International Post Guide - Australia Post
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70 <strong>International</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
September 2007<br />
BHUTAN<br />
Service Letters – Zone: Asia/Pacific Parcels – Zone: B<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 Registered <strong>Post</strong> Int’l �<br />
� � 10 kg $2351<br />
7–8 work days Sea Mail �<br />
� �<br />
�<br />
Confirm delivery � Registered only. Valuables – see �1.4 �<br />
Duty-payable articles �<br />
�<br />
� Extra Cover 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 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 Bhutan authorities before posting:<br />
Bees<br />
Fountain pens and parts thereof Rubber<br />
Cards, playing<br />
Gemstones, precious or synthetic Saccharine<br />
Cigarette lighters<br />
Insect specimens<br />
Silkworms<br />
Coffee seeds and trees Insecticides and parasite killers Spectacles and sunglasses<br />
Confectionery<br />
Liqueurs<br />
Sugar cane<br />
Drugs and medicines<br />
Films<br />
Firearms, including imitation<br />
firearms and toys resembling<br />
firearms<br />
Pencils, lead and propelling<br />
Perfume<br />
Plants and plant products<br />
Radio apparatus<br />
Tobacco, raw or manufactured,<br />
including cigarettes and cigars<br />
Watches and watch-parts.<br />
Bhutan requires an import permit for all commercial goods. Before posting any item, senders should<br />
confirm that the addressee has any necessary permit. Bhutan admits gifts to the value of $A20<br />
without an import licence, but customs duty is payable. Books and magazines are duty-free.<br />
Special documentation<br />
Commercial goods must include an invoice in duplicate and a Certificate of Origin. The customs<br />
declaration must either state that these are included or give a reason why not.<br />
Prohibitions<br />
In addition to items prohibited by Dangerous and Prohibited Goods & Packaging <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>,<br />
Bhutan prohibits:<br />
Antiques<br />
Bank note resemblances included<br />
in the design of any article<br />
Beans<br />
Coinage resemblances, Indian<br />
currency<br />
Cotton, untreated<br />
Flowers, fresh<br />
Goods insufficiently marked as<br />
to origin.<br />
Jewellery<br />
Lottery tickets and advertising<br />
Pearl necklaces and imitation<br />
pearls<br />
Plants<br />
Quinine, pink-coloured<br />
Shaving brushes, Japanese<br />
Silk and art objects made of silk<br />
Tobacco, raw<br />
Trademarks, Indian, false or<br />
imitation.
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