Australia Post will resume deliveries to the US and its overseas territories three days earlier than expected following a suspension prompted by changes made to US customs and import tariff rules.

The postal service has confirmed it will allow business parcels to be shipped to the US, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US Virgin Islands and US minor outlying islands from Monday, September 22.

Australia Post has worked with Zonos, a US Customs and Border Protection authorised third-party provider, to offer business contract and My Post business customers a solution to meet the new rules and allow deliveries to the US to resume.

Retail customers will be able to send all parcels to the US via the Post Office network on or before October this year.

Currently, letters and documents of no commercial value, and gifts valued under USD$100, are exempt from any tariff impacts.

Australia Post executive general manager of parcel, post and eCommerce Services Gary Starr thanked customers for their patience and understanding. 

“We’re pleased postal sending to the US for business customers will resume three days ahead of schedule,” Starr said.

“We know our customers have felt the impact and disruption from changes the US government made to customs and import tariff rules, and we have been working around the clock to re-start sending as soon as possible.

“We know just how important it is for them to be able to send items to the US through our cost-efficient postal service as soon as possible.”