Originally Posted by
Familyofmonkeys
Ditto above comments. We brought our fake tree and all of our xmas decorations, apart from the pine cones. It was all declared and the box was opened so MAF definitely had a peek, but there were obviously no issues as nothing was removed and my carefully packed tree and decorations arrived just as I'd packed them.
As for cost of MAF inspection.....I imagine there are almost always going to be things MAF will check and this doesn't mean you'll end up paying some outrageous fee. Just make sure that all of the items MAF are likely to inspect are packed together and clearly labelled so they check the minimum number of boxes. Make sure you get all of these sorts of items together if you have shipping company doing your packing and discuss this with them before they begin.