International Post Guide - Australia Post
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<strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 271<br />
UGANDA<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 5–6 work days $5000 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Express <strong>Post</strong> Int’l 2 6–7 work days � 1 20 kg $5000<br />
Air Mail � 6–8 work days $705 Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l �<br />
3 20 kg �<br />
6–8 work days Sea Mail �<br />
� �<br />
3 20 kg �<br />
Confirm delivery � Registered or Extra Cover only. Valuables – see �1.4 �<br />
�<br />
Extra Cover 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 only to the places shown<br />
Arua<br />
Bushenyi<br />
Busia<br />
Entebbe<br />
Fort-Portal<br />
Gulu<br />
Hoima<br />
Iganga<br />
Jinja<br />
Kabale<br />
Kampala<br />
Kamuli<br />
Kasese<br />
Lira<br />
Malaba<br />
Masaka<br />
Masindi<br />
Mbale<br />
Mbarara<br />
Mubende<br />
2 Express <strong>Post</strong> <strong>International</strong> - Letter service available on a non-guaranteed basis<br />
3 Parcels for delivery beyond the railway system<br />
Parcels for delivery beyond the railway system must be watertight.<br />
Import restrictions<br />
Senders should determine import restrictions from Ugandan authorities before posting:<br />
Clothing, bedding etc., used, for<br />
sale<br />
Coins<br />
Drugs and medicines<br />
Firearms<br />
Franking machines<br />
Fruit<br />
Metals, raw precious<br />
Military uniforms<br />
Parasites and insect killers<br />
Rukungiri<br />
Tororo<br />
Plants<br />
Publications relating to sexual<br />
matters and birth control<br />
Seeds.<br />
Uganda requires an import permit for many goods. Plants, seeds and fruit require the approval of<br />
the Commissioner, Agriculture Department, Entebbe, Uganda. Before posting any item, senders<br />
should confirm that the addressee has any necessary permit.<br />
Special documentation<br />
Commercial goods require an invoice. Mark the article INVOICE ENCLOSED.<br />
Some goods require a Certificate of Origin.<br />
Used clothing, bedding, and so on, require a Certificate of Disinfection.<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), Uganda prohibits:<br />
Alcohols and spirits<br />
Coins<br />
Distilled beverages containing<br />
basic oils or noxious chemical<br />
substances<br />
Flick knives<br />
Lottery tickets and advertising<br />
Shaving brushes, Japanese.<br />
September 2007<br />
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