Invoice: A consular invoice should be sent separately by letter post to the addressee for every parcel or consignment of parcels for one addressee, of which the value exceeds 200 sucres, sent from a place in which an Ecuadorean consular office is resident; otherwise a fine is imposed by the Ecuadorean authorities. Commercial parcels are liable to confiscation unless the addressee holds an import permit from the Central Bank of Ecuador.
Charges for inland conveyance are collected from the addressees except at Bahia, Esmeraldas, Guayaquil and Manta.
EGYPT
LETTERS
Postage: first oz. 20c.; each additional oz. 15c.
Services available: (1) Green label service, letter post (2) In- sured letters, limit $1,600 (3) Insured boxes, limit $1,600 (4) Printed papers (5) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb.; samples, limit 1 lb., except for samples of cotton materials, for which the limit is 5 lb.
Customs declarations: (1) Green label; (3) 1C.
Prohibitions: Coin, gold, jewellery, platium, precious stones, silver except in insured boxes and subject to special restrictions; samples of cigarettes, cigars and tobacco of all kinds.
Restrictions apply to the importation of patent medicines and plants.
PARCELS
Postage: not over 2 lb. via India
3 lb. 7 lb. 11 lb. $6.55 $8.35 $10.00 $13.10
22 lb.
Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,600.
Customs declarations: 1C., 1DN.
$22.80
Prohibitions: Letters; cotton seed; cotton (except samples of ginned cotton not exceeding 2 kilogrammes addressed Entomological Section, Ministry of Agriculture, Custom House, Alexandria, for Mr.
........); tobacco seeds, Sudanese tobacco, adulterated or artificial tobacco.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Brushes and hair or bristle for use in their manufacture; firearms; patent medicines; plants; coin (other than Egyptian).
Address: The address of a parcel intended for delivery through a bank or other intermediary should not contain any reference to the ultimate consignee, but the latter's name and address should be enclosed in the parcel.
Invoice: A copy of the relative invoice should be enclosed in the parcel.
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