ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
LETTER POST
Postage:
Overseas Post 77
Surface
Letters
Postcards
First oz., 40c., 25c.
each oz. after, 25c.
Air mail
Letters
Postcards
Each oz., $2.50
$1.25
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post, see below. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1.600. (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,600. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Small Packets. (9) Blind literature. Customs declarations and language: (1) and (8) Green label and two non- adhesive forms. (4) Two non-adhesive forms. Spanish or French as well as English.
Prohibition: Currency notes and securities payable to bearer except in insured letters, coin, jewellery, pearls, precious stones and imitation precious stones and valuables except in insured boxes; packets of pictorial postcards by printed papers post; tobacco, except amounts up to 1 Kilogramme with a value of under 500 Argentine pesos, sent as gifts.
Restrictions apply to the importation of:
permits are required for all classes of goods.
Drugs: plants and seeds. Import
Books and periodicals sent by letter post must be registered, and when import permits for such goods have been obtained the importers must be in possession of original commercial invoices showing a list of the books and periodicals, numbers of copies of each, full title, author, price per copy, and total cost in foreign exchange, and the number of the certificate issued by the postal authorities of the country of origin.
Green label service: Packets sent under the green label system must also bear a manuscript indication that the green customs label has been affixed.
Customs duty: Printed matter liable to customs duty must bear a green customs The label and be accompanied by two non-adhesive customs declaration forms. packets must also bear a manuscript indication that the green customs label has been affixed.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available : Insurance, surface only, limit $1,600. Customs declaration and language: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Spanish or French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Letters; coin, currency notes, jewellery, pearls, precious stones and imitation precious stones; securities payable to bearer; valuables; tobacco, except amounts up to 1 Kilogramme with a value of under 500 Argentine pesos sent as gifts; worn clothing unless accompanied by a certificate of disinfection from a competent authority and authenticated by an Argentine consular officer (parcels containing worn clothing should not be sent frequently to the same addressee). Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; drugs: plants and seeds. Import permits are required for all classes of goods.
When import permits have been obtained for books and periodicals sent by post the importers must be in possession of original commercial invoices showing a list of the books and periodicals, numbers of copies of each, full title, author, price per copy, and total cost in foreign exchange, and the number of the certificate issued by the postal authorities of the country of origin.
Invoice: A consular invoice, of which a copy must be attached to the relative despatch papers, is required for each consignment of merchandise over HK$160 in value.
Packing: Insured parcels should be packed in outer covers of canvas or similar material. Each article of celluloid or roll of film must be packed. separately, see Packing and Make-up-Parcels in Section I of this Guide.