IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST
Limitations of service and special conditions
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(1) PROHIBITIONS
letters.
RESTRICTIONS apply to the importation of dyes and chemical products derived from coal tar; firearms; plants and parts of plants, including seeds. INVOICE: parcels of merchandise should contain a copy of the relative invoice.
(2) PROHIBITIONS: letters; bees; cotton seed, cotton and cotton seed products (except oil, unmanufactured cotton and cotton waste: see below); feathers and skins of wild birds (except ostrich feathers) unless for educational or scientific purposes; films or pictorial representations of prize fights; intoxicating liquors; potatoes. RESTRICTIONS apply to the importation of arms; bulbs; cereals; cigars, cigarettes and cheroots; cotton waste and unmanufactured cotton; plants and parts of plants; sealskin in any form; virus, serums and toxins. INVOICE: an invoice or statement giving accurately the value of the contents for Customs purposes should be enclosed in every parcel containing books and also in every sealed parcel containing merchandise; and the parcel should be marked on the address side INVOICE ENCLOSED, If,
If, however, the invoice or statement relates to more parcels than one, it should be onclosed in parcel No. 1, and the remaining parcels should be marked INVOICE ENCLOSED IN PARCEL NO. 1.
If the value of the goods contained in a parcel or in several parcels sent at the same time by one sender to the same addressee exceeds 100 dollars, an invoice certified by a United States consul should be furnished. This invoice should be enclosed in the relative parcel, the Customs declaration being noted CONSULAR INVOICE ENCLOSED. When the consular invoice relates to more parcels than one, it should be enclosed in parcel No. 1, the Customs declaration being noted accordingly. The Customs declarations or covers of the remaining parcels should be marked CONSULAR INVOICE IN PARCEL No. 1. If the sender prefers, however, the consular invoice may be sent separately to the addressee, the relative Customs declaration being suitably noted. When the consular invoice is enclosed no other invoice or state- ment of value need be furnished. If the consular invoice is sent separately to the addressee, a commercial invioce should be enclosed in the parcel. ORIGIN every article (except books imported by or for the account of any public library or library association) capable of being stamped, branded or labelled at the time of its manufacture, without suffering damage, must, as well as its immediate container and the packing in which the article is sent, be conspicuously and indelibly stamped or branded, and so on, in English characters with an indication of the country of origin. CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS: The value shown on the Customs declaration must not be less than the market value in Hong Kong. If more than one parcel is sent at one time to one addressee, the sender should number the parcels [Continued on next page
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