01-06-2018 04:58 via thedrum.com

Amazon blocks Australian shoppers from international sites and redirects to local site

Australian consumers will be blocked from accessing Amazon’s international sites from July 1 and redirected to the e-commerce giant’s local site.
The move is the result of changes to the Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST) law, which requires retailers to add the 10% GST to products sold on international sites that are shipped to Australia.
While Australian consumers pay GST on all domestic products they were previously only required to pay the tax on overseas goods worth more th
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