International Post Guide - Australia Post
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<strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 247<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<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 2–4 work days $5000 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Express <strong>Post</strong> Int’l � 3–5 work days � 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Air Mail � 5–6 work days Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l �<br />
� � 20 kg $3073<br />
5–6 work days Sea Mail �<br />
� �<br />
� 20 kg $3073<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 only. No notes.<br />
�<br />
1 ECI and EPI - Parcels deliver only to the places shown<br />
Bloemfontein Durban Johannesburg Port Elizabeth<br />
Cape Town East London Kimberley Pretoria<br />
For articles addressed to a <strong>Post</strong> Office Box, the boxholder is notified of arrival.<br />
Import restrictions<br />
South Africa 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 South African authorities before posting:<br />
Beeswax and hive-frames Plants and part of<br />
Toys, resembling firearms<br />
Cheese<br />
Rice<br />
Weapons<br />
Liqueurs<br />
Meats and animal products<br />
Military equipment<br />
Serums, vaccines and cultures of<br />
micro-organisms<br />
Tobacco and tobacco products<br />
Yeast.<br />
Special documentation<br />
South Africa has no current requirements for special documentation.<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), South Africa prohibits:<br />
Clothing, used, intended for<br />
resale<br />
Flypaper<br />
Footwear, used, intended for<br />
resale<br />
Fruit<br />
Honey, royal jelly, conserves<br />
sweetened with honey<br />
Lottery tickets and advertising<br />
Prison-made goods.<br />
September 2007<br />
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