International Post Guide - Australia Post
International Post Guide - Australia Post
International Post Guide - Australia Post
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238 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
September 2007<br />
SIERRA LEONE<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<br />
Express <strong>Post</strong> Int’l<br />
�<br />
1 6–7 work days �<br />
�<br />
�<br />
Air Mail � 7–8 work days � � 20 kg Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l �<br />
�<br />
7–8 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 />
Perishable biological � Non-infectious only.<br />
Fax<strong>Post</strong> bureau � Private fax machines only.<br />
� Extra Cover ECI only. No notes.<br />
�<br />
1 Express <strong>Post</strong> <strong>International</strong> - Letter service available on a non-guaranteed basis<br />
Import restrictions<br />
Sierra Leone requires an import permit for many goods. Before posting any item, senders should<br />
confirm that the addressee has any necessary permit. Senders should determine import restrictions<br />
from Sierra Leone authorities before posting:<br />
Diamonds, rough<br />
Drugs and medicines<br />
Firearms<br />
Flock or remnants of material<br />
Plants<br />
Seeds<br />
Uniforms, military or<br />
government.<br />
<strong>Post</strong>age stamps<br />
Sierra Leone admits postage stamps only in Registered <strong>Post</strong> <strong>International</strong>.<br />
Special documentation<br />
Commercial goods require an inserted certified invoice. For a shipment of several articles, senders<br />
should number each article and indicate which article contains the invoice.<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), Sierra Leone prohibits:<br />
Currency, counterfeit<br />
or imitation<br />
Distilling apparatus Parasites and destroyers of<br />
noxious insects.<br />
At the time of publication, ECI <strong>International</strong> Courier service remains suspended. Registered <strong>Post</strong> <strong>International</strong> and<br />
Express <strong>Post</strong> <strong>International</strong> services are also suspended. Air Mail and Sea Mail services for items without Extra<br />
Cover are operating.
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