Tajikistan
On regard of The Letter/parcel/EMS addressed to Tajikistan "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
The limits of weight/size for the Letter Mail
- PostCard: maximum weight 20g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness – 5mm.
- Letter: maxsimum weight 250g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 5mm.
- Small package: maxsimum weight 2kg. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 50mm.
- M Bag: maxsimum weight 30kg. maximum height - 80cm; maximum circumference -120cm.
Requered quantity of Customs declarations (CN23): 2
If it’s possible to send insured* Letter Post: No
Maximum insurance coverage: 0
*Insured Letter mail –Type of Registered letter, Small package 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);
Insured* parcels admitted – yes;
Maximum insured value - 4000 SDR**;
On-line tracking provided – no;
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 - 11.20 local currency / $2.55;
ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes - 4500 local currency / $1000;
To customers’ address:
ü Free – yes;
ü Paid service – yes;
Period of retention for parcels:
ü Min – 1 month;
ü Max – 2 months;
Web site address of postal administration –
*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 – 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:
Period of retention for EMS items:
Coverage: entire territory
Days of the week on which EMS items are delivered: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7
EMS item delivery to P.O. Box: No
National holidays on which EMS items are not delivered:
Web site address of postal administration –
*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 Tajikistan
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 ■ Articles admitted conditionally
01.01–06 Animals, on condition that permission has been granted by the Veterinary Service of the Republic of
Tajikistan. See Part II, § 2.1.1.
Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offal
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
02.01–10 Products of animal origin. See Part II, § 2.1.2.
Chapter 3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
03.01–07 All products of this kind. See Part II, § 2.1.2.
Chapter 4 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
04.01–10 See Part II, § 2.1.2.
Chapter 5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Nil.
Section II Vegetable productsChapter 6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
06.01–04 Seeds, plants and other plant products must undergo quarantine checks. See Part II, § 2.2.1.
Chapter 7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Nil.
Chapter 8 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
Nil.
Chapter 9 Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Nil.
Chapter 10 Cereals
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
10.01–09 All cereals. See Part II, § 2.2.1.
Chapter 11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Nil.
Chapter 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
12.01–14 Seeds for sowing. See Part II, § 2.2.1.
Chapter 13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
13.01–02 Disinfectants used in agriculture. See Part II, § 2.3.
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)
Nil.
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
Nil.
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
Nil.
Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
Nil.
Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations
Nil.
Chapter 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Nil.
Chapter 23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
Nil.
Chapter 24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Nil.
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 ■ Prohibited articles
28.01–51 Radioactive, toxic and psychotropic materials.
■ Articles admitted conditionally
Psychotropic materials. See Part II, § 2.7.
Chapter 29 Organic chemicals
Heading HS Code ■ Prohibited articles
29.01–35 Narcotic substances.
■ Articles admitted conditionally
See Part II, § 2.7.
Chapter 30 Pharmaceutical products
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
30.01–04 Biological preparations, medicines. 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 ■ Prohibited articles
36.01–02 Explosives.
Chapter 37 Photographic or cinematographic goods
Heading HS Code ■ Prohibited articles
37.01–06 Films promoting immorality, cruelty and terror. Films concerning the technology of the manufacture of narcotic, psychotropic or explosive substances, arms orammunition.
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 cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard;
paper and paperboard and articles thereofChapter 47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic 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 ■ Prohibited articles
49.01–11 Publications promoting violence, cruelty and terror. Publications concerning the technology of the manufacture of narcotic, psychotropic or toxic substances, arms orammunition.
■ Articles admitted conditionally
See Part II, § 2.11.
49.07 See Part II, § 2.20.
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 chaper)
Heading HS Code ■ Prohibited articles
71.01 Blister pearls coated in lead salt.
■ Articles admitted conditionally
Natural or cultured pearls and precious stones, subject to authorization by the financial authorities and the authorities responsible for external economic relations.
Section XV Base metals and articles of base metalChapter 72 Iron and steel
Nil.
Chapter 73 Articles of iron or 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
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
85.25–28 Radio-electronic and high frequency apparatus must be accompanied by authorization from the
Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Tajikistan. See Part II, § 2.17.
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
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
90.01–13 See Part II, § 2.18.
Chapter 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
Heading HS Code ■ Articles admitted conditionally
92.01–09 See Part II, § 2.19.
Section XIX Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereofChapter 93 (Sole chapter)
Heading HS Code ■ Prohibited articles
93.02–07 Firearms of all kinds and ammunition, cutting and stabbing arms of all kinds.
■ Articles admitted conditionally
93.01 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
Heading HS Code ■ Prohibited articles
96.14 Apparatus that can be used for the smoking of opium or hashish.
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 Live animals and animal products
2.2 Plants and plants products
2.3 Anti-parasite products for agricultural use
2.1.1 Bees, leeches, silkworms, parasites and predators of insect pests
Importation of bees, leeches, silkworms, parasites and insect pests intended for research is permitted for officially recognized institutions. Items containing bees are subject to sanitary treatment. Atriangular quarantine service stamp must be affixed to the packaging. Depending on the decision of the inspection services, the postal items are either delivered to the addressee, returned tosender or destroyed.
2.1.2 Products of animal origin
Importation of products of animal origin, of homemade sausages, dairy products, fish, eggs and honey is permitted subject to authorization from the State Committee for the Protection of the Environment of the Republic of Tajikistan, together with a phytosanitary certificate authorizing export, endorsed by a triangular stamp.
2.2.1 Seeds, plants and other plant products subject to controls
Importation of small samples of seeds and plant products for planting, sent from abroad by horticultural institutes, botanical gardens and other scientific research organizations, is permittedfor the purpose of scientific experimentation, subject to the authorization of the State Committee for the Protection of the Environment of the Republic of Tajikistan. A triangular quarantineservice stamp must be affixed to the packaging of such mail items.
Anti-parasite products for agricultural use are permitted subject to permission from the Ministry of
Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
2.7 Narcotics Importation of narcotic and psychotropic substances is permitted only with the authorization of the competent bodies of the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic ofTajikistan.
2.8 Pharmaceutical products
2.11 Books, brochures, newspapers, printed matter
Pharmaceutical products, medicines and vitamin preparations require the authorization of the competent bodies of the Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Books, newspapers, magazines and other printed matter are admitted freely provided that they contain no articles or reproductions of a vulgar or erotic nature that might be detrimental to thepolicy and economy of the Republic of Tajikistan or infringe human rights.
2.15 War material War material is subject to authorization by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan.
2.17 Sound recorders and reproducers
2.18 Optical, photographic and cinematographic instruments and apparatus
2.19 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
2.20 Cash and other values
Image and sound recorders and reproducers require the authorization of the Ministry of Public Health and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Optical and photographic instruments and apparatus and cinematographic products require the authorization of the ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Musical instruments and parts and accessories of such articles are subject to authorization by the
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Cash and other values are subject to authorization by the financial institutions of the Republic of
Tajikistan and the bodies governing external economic relations.
Part III:
Special provisions, Customs and other
3.1 Drawing up of Customs declarations
3.2 Need to insert invoices
3.3 Need to attest to the origin of goods
3.4 Miscellaneous
Customs provisions
Two copies of the CN 23 Customs declaration, completed by the sender, must be attached to each postal item (small packet, parcel).
Postal items with a market value must be accompanied by receipts and dockets issued against presentation of an appropriate licence.
Documents issued by foreign authorities or public organizations (chambers of commerce) must be countersigned by Consuls of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Goods with a value not exceeding 100 USD may be imported without the collection of Customs duty. Cumbersome and fragile parcels are admitted if sent by surface mail.
The maximum insured value for letter-post items is 1000 SDR.
Articles subject to Customs duty must not be sent in ordinary or registered letters.
Articles prohibited for import into the Republic of Tajikistan which are incorrectly described or omitted altogether from the CN 23 Customs declaration are liable to be seized.
Articles permitted for import into the Republic of Tajikistan which are included in postal items but not listed in the CN 23 Customs declaration are subject to Customs duty.
The following steps may be taken where imported postal items contain prohibited articles:
ÿ only the prohibited goods are seized; the rest of the item is passed on to the addressee;
ÿ the item is returned to the country of origin; or
ÿ the item is seized in full.
It is prohibited to send in transit via the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan any articles prohibited for import into the country.
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