote:


On 2006-05-16, smithfarms pure kona wrote:
I was sending green/unroasted coffee beans to Australia and that
was
when the Customs whatever/whomever kept it from my buyer, asking
for
big bucks in Import fees.

Unless it was a high value consignment it was most likely held up by
Quarantine (I work for AQIS, but this is not an official response!) rather
than Customs. You'd need to check the Customs website but as far as I'm
aware they now only charge duty on mail articles with value of AUD$1000 or
more

The problem is probably that "green/unroasted" bit...

It is the green bit. There are no restrictions on the import of roasted
coffee beans. Under current legislation green coffee beans (from any
country, as far as I'm aware) for processing can come in only under an
import permit, green coffee beans for sowing also need an import permit and
must be grown under quarantine. Conditions can be found at www.aqis.gov.au.

Permit costs may be a little expensive for just an individual who wishes to
bring some green coffee beans in for themselves, but probably not that
expensive for a business. No quarantine concerns if the individual orders
their coffee already roasted.


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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia