Overseas Post
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ECUADOR (continued)
Customs declaration and language: Three non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Prohibitions: Letters; arms; gaming appliances. The importation of many other classes of goods into Ecuador is prohibited.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Alcoholic beverages; cigarette paper; cotton goods; pharmaceutical products; plants and seeds; manufactured or leaf tobacco. A certificate of disinfection and a statement giving details of the contents must accompany all parcels containing used clothing.
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 40 U.S. dollars or its equivalent in sucres at the official rate of exchange, sent from a place in which an Ecuadorean consular officer is resident; otherwise a fine is imposed by the Ecuadorean authorities. For parcels containing goods of value below 40 U.S. dollars or its equivalent in sucres, the importers have to pay in the Customs an amount equivalent to the consular fees. Commercial parcels are liable to confiscation unless the addresses holds an import permit from the Central Bank (of Ecuador).
Charges: Charges for inland conveyance are collected from the addressees, except at Bahia, Esmeraldas, Guayaquil and Manta.
EGYPT
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
Postcards
First oz., 40c.. 25c. Each / oz.,
65c.
each oz. after, 25c.
$1.30
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Insured letters, air and surface, limit $1,600, (4) Insured boxes, air and surface, limit $1,600. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb., except for samples of cotton or cotton materials, for which the limit is 5 lb. (8) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) Green label and non-adhesive form. (4) Two non- adhesive forms.
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, 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; plants.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,600, surface only. Customs declaration : Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Declarations should bear the actual signature of the sender.
Prohibitions: Letters; cotton seed; unmanufactured cotton (except samples of ginned cotton, not exceeding 2 kilogrammes, addressed Entomological Section, Ministry of Agriculture, Custom House, Alexandria, Egypt, for Mr.
..); tobacco seeds, Sudanese tobacco, adulterated or artificial tobacco. Restrictions apply to the importation of: Coin, other than Egyptian; firearms; patent medicines; plants; shaving brushes, and bristles or hair for use in their manufacture.
Import licences are required for most classes of goods and senders are advised to confirm before posting a parcel that the necessary licence has been obtained by the addressee. Goods imported into Egypt without permit are liable to confiscation. 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. Packing: Parcels should be very strongly packed.
Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection.