Thread: Costs of Importing Machinery from China - REPORT

Great selection of tooling there, some of it looks very familiar, could have come straight out of the CDCO catalogue

What a haul....it would have been like all your christmas's came at once opening that up! Your ER collets seem to be the same ones that I have.

Mark
Its just too much for one man!

Interestingly I was looking at their (Cater) catalogue this morning, and noted the precision modular Vices are identical to these at Vertex milling,grinding,tooling,cnc,lathe machinie cat.:: ....

wonder if either or make them....H & F call them Toolmaster I think or was that General Tools here in Adelaide (H & F Agent)....

Makes you wonder who actually makes what

You have some good useful tooling there Mark, thanks for posting them up.
As you probably already found out, it wont stop there and it seems to become an addiction.lol

Dave

Originally Posted by eskimo

Interestingly I was looking at their (Cater) catalogue this morning,

Lots of stuff in that catalogue...

Used Machinery.bz

While we're talking importing, how about used machines? For some time now I've desired a Japanese lathe.

When I imported my gear, the supplier had to certify, via documentation, that the machines had not been used before, in any setting. I think this would have only affected Quarantine procedures - there definitely would have been an inspection, and probably charges to clean the machine to their satisfaction. Other than that, import tax might be calculated differently too - possibly the machine would be viewed differently because it is used. You can apply to Customs to give you a binding determination on these sorts of issues before you go any further. Takes a while though.

Yes, all of that to consider. I would also have to do a careful inspection prior to purchasing and this is probably even more important with the used gear. It'll be interesting though to see what the prices are like on these machines.

Customs are more concerned about dirt and vegetation on imported machines then oil and grease..

Yeah I agree RC. Greasy old cars are imported into the country every day...I cant see grease on an old lathe being of concern to customs. It would be a double standard really.

Customs couldnt care less - its Quarantine you have to worry about! But I think .RC. is right - dirt and vegetation would be more of an issue - bacteria and bugs could be brought in by that sort of contamination. But Government bureaucracies dont always make sense do they? It would be worth a phone call to Quarantine to check the issues before purchasing a machine and then getting hit with a cleaning bill - especially at the rates they charge!

I should ask the AQIS inspectors when I see them... I might see some tonight but I never get a chance to speak to them...

Here is a link with info on importing cleaning etc, that might help.
Importing Machinery into Australia - DAFF

Dave

From the looks of this link they are obviously mainly concerned with earth moving equipment, and fair enough too...the dirt they could hold would easily harbour seeds etc that could run amok here.

However I still reckon that if you got pinged for a greasy lathe , you would have to be very unlucky.