International Post Guide - Australia Post

International Post Guide 217
Including Azores and Madeira
PORTUGAL
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 3–5 work days $5000 1 20 kg $5000
Express Post Int’l � 4–6 work days Air Mail �
� 1 20 kg $5000
5–7 work days $5000 � 20 kg $5000
Registered Post Int’l � 5–7 work days Sea Mail �
� �
� 20 kg $5000
Confirm delivery � Registered or Extra Cover only. Valuables – see �1.4 �
� Extra Cover only.
Extra Cover only. No notes. Duty-payable articles �
Perishable biological � Non-infectious only.
FaxPost bureau �
� Extra Cover only. No notes.
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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 Post Restante (counter
mail delivery).
Import restrictions
Senders should contact the Portuguese authorities to determine import restrictions. Portugal requires
an import permit and before posting any such item, senders should confirm that the addressee has
the necessary permit. Senders should also determine import restrictions from Portugese authorities
before posting:
Animal products
Chemical products
Plants and plant products
Pharmaceutical products
Raw hide and skins
Weapons.
Special documentation
Commercial goods require an invoice attached to the outside of the article. Articles that contain
goods not of Australian origin require an invoice endorsed either by a Portuguese consul or by a
Chamber of Commerce.
Prohibitions
In addition to items prohibited by Dangerous and Prohibited Goods & Packaging Post Guide and
ECI and EPI-Parcels Regulations (see �5.8.2), Portugal prohibits:
Foodstuffs containing saccharine and similar products.
September 2007
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