International Post Guide - Australia Post
International Post Guide - Australia Post
International Post Guide - Australia Post
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<strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 149<br />
IRELAND<br />
For Northern Ireland, refer to United Kingdom<br />
Service Letters – Zone: Rest of the World Parcels – Zone: D<br />
Usual delivery:<br />
– see �1.8<br />
Extra Cover to: Weight to: Extra Cover to:<br />
ECI 1 3–4 work days $5000 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Express <strong>Post</strong> Int’l � 4 work days Air Mail �<br />
� 1 20 kg $5000<br />
4–5 work days $2483 � 20 kg $2483<br />
Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l � 4–5 work days Sea Mail �<br />
� �<br />
� 20 kg $2483<br />
Confirm delivery � Registered or Extra Cover only. Valuables – see �1.4 �<br />
� Extra Cover only.<br />
Extra Cover only. No notes. Duty-payable articles �<br />
Perishable biological � Non-infectious only.<br />
Fax<strong>Post</strong> bureau � Private fax machines only.<br />
� Extra Cover only. No notes.<br />
�<br />
1 ECI and EPI - Parcels deliver to all destinations<br />
ECI and EPI – Parcels deliver to a <strong>Post</strong> Office Box but does not deliver to <strong>Post</strong>e Restante (counter<br />
mail delivery)<br />
Import restrictions<br />
Senders should determine import restrictions from Irish authorities before posting:<br />
Animal products<br />
Anti-parasite products<br />
Books and periodical<br />
publications<br />
Bees<br />
Fruit and vegetables<br />
Medicines<br />
Plants and parts of plants<br />
Poultry and products<br />
Precious metal products<br />
Sealskin products<br />
Tobacco<br />
Video Recordings<br />
Weapons<br />
Wood (coniferous)<br />
Wool<br />
Special documentation<br />
Ireland requires an import permit for many goods. Before posting any item, senders should confirm<br />
that the addressee has any necessary permit. Commercial goods require an invoice. Senders should<br />
show on customs documentation:<br />
� the location of the invoice – enclosed or despatched separately<br />
� the name, weight, value and origin of the goods.<br />
Gifts<br />
For gifts, senders should mark customs documentation GIFT PACKAGE. Ireland grants dutyexemptions<br />
and sender should contact the Irish authorities for further information.<br />
Prohibitions<br />
In addition to items prohibited by Dangerous and Prohibited Goods & Packaging <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> and<br />
ECI and EPI-Parcels Regulations (see �5.8.2), Ireland prohibits:<br />
Authors’ rights, infringements of<br />
Citizens' band radios with AM<br />
capability<br />
Coins, illegal weight standard<br />
Government markings, false<br />
Indecent and obscene books and<br />
cards<br />
Lottery tickets<br />
Paper or materials treated with<br />
oils or varnishes<br />
Seal pup’s skins<br />
September 2007<br />
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