Banknotes

Prohibitions
Restrictions
Invoice
Import Licences
Gift Parcels
Address
Compensation
Letters except those exchanged between the sender and the addressee of
the parcel or persons residing with them; toy pistols; sulphur, labels or
woven goods bearing designs in imitation of paper money; quinine coloured
pink. Articles contrary to Islamic faith or intended to threaten the
Government, incite disorders or plots, or bring the good name of any
persons or organisation into disrepute; fragile parcels.
Restrictions apply to the importation of plants. Certain articles may only be
imported under licence from the Controller of Civil Supplies, Aden.
The invoice should be attached to the Customs declaration.
All commercial parcels (i.e. parcels with a value of over 20,000 rials i.e. the
equivalent of US$2,000 sent by a single sender to a single addressee) must
be accompanied by an import licence issued by the Ministry of Economics,
Supply and Trade at Sana'a.
Parcels sent as gifts to addressees residing in Yemen and with contents
intended for their personal use are admitted at the rate of one parcel per
month per addressee, on condition that the value of the contents does not
exceed US$85. Parcels of this kind whose contents are worth more than this
amount will be returned to origin. Persons under the age of 16 cannot
receive gift parcels by post. Any parcels sent to them will be returned to
origin.
Parcels addressed to post box numbers only, that is, without the actual
address of the addressee, are inadmissible.
Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing liquids,
liquefiable substances, glass or other fragile articles or perishable nature.
ZAMBIA (Republic of) (Formerly Northern Rhodesia)
Letter Post
Supplementary
Services
Customs Declarations
and Languages
Prohibitions
Parcel Post
Supplementary
Services
Customs Declarations
and Languages
Restrictions
Import Licences
Invoice
(1) Dutiable goods admitted in the letter post. (2) Printed papers.
(3) Small packets. (4) Registration. (5) Blind literature.
Valued up to $700 - Green Label (CN22); valued over $700 - Parcel Despatch
Note in addition to upper part of Green Label.
See under PARCEL POST.
(Air Parcel Only)
Express (air parcel only).
Parcel Despatch Note
Declarations must bear the actual signature of the sender or his deputy and
must show the current value of the finished articles in the open market at the
time of despatch.
Restrictions apply to the importation of - Cultures or preparation of
pathogenic micro-organisms (permits required from Ministry of Health,
Lusaka); Indian hemps, unless in the form of a medical preparations; ostrich
feathers, unless part of a manufactured article; plants, seeds or parts thereof
(permit required from Director of Agriculture, Lusaka); preparations
concerning venereal disease, unless addressed to a doctor or pharmacist;
preparations for diagnosis of animal diseases require special permits.
Import licences are required for certain classes of goods.
It is recommended that invoices and certificates of origin be inserted in
commercial parcels.