International Post Guide - Australia Post
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204 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
September 2007<br />
NIGERIA<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 4–5 work days $5000 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Express <strong>Post</strong> Int’l 2 5–6 work days � 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Air Mail � 6–7 work days � � 20 kg Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l �<br />
�<br />
6–7 work days Sea Mail �<br />
� �<br />
� 20 kg �<br />
Confirm delivery � Registered only. Valuables – see �1.4 �<br />
�<br />
Extra Cover ECI only. No notes. Duty-payable articles �<br />
� Extra Cover ECI 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 deilvery).<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 Nigerian authorities before posting any item<br />
except personal effects, newspapers and vaccines. Newspapers or periodicals must not contain<br />
articles or advertisements relating to the treatment of venereal diseases.<br />
Nigerian import restrictions are strict and addressees face prosecution if senders do not comply.<br />
Special documentation<br />
Nigeria requires an Import Duty Report Licence for all goods except personal effects, newspapers<br />
and vaccines. Before posting, senders should confirm that the addressee has the necessary licence.<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), Nigeria prohibits:<br />
Antiques<br />
Aphrodisiacs<br />
Barytes and Bentonites<br />
Bread, biscuits, pastries or cakes<br />
Brushes made in Japan<br />
Calendars<br />
Carpets and rugs<br />
Cereals<br />
Charms or similar objects likely<br />
to offend the bearer or other<br />
people<br />
Clothing, piece goods<br />
Clothing, used<br />
Confectionery<br />
Cowry shell<br />
Diaries<br />
Distilling apparatus<br />
Flowers, artificial<br />
Football pools and advertising<br />
Footwear<br />
Fabrics and fabric samples<br />
Fruit, fresh or dried<br />
Fur or fur products<br />
Furniture<br />
Gambling devices<br />
Gambling literature<br />
Glass ornaments and items made<br />
of glass<br />
Horoscopes<br />
Invoices, blank<br />
Ironmongery<br />
Ivory<br />
Lamps or torches<br />
Literature likely to disturb the<br />
public order or the religious<br />
beliefs of the Nigerian people<br />
Lottery tickets and advertising<br />
Metal-work<br />
Mosquito repellent coils<br />
Pearls, precious stones and semiprecious<br />
stones<br />
Photographic paper<br />
Plastic domestic items<br />
Pottery bearing religious<br />
inscriptions or quotations from<br />
the Koran<br />
Precious metals and stones<br />
Samples, textile<br />
Soil<br />
Swatches<br />
Tea and tea mixed with other<br />
substances<br />
Textiles or textile items<br />
Tobacco<br />
Travel goods<br />
Vegetables.
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