Estonia
Letter mail
Parcel
EMS
Prohibited articles list
Additional requests
Weight / size limit admitted:
üPostcard – maximum weight 20g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness – 5mm.
üLetter – maxsimum weight 250g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 5mm.
üSmall packets – maxsimum weight 2kg. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 50mm.
üM bag – maxsimum weight 30kg. maximum height - 80cm; maximum circumference -120cm.
Insured* letters admitted – yes;
Maximum insured value – 4000 SDR**;
On-line tracking provided – yes;
Payments for inbound items in case, when content is a goods:
ü Customs clearance fee - 10 EURO;
ü Items containing goods are subject to VAT. The exception is a gift sent between individuals, the value of which does not exceed 45 euros;
Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound letter – 3;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English, French;
Delivery charge for small packets exceeding 500 g – 0 SDR;
Period of retention for letters – 30 days;
*Insured Parcel–Type of Registered Parcel, which is insured at cost declared by the sender. Insured value should not be more than the actual cost of the package content and should not exceed 10 000 GEL.
**SDR–Monetary unit (Special Drawing Rights) created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - The value of the SDR in terms of the US dollar is determined daily based on exchange rates quoted at noon each day in the London market and posted on the IMF’s
***Custom declaration for letter post is required only in case, when content is a goods.
Weight / size limit admitted:
ü Max weight – 20 kg
ü Max size - 1,05m X 1,05m X 1,05m (or 2m length & greatest circumference);
Insured* parcels admitted – yes;
Maximum insured value - 4000 SDR**;
On-line tracking provided – yes;
Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound parcels – 2;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – French, English, Russian;
Payments for inbound parcels:
ü Customs clearance fee - 10 EURO;
ü Items containing goods are subject to VAT. The exception is a gift sent between individuals, the value of which does not exceed 45 euros;
To customers’ address:
ü Free – yes;
ü Paid service – yes;
Period of retention for parcels:
ü Min – 15 days;
ü Max – 2 months;
*Insured Parcel–Type of Registered Parcel, which is insured at cost declared by the sender. Insured value should not be more than the actual cost of the package content and should not exceed 10 000 GEL.
**SDR–Monetary unit (Special Drawing Rights) created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - The value of the SDR in terms of the US dollar is determined daily based on exchange rates quoted at noon each day in the London market and posted on the IMF’s
Weight / size limit admitted:
ü Max weight – 20 kg
ü Max size - 1,05m X 1,05m X 1,05m (or 2m length & greatest circumference);
Maximum insured value:
for documents: 4000 GEL
for merchandise: 10 000 GEL
Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound EMS – 2;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English;
Payments for inbound parcels:
ü Customs clearance fee - 10 EUR / 8.03 SDR;
ü Items containing goods are subject to VAT. The exception is a gift sent between individuals, the value of which does not exceed 45 euros;
How many attempts at delivery are made: 1
Period of retention for EMS items: 15 days;
Coverage: entire territory
Days of the week on which EMS items are delivered: 1/2/3/4/5
EMS item delivery to P.O. Box: No
National holidays on which EMS items are not delivered: 1 January, 24 February, 19,21 April, 1 May, 9,23,24 June, 20 August, 24-26 December
*SDR–Monetary unit (Special Drawing Rights) created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - The value of the SDR in terms of the US dollar is determined daily based on exchange rates quoted at noon each day in the London market and posted on the IMF’s
The amount of insurance paid by the customer should not exceed the actual value of the contents of the parcel
Definition of Terms
· Prohibited items – items whose import into the country is prohibited.
· Items admitted conditionally – items whose importation into the country is allowed with the term if a document issued by the relevant authorities of the exporting country is presented.
· Items admitted without conditions – items whose import into the country is allowed.
Detailed information on the HS codes and their titles can be found on the Revenue Service web-page (http://www.rs.ge/4509) or at the following address: http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm
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The below information is based upon the official source of Estonia
Part I:
List of articles prohibited as imports (or in transit) or admitted conditionally
Section I Live animals; animal productsChapter 1 Live animals
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
01.01-06 See Part II, § 2.1.
Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offal
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
02.01-10 See Part II, § 2.1.
Chapter 3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
03.01-07 See Part II, § 2.1.
Chapter 4 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
04.01-10 See Part II, § 2.1.
Chapter 5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
05.01-11 See Part II, § 2.1.
Section II Vegetable productsChapter 6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
06.01-04 All plants for planting bulbs, tubers, rhizomes. Cut flowers of chrysanthemum, gerbera, gypsophilia.
Chapter 7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
07.01-14 10 kg permitted without phytosanitary certificate. Inspection by quarantine office required.
Chapter 8 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
08.01-14 10 kg permitted without phytosanitary certificate. Inspection by quarantine office required.
Chapter 9 Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
09.01-10 10 kg permitted without phytosanitary certificate. Inspection by quarantine office required.
Chapter 10 Cereals
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
10.01-08 Helianthus spp, except Helianthus annus. Papaver. For private persons, Helianthus linum. For all legal persons: Solanum nostratum Dun., Solanum triflorum L.,Solanum carolinense L., Solanum claegnifolium Cav.
ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
For private persons: 200 g without phytosanitary certificate. For all other legal persons: quarantine permission and phytosanitary certificate is necessary.
Chapter 11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
11.01-09 Starches and inulin are permitted without phytosanitary certificate. Malt and wheat gluten: 200 g for all legal persons with phytosanitary certificate.
Chapter 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
12.01-14 Helianthus spp., except Helianthus annus.
Chapter 13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
Nil.
Chapter 14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
Nil.
Section III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxesChapter 15 (Sole chapter)
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
15.01-22 See Part II, § 2.1.
Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutesChapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
16.01-05 See Part II, § 2.1.
Chapter 17 Sugars and sugar confectionery
Nil.
Chapter 18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Nil.
Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
19.01-05 Flour and preparations of cereals are permitted for private persons. Inspection by quarantine office required.
Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruits, nuts or other parts of plants
Nil.
Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations
Nil.
Chapter 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar
See Part II, § 2.4.
Chapter 23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
Nil.
Chapter 24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
24.01-03 Tobacco leaf. Inspection by quarantine office required. See Part II, § 2.5.
Section V Mineral productsChapter 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement
Nil.
Chapter 26 Ores, slag and ash
Nil.
Chapter 27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
Nil.
Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industriesChapter 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
28.01-51 Radioactive substances and radioactive materials.
Chapter 29 Organic chemicals
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
29.01-42 Narcotics. See Part II, § 2.7.
Chapter 30 Pharmaceutical products
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
30.01-06 Poison and toxic substances. Strong-effect substances. Hormone and blood preparations.
Neuropathic and psychotropic substances. See Part II, § 2.8.
Chapter 31 Fertilisers
Nil.
Chapter 32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
Nil.
Chapter 33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
Nil.
Chapter 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes; polishing or scouring preparations,candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
Nil.
Chapter 35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
Nil.
Chapter 36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
36.02 Explosives.
36.06 Combustible materials.
Chapter 37 Photographic or cinematographic products
Nil.
Chapter 38 Miscellaneous chemical products
Nil.
Section VII Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereofChapter 39 Plastics and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 40 Rubber and articles thereof
Nil.
Section VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut(other than silk-worm gut)Chapter 41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
Nil.
Chapter 42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers;
articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
Nil.
Chapter 43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
Nil.
Section IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware andwickerworkChapter 44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Nil.
Chapter 45 Cork and articles of cork
Nil.
Chapter 46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
Nil.
Section X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard;
paper and paperboard and articles thereofChapter 47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard
Nil.
Chapter 48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
Nil.
Chapter 49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
49.01-11 Private persons' trade signs and labels.
Bank notes, foreign currency or bearer securities of any kind. Travellers' cheques.
Section XI Textiles and textile articlesChapter 50 Silk
Nil.
Chapter 51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
Nil.
Chapter 52 Cotton
Nil.
Chapter 53 Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
Nil.
Chapter 54 Man-made filaments
Nil.
Chapter 55 Man-made staple fibres
Nil.
Chapter 56 Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Nil.
Chapter 58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery
Nil.
Chapter 59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
Nil.
Chapter 60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics
Nil.
Chapter 61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
Nil.
Chapter 62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
Nil.
Chapter 63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
Nil.
Section XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding- crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles madetherewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hairChapter 64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
Nil.
Chapter 65 Headgear and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers;
articles of human hair
Nil.
Section XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products;
glass and glasswareChapter 68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
Nil.
Chapter 69 Ceramic products
Nil.
Chapter 70 Glass and glassware
Nil.
Section XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coinChapter 71 (Sole chapter)
Nil.
Section XV Base metals and articles of base metalChapter 72 Iron and steel
Nil.
Chapter 73 Articles of iron and steel
Nil.
Chapter 74 Copper and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 75 Nickel and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 76 Aluminium and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 77 (Reserved for possible future use in the harmonized system)
Nil.
Chapter 78 Lead and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 79 Zinc and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 80 Tin and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
Nil.
Chapter 83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal
Nil.
Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders andreproducers, and parts and accessories of such articlesChapter 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers andparts and accessories of such articles
Nil.
Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipmentChapter 86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (includingelectro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
Nil.
Chapter 87 Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
Nil.
Chapter 88 Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 89 Ships, boats and floating structures
Nil.
Section XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musicalinstruments; parts and accessories thereofChapter 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
Nil.
Chapter 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
Nil.
Section XIX Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereofChapter 93 (Sole chapter)
Heading HS Code ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
93.01-07 Arms and ammunition: special means for police and specialized detachments. Gas guns and their cartridges, tear gas and neuroparalytic gas cylinders. Cuttingand thrusting weapons. See Part II,
§ 2.15.
Section XX Miscellaneous manufactured articlesChapter 94 Furniture, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
Nil.
Chapter 95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
Nil.
Chapter 96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Nil.
Section XXI Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiquesChapter 97 (Sole chapter)
Nil.
Part II:
Conditions of admission of articles imported or in transit
2.1 Animals and animal products
2.1.1 Food products
2.2 Plants and plant products
2.4 Beverages, alcoholic fluids
Live animals, live bees and live fish may be imported on presentation of a special authorization issued by the Estonian State Department of veterinary and of a Veterinary certificate issued bythe relevant authority in the country of origin.
Animal products (including all kinds of canned meat and fish) may be imported subject to presenta- tion of a veterinary certificate issued by the relevant authority in the country of origin. In the caseof frontier-to-frontier transit live animals must be accompanied by a special transit authorization issued by the Estonian State Department of Veterinary.
Food products up to the weight of 5 kg may be imported into Estonia without a certificate in postal parcels, except raw materials of animal origin, thermally untreated food products of animalorigin, food additives and admixtures.
Items containing seeds and all kinds of plants may be imported if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the plant quarantine service of the country of origin.
Alcoholic beverages may be sent in postal items provided they are addressed to a legal person licensed to import alcohol.
2.5 Tobacco Tobacco products may be sent in postal items provided they are addressed to a commercially registered merchant licensed to import tobacco products.
2.7 Narcotics The import of narcotics is subject to authorization by the Estonian Ministry of Social Maintenance
Heath Department.
2.8 Pharmaceutical products
The importation of medicaments and other products used in medical treatment is subject to prior authorization granted either by the Estonian Ministry of Social Maintenance Health Department or by the Estonian State Department of Veterinary.
Hormone and blood preparations may be imported subject to presentation of a veterinary certificate issued by the relevant authority in the country of origin.
2.15 War material The importation of all war material, arms and ammunition is subject to authorization by the Estonian
Police Department.
Estonian Ministry of Social Maintenance Health Department
EV Sotsiaalministeeriumi Tervishoiuosakond
Gonsiori 29
EE0134 TALLINN ESTONIA
National Estonian Police Department
Riigi Politseiamet
Pagari 1
EE0102 TALLINN ESTONIA
Estonian State Department of Veterinary
Riigi Veterinaaramet
Väike Paala 3
EE0014 TALLINN ESTONIA
Estonian Quarantine Office Inspection EV Taimekarantiini piiriinspektsioon Lai 11
EE0001 TALLINN ESTONIA
Part III:
Special provisions, Customs and other
N.B. Estonia has not published a Part III.
Letter mail containing goods, as well as parcel and EMS , must be accompanied by customs declaration (CN22 or CN23 form).
All types of items must contain the following data:
– Name of the addressee;
– Street name and house number or building and apartment number;
– Village and municipality;
– Postcode and city/county;
– Destination country;
– Telephone/mobile phone number, if possible;
– Addressee's e-mail address, if possible.
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