Rwanda
Letter mail
Parcel
EMS
Prohibited articles list
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 – no;
Maximum insured value –
On-line tracking provided – yes;
Payments for inbound items in case, when content is a goods:
ü Customs clearance fee - 2000 local currency / $4;
ü Threshold level below which items are free of customs duties and other taxes - 5000 local currency / $100;
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 – 0.5 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 – no;
Maximum insured value -
On-line tracking provided – yes;
Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound parcels – 3;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – French, English;
Payments for inbound parcels:
ü Customs clearance fee - 2000 local currency / $4;
ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes - 5000 local currency / $100;
To customers’ address:
ü Free – no;
ü Paid service – no;
Period of retention for parcels:
ü Min – 1 month;
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.
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 – 3;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English;
Payments for inbound parcels:
ü Customs clearance fee -
ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes:
For private customers -
For business customers -
How many attempts at delivery are made: 2
Period of retention for EMS items: 7 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: 1,2 January, 1 February, 7,19,22 April, 1 May, 4 June, 1,4 July, 2,11,12,15 August, 25,26 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
For easy search for a desired item, you can use the “ctrl+F” combination. A search field will appear in the right upper corner where you can write the title of the item. Pressing the “Enter” button will highlight the search word provided by you throughout the text in a different color.
The below information is based upon the official source of Rwanda
Conditions of admission of articles imported and exported or in transit
Prohibited articles
a Articles which, by their nature or their packing, may represent a danger to officials or dirty or damage correspondence.
b Articles liable to customs duty unless sent as small packets or printed papers. The same applies to insured letters and boxes and samples of goods containing articles liable to customs duty,except when the country of destination admits such items.
c Samples sent in bulk so as to avoid collection of exit duties.
d Opium, morphine, cocaine and other narcotics, unless the dispatch is made for medical or scientific purposes in the form of an insured box for countries admitting them on that condition.
e Articles prohibited from admission to or circulation in Rwanda.
f Articles prohibited from admission to or circulation in other countries.
g Live animals, except bees, leeches, silkworms, parasites and destroyers of harmful insects intended for the control of such insects and exchanged between officially recognized institutions.
h Explosive, combustible or hazardous materials. However, the following are not regarded as hazardous: biological materi- als such as perishable biological materials consisting of live pathogenicmicro-organisms or live pathogenic viruses as well as perishable biological materials which do not contain live pathogenic micro-organisms or live pathogenic viruses.
i Obscene or immoral articles or articles bearing on the outside defamatory inscriptions or inscriptions contrary to public order or morals.
j Any articles, on which the address side has been divided in whole or in part into several boxes intended for successive addresses.
k Articles which relate in any way to so-called "snowball" operations.
l Articles of correspondence, except those of a scientific nature, mainly concerning magic.
It is also prohibited to:
a insert letters, even if open, or notes that may serve as current and personal correspondence into parcels, business papers, printed papers, impressions for the use of the blind,samples of goods, small packets, so-called "phonopost" items, insured boxes sent at reduced rates by the Post and postal parcels;
b affix to postal items sent at reduced rates or to their envelopes, wrappers or packaging, indications, writing or marks in the nature of current and personal correspondence or able to serve assuch;
c insert into items other than insured or registered letters securities payable to bearer of an amount exceeding 50 Rwandese francs (RWF) or coins; the latter are, however, excluded from insuredletters;
d insert into letters, even registered letters, or into other items entrusted to the Post, other than insured boxes and parcels, articles made of gold or silver, jewels or other precious materials;
e insert into letters, correspondence, notes or documents addressed to persons other than the addressee or persons living with the addressee;
f send items in a completely transparent envelope or in an envelope with an open panel or in an envelope with a transpar- ent panel which gives off reflections in artificial light as well as itemsin envelopes with a transparent panel under which the address is written in pencil or indelible pencil;
g send lottery tickets, prepayment forms and postage stamps, whether cancelled or not, in reduced-rate items; however, cancelled postage stamps included in business papers are admitted assuch.
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