Kitchen cabinetry for a home in Australia.

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Kitchen cabinetry for a home in Australia: worth buying in Foshan.

Worth buying in Foshan

Kitchen cabinetry

0% duty with the ChAFTA certificate. Australian buyers commonly save 40–60% on a custom kitchen from Foshan; the work is in the drawings, the measurements and the installer.

Typical saving landed43–58%on 10 metres of kitchen cabinets, against luxury retail
Duty0% with ChAFTA5% without the certificate
Production7–10 weeksafter deposit
  • ChAFTA certificate of origin
  • Board emission class E0 or E1 (ask for the test report)
  • Appliance cut-outs to the actual Australian appliance models
  • Hardware brand (Blum, Hettich) written into the specification

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Worth buying in Foshan 0% duty with the ChAFTA certificate. Australian buyers commonly save 40–60% on a custom kitchen from Foshan; the work is in the drawings, the measurements and the installer.

Duty and taxes on kitchen cabinets from China

Customs duty (tariff 9403.40)5% general · 0% with ChAFTA
GST10% of goods + freight + insurance + duty
Import processing chargeA$152 over A$10,000 (electronic)
Biosecurity chargeA$71 per sea declaration
Stink-bug season measuresRandom inspections possible, 1 Sep–30 Apr

What a typical piece costs landed

A kitchen cabinetry (10 metres) that sells for about A$54,606 at luxury retail lands at about A$22,844–A$30,984 from Foshan, delivered: 43–58% less. That includes our sourcing, inspection and service fee (about 35% of the factory price), its share of a 40′ container, insurance, every duty, customs and port charges, GST and delivery.

What Australia will ask for

  • ChAFTA certificate of origin
  • Board emission class E0 or E1 (ask for the test report)
  • Appliance cut-outs to the actual Australian appliance models
  • Hardware brand (Blum, Hettich) written into the specification

Lead time and packing

Production takes 7–10 weeks after the deposit; made-to-order pieces need 4–6 weeks first for samples and sign-off. Carcasses flat-packed or assembled and crated; about 1 m³ per metre of cabinets. In Foshan we source them in the custom cabinetry factories (foshan).

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How we work it out

For each category we take a typical piece (a sofa, a 10-seat dining table, 10 metres of kitchen cabinets…) at the retail level you choose, the price a Foshan factory charges for comparable materials and build, and land it properly: our sourcing, inspection and service fee (about 35% of the factory price), its share of a 40′ container (to a US home through our logistics partner, priced from a client's real shipment to Dallas in October 2026, adjusted to Los Angeles; to Sydney at index freight rates), insurance, every duty and tariff for the category, customs and port charges, GST in Australia, and delivery to the house.

The verdict also weighs things that don't show in the price: anti-dumping orders, bans (engineered stone in Australia), and certifications a plumber, electrician or inspector will ask for. "Usually buy locally" means the duties or rules make it a poor bet for most homes, not that it is impossible. "Check before buying" means the standard duties make it a poor buy, but a factory with its own lower rate or a different construction can change that: we check the factory and the classification and confirm the landed cost in writing before you order.

Sources

Rates and rules last checked 15 October 2026.

Questions

Is it worth importing kitchen cabinets from China to Australia?

Worth buying in Foshan. 0% duty with the ChAFTA certificate. Australian buyers commonly save 40–60% on a custom kitchen from Foshan; the work is in the drawings, the measurements and the installer.

What duty do kitchen cabinets from China pay in Australia?

0% with a ChAFTA certificate of origin from the factory (5% without), plus 10% GST on the goods, freight, insurance and duty.

How long do kitchen cabinets take from Foshan?

Production takes 7–10 weeks; with samples, inspection, loading, the sea crossing and customs, plan on about 23 weeks door to door for made-to-order pieces.

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