Shipping Policy
Last updated: November 11, 2026.
We don't keep our own stock. Items are ordered in from our supplier in Japan after you buy, then packed and shipped from Yokohama, Japan. We match the shipping service to the item, packed size and destination.
Handling Time
Orders are packed in Japan and dispatched within 3-8 business days. This includes the time to receive items from our supplier. Some items need extra handling, supplier confirmation, preorder processing, special-order sourcing, imported-on-demand sourcing, product checks, or address/payment review and may take up to 8 business days to ship unless the product page or checkout states a longer timeframe. If an item cannot be fulfilled or cannot ship within the stated timeframe, we will contact you before shipping and provide the options required by applicable law, including cancellation and refund where required.
Delivery Estimates
Your order leaves Japan in 3–8 business days, tracked. Checkout shows the delivery options for your country, with their price and delivery estimate, before you pay. Estimates aren't guarantees. Rods and oversize parcels depend on packed length, destination and customs.
Carrier delays, weather, customs inspection, regulatory review, holiday closures, carrier holds, payment or document delays, and remote-area routing can extend these estimates.
Shipment Delays And Customer Options
Shipping dates are estimates unless checkout expressly marks a service as guaranteed. If we become aware of a material delay before dispatch, we will update you and provide available options. For customers protected by shipment-delay rules, this may include consenting to the delay, choosing an available alternative, cancelling the affected item, or receiving a refund for unshipped merchandise where required.
Small Lures And Accessories
Small lures, terminal tackle and accessories go by Japan Post International Air Packet, tracked, for parcels up to 2 kg. Higher-value orders may go by Express EMS instead.
If you want it faster, choose Express EMS at checkout.
Shipping Services
Checkout shows the services for your order: Japan Post International Air Packet (tracked) and Express EMS (faster, tracked). Long rods can also go by DHL Express when checkout offers it. We recommend EMS for rods, reels, limited-run lures and high-value orders.
The value on the customs form is always what you actually paid.
Rods And Oversize Items
Rods ship separately from smaller tackle. We pack rods in a rigid tube or reinforced carton and select the service based on packed length, destination, and carrier availability. Rods generally cannot be combined with lures, reels, or accessories in the same parcel. Oversize, remote-area, manual-quote, tube, or carrier-specific surcharges may apply. We may substitute carrier, request an additional shipping amount, split the order, cancel the rod, or refund the affected item if no compliant route is available.
Duties, Taxes, Tariffs, And Import Fees
US import duty is shown at checkout. Parcels sent by standard tracked post with goods up to US$2,500 travel duty-paid, so there is nothing more to pay on delivery. Where checkout doesn't show import duty for your order, import taxes and fees, if any, are paid by you on delivery. This includes import VAT or GST, customs duty and the carrier's handling or clearance fee. Your country's customs and the delivery carrier set and collect these charges, not The Lure Pack.
For international shipments, the customer or recipient may be treated as the consignee, importer, or importer of record unless checkout, the carrier, or applicable law clearly provides another arrangement. Customers are responsible for providing complete recipient contact details, including phone number and email address, and any required tax ID, importer number, EIN, SSN, VAT number, EORI number, ABN, or local equivalent. Missing, late, or inaccurate information may cause customs holds, storage or warehouse fees, return to sender, cancellation, abandonment, disposal, or extra charges.
Customs documents must describe the actual items shipped, including product description, quantity, transaction value or fair market value, country of origin or manufacture where known, HS/HTS classification where available, and shipment purpose. Customs authorities make final decisions on classification, value, admissibility, duties, taxes, fees, and release.
We never add a margin to duty, tax or import charges. When a carrier collects them, it may add its own handling fee. That fee goes to the carrier, not to us.
Where import charges are paid on delivery, if a parcel is refused, the charges aren't paid or it isn't collected, the carrier may hold it, return it or dispose of it. What we refund then is set out in Refused Or Uncollected Deliveries in our refund policy.
Any duty or tax figure you see before delivery is an estimate. Your country's customs makes the final decision.
Australia: import taxes and fees, if any, are paid by you on delivery. Orders over A$1,000 need an import declaration and usually attract customs duty, 10% GST and processing charges.
United States: US import duty is shown as its own line at checkout, before you pay. Parcels sent by standard tracked post with goods up to US$2,500 travel duty-paid, so there is nothing more to pay on delivery. Orders with goods over US$2,500, and parcels sent by courier, may have import charges to pay on delivery. If a carrier or US customs ever asks you for a charge, we'll contact you first, before anything is paid or the parcel is sent back.
UK and Northern Ireland: import VAT, any customs duty and the carrier's handling fee are paid by you on delivery. We may hold or cancel a UK shipment if the product-safety or customs details it needs aren't available.
EU: we ship to Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. VAT is included in our prices, import duty is shown as its own Duties line at checkout, and shipping includes customs clearance. Under EU rules from 1 July 2026, a parcel with goods up to €150 pays a flat €3 customs duty for each different tariff (HS) code in it, plus a €2 handling charge for each tariff code, so the Duties line is €5 per tariff code, not per item: three different lures are €5, a lure and a pair of pliers are €10. Your order travels with import charges paid, so there is nothing more to pay on delivery, up to these limits on the goods before VAT: Spain, Finland, Estonia and Luxembourg €150; the Netherlands and Slovakia €1,000; Denmark and Sweden about €1,100; France, Monaco, Italy and Malta no limit. An order over its country's limit ships with import VAT and duty paid to the carrier on delivery, and we contact you before it ships to refund the VAT, duty and customs clearance charged at checkout. The cart tells you before you check out. We don't ship to other EU countries at the moment.
Customs rules, rates and carrier limits are changing quickly, in the EU and elsewhere. We follow the rules in force when you order, the import charges shown at checkout are the ones that apply to your order, and we update this page when the rules change.
We will not mark orders as gifts, undervalue shipments, split orders to avoid duties or taxes, or falsify customs documents.
Destination Restrictions And Import Rules
Some fishing tackle, including sharp items, hooks, knives, tools, lead-containing tackle, soft plastics, scented or treated baits, liquid attractants, gels, oils, aerosols, glues, batteries, electronics, lights, power banks, oversize rods, animal or plant materials, wood, feathers, reusable packaging, or other regulated goods may be restricted by the carrier or destination country. Customers are responsible for checking local import rules, fishing regulations, and product restrictions before ordering.
We do not ship loose lithium batteries, power banks, liquid attractants, aerosols, flammable or solvent products, leaking baits, or regulated chemicals internationally unless the product page, checkout, or our written confirmation expressly says the selected service can carry them. If an item cannot lawfully or practically be shipped to your destination, or if the selected carrier later rejects it, we may remove, substitute, split, hold, cancel, or refund the affected item.
For EU, EEA, and Northern Ireland shipments, product-safety or GPSR rules may require product identifiers, manufacturer information, warnings, labels, safety documentation, or responsible-economic-operator details. We may decline, cancel, or hold affected shipments if required product-safety, importer, tax, or customs data cannot be satisfied.
Split Shipments
Orders containing rods, oversize items, preorder items, or supplier-sourced items may ship in more than one parcel. Tracking will be provided for each parcel where the selected service includes tracking.
Address Accuracy
Customers are responsible for entering a complete and correct delivery address, including apartment, unit, company, postcode, state, country, and any delivery notes required by the carrier. We are not responsible for delays, failed delivery, return-to-sender events, lost parcels, extra carrier fees, customs issues, or reshipment costs caused by an incorrect, incomplete, outdated, restricted, or undeliverable address unless the issue was caused by our error or applicable law requires otherwise.
Contact us immediately if your address is wrong. Address changes may not be possible after packing, supplier handoff, carrier handoff, or label purchase.
If you use a freight forwarder, parcel locker, hotel, workplace, mailroom, or third-party receiving service, delivery to that address may count as delivery to you. Loss, delay, damage, refusal, customs issues, address correction, reroute, return, or reshipment after delivery to the address you supplied is your responsibility unless the issue was caused by our error or applicable law requires otherwise.
Damaged Or Lost Parcels
Inspect your order when it arrives. Contact us as soon as possible, ideally within 48 hours, with photos of the outer packaging, inner packaging, shipping label, and the item. For damaged rods or oversize items, contact us within 7 days where possible and keep all packaging until the carrier claim is closed. If tracking stops updating or a parcel appears lost, contact us so we can open a carrier investigation. Refunds or replacements are handled after the carrier confirms the parcel is lost, unless consumer law requires otherwise.