International Post Guide - Australia Post
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<strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 161<br />
KUWAIT<br />
Service Letters – Zone: Rest of the World Parcels – Zone: C<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 2 3–5 work days � 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Air Mail � 4–6 work days $3353 Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l �<br />
� 20 kg $3000<br />
4–6 work days Sea Mail �<br />
� �<br />
� 20 kg $3000<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 />
� Extra Cover only. No notes.<br />
�<br />
Perishable biological � Infectious and non-infectious not accepted – see �1.6.<br />
Fax<strong>Post</strong> bureau � Private fax machines only.<br />
1 ECI and EPI – Parcels deliver to all destinations<br />
ECI and EPI – Parcels do not deliver to a <strong>Post</strong> Office Box or <strong>Post</strong>e Restante (counter mail delivery).<br />
2 Express <strong>Post</strong> <strong>International</strong> - Letter service available on a non-guaranteed basis<br />
Import restrictions<br />
Senders should determine import restrictions from Kuwait authorities before posting:<br />
Animal products<br />
Colour cameras<br />
Telephone, radio and fax<br />
Brushes<br />
Pharmaceuticals<br />
machines<br />
Vegetables<br />
Weapons and parts of weapons<br />
Commercial jewellery<br />
Senders must obtain the approval of the Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry before sending,<br />
for resale or commercial purposes, jewels, precious stones or metals and associated equipment.<br />
Special documentation<br />
Medicines<br />
Medicines must include a prescription or a document indicating their composition.<br />
Invoices<br />
All goods exceeding 50 Kuwaiti Dinars must include an invoice and a Certificate of Origin.<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), Kuwait also prohibits all items offensive to the<br />
Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation. Kuwait prohibits:<br />
Alcoholic beverages<br />
Gambling devices<br />
Pork products<br />
Antiques<br />
Grain samples<br />
Precious metals and stones<br />
Cheques, blank<br />
Invoices, blank<br />
Publications containing pro-<br />
Cigarette advertising and Ivory<br />
Israelite, anti-Arab or antimaterials<br />
with cigarette Imitation firearms/paraphernalia Islamic propaganda<br />
companies’ branding Items used for black magic, Religious publications/figures<br />
Clothes resembling military voodoo etc.<br />
Remote control vehicle<br />
uniforms<br />
Perishables<br />
Tobacco<br />
Contraceptives<br />
Playing cards<br />
Furs<br />
September 2007<br />
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