Eswatini (Swaziland)

On regard of The Letter/parcel/EMS addressed to Eswatini (Swaziland) "Georgian Post" does not take material liability for total or partial damage, loss or thief of the item, also by the returning of the item or breaking the delivery time.

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 – yes;

Maximum insured value – 72.7 SDR**;

On-line tracking provided – yes;

Payments for inbound items in case, when content is a goods:

ü Customs clearance fee -

ü Threshold level below which items are free of customs duties and other taxes - E 100 / $10;

Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound letter – 3;

Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English;

Delivery charge for small packets exceeding 500 g – 1 SDR;

Period of retention for letters – 30 days;

Web site address of postal administration – www.sptc.co.sz

*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 - 133.49 SDR**;

On-line tracking provided – yes;

Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound parcels – 2;

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 - E 100 / $10;

To customers’ address:

ü Free – no;

ü Paid service – no;

Period of retention for parcels:

ü Min – 40 days;

ü Max – 42 days;

Web site address of postal administration – www.sptc.co.sz

*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.

The limits of weight/size for the dispatched EMS: EMS items shall be admitted up to a maximum weight of 20 kilograms.

In addition, EMS items shall not normally exceed 1.05 meters for any one dimension or three meters for the sum of the length

and the greatest circumference measured in a direction other than length.

Coverage territories: Entire territory

EMS delivery week days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Requered quantity of Customs declarations: 1

Quantity of attempts made for the purpose of EMS item delivery: 3 attempts

An undeliverable EMS item is held back for a period of days: 7 days

EMS item delivery to P.O. Box: No

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 Eswatini (Swaziland)

Articles prohibited as imports

Coupons, forms and cards bearing written answers to acrostics, guessing competitions and other similar competitions such as football pools and written communications indicating, whether bymeans of words, letters, marks or numbers moves in a game of chess (on a printed form or otherwise), are inadmissible.

No paper money, or cheques may be posted or conveyed or delivered by post in a printed paper packet. The term paper money includes banknotes, money orders, postal orders, stamps, bills ofexchange, promissory notes, cheques, credit notes which entitle the holder to money or goods and all orders and authorities for the payment of money. The latter group includes gift voucherswhich have a definite cash redemption value, ie those which can be exchanged in lieu of cash whether in part or full payment, for an advertiser's product and which can later be redeemed from thedealer by the advertiser. Exceptionally, gift vouchers which offer a discount to prospective buyers and which cannot at any stage be exchanged for cash or goods are eligible for transmission asprinted papers.

Postage or revenue stamps, whether obliterated or not (except those affixed to a card, an envelope or a wrapper addressed to the sender of the article).

Articles of stationery including notepaper, envelopes, labels, invoices, insurance or other forms intended to be completed by the addressee, greeting or visiting cards when not sent filled in to aperson who is subsequently to use them. Stationery also includes blank documents of insurance companies, banks or similar institutions when sent in bulk, blank account books, unused passbooks, press copying books, containing blank printed forms, blank ruled music books; in excess of six in number of Christmas, New Year, birthday, visiting and address cards and postcards; loose,partially-printed forms, having provisions for additions other than those shown under permissible additions.

Blotting paper, cloth, metal, asbestos, leather and similar substances are not regarded as ordinarily used for writing or printing and are inadmissible, but a single unfolded flat sheet of blotting paperbearing a printed advertisement not relating to blotting paper and not sent as a sample, or one having affixed to it such an advertisement printed on ordinary paper or cardboard, is admitted in asuitable open cover.

Copies obtained by means of tracing, by handwriting or by typewriting (including carbon copies) on any type of machine as well as by heliography. Copies obtained by means of stamps with orwithout moveable type.

Articles of stationery bearing reproductions when it seems clear that the printed part is not the essential part of the article. Films (processed or unprocessed) and sound recordings.

Diaries and calendars:

i pocket diaries with pencils;

ii pocket diaries without pencils, if more than one are enclosed in the same cover;

iii calendars, desk type, if more than one are enclosed in the same cover;

iv diaries, desk type, with a page for each day and to be used in a holder;

v diaries in book form, other than pocket diaries as in (i) above, digests of information (specialized or otherwise) with calendars and space for notes against each day, space for rainfall figures,ruled pages for revenue and expenditure particulars and other records.