International Post Guide - Australia Post

International Post Guide 123
GABON
Service Letters – Zone: Rest of the World Parcels – Zone: D
Usual delivery:
– see �1.8
Extra Cover to: Weight to: Extra Cover to:
ECI 1 4–6 work days $5000 1 20 kg $5000
Express Post Int’l 2 6–7 work days � 1 20 kg $5000
Air Mail � 7–8 work days � � 20 kg Registered Post Int’l �
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7–8 work days Sea Mail �
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� 20 kg �
Confirm delivery � Registered or Extra Cover only. Valuables – see �1.4 �
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� Extra Cover only. Not ECI. No
notes.
Duty-payable articles �
Perishable biological � Non-infectious only.
FaxPost bureau � Private fax machines only.
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1 ECI and EPI – Parcels deliver only to Libreville, Port-Gentil and Sao Tome
ECI and EPI – Parcels do not deliver to a Post Office Box or Poste Restante (counter mail delivery).
2 Express Post International - Letter service available on a non-guaranteed basis
Import restrictions
Senders should determine import restrictions from Gabon authorities before posting:
Animal products
Medicines
Plants and plant products
Chemicals
Firearms
Pharmaceuticals
Special documentation
Gabon requires an import permit for many goods. Before posting any item, senders should confirm
that the addressee has any necessary permit. Most food-related items need a Phytosanitary
Certificate.
Prohibitions
In addition to items prohibited by Dangerous and Prohibited Goods & Packaging Post Guide and
ECI and EPI-Parcels Regulations (see �5.8.2), Gabon prohibits:
Airline tickets, blank stock
Antiques
Deeds
Drugs, non-prescription
Foodstuffs
Furs
Gambling devices/machines
Ivory
Pirated editions of books
Precious metals and stones
Sugar
Tobacco and tobacco products
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