International Post Guide - Australia Post

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GHANA
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 4–5 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 $5000 Registered Post Int’l �
� 20 kg $5000
7–8 work days Sea Mail �
� �
� 20 kg �
Confirm delivery � Registered or Extra Cover only. �
Valuables – see �1.4 3 Extra Cover only. No notes. 3 Extra Cover only. No notes.
Duty-payable articles � �
Perishable biological � Infectious and non-infectious not accepted – see �1.6.
FaxPost bureau � Private fax machines only.
1 ECI and EPI – Parcels deliver to all destinations
ECI and EPI – Parcels do not deliver to a Post Office Box but does deliver to Poste Restante
(counter mail delivery).
2 Express Post International - Letter service available on a non-guaranteed basis
3 Ghana prohibits coins in any mail article
Import restrictions
Senders should determine import restrictions from Ghana authorities before posting:
Carbon paper
Cocoa plants and seeds
Cotton seed
Dairy products
Films
Firearms and firearm parts
Fish products
Medicines
Postage stamps
Uniforms
Special documentation
Senders should separately post invoices, Certificate of Origin and any other required certificates to
addressees for presentation on delivery. Invoices values must be in pounds sterling.
Prohibitions
In addition to items prohibited by Dangerous and Prohibited Goods & Packaging Post Guide and
ECI and EPI-Parcels Regulations (see �5.8.2), Ghana prohibits:
Coins Gaming
equipment
Live trees and
other plants
Lottery tickets
Spirits
Subversive literature
September 2007
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