150 Overseas Post
INDIA (continued).
Address: The name of the province in which the place of address is situated should, as far as possible, be included in the address.
Parcels addressed to post-box numbers only, that is, without the actual address of the addressee, are inadmissible.
Customs duty: Customs duty is levied in India on the full value of the articles sent, including postage, insurance, commission and so on. An addition of 4 per cent to the declared value is made by the Indian customs authorities in assessing the duty unless such extra charges are shown in detail on the customs declarations, or unless it is made clear in the declarations that the charges have been included in the declared value. When the total duty on a parcel does not exceed 3 rupees, the whole of the duty is waived.
Preferential Tariffs apply under certain conditions to British goods. Enquiries should be addressed to Commerce and Industry Department.
Duplicate documents: Senders of commercial parcels should, in their own interests, forward by air mail, directly to the addressees in India, duplicates of all necessary documents, for example, (a) clear customs declaration, (b) certificate of origin and (c) invoice showing, separately, the value of each item enclosed in the parcel. The receipt of these duplicate documents in India prior to the arrival of the parcels will enable the addressees to facilitate customs clearance. Copies of (b) and (c) should be enclosed in each parcel, and the customs declaration should show that an invoice has been enclosed.
Compensation is not payable for damage to porcelain, glassware, and other exceptionally fragile articles.
Delivery: Parcels with an insured value of more than 250 rupees or liable to customs duty of more than 50 rupees are not delivered but must be collected from the Post Office.
INDO-CHINA See CAMBODIA, LAOS and VIET-NAM
INDONESIA (Islands of Bali, Banka, Billiton, Celebes, Java, Madura, Moluccas, Rhio, Sumatra and Indonesian portions of Borneo and Timor)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c., 25c. Each 1 oz., 50c.
each oz. after, 25c.
25c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (5) Samples, limit 1 lb. (6) Small packets. (7) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label and one non-adhesive form.
Prohibitious: Charged butane gas lighters and refills, inflammable films, raw cel- luloid and substances made from celluloid.
Address: The address particulars on letters, packets and parcels must be written in legible Latin character.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 221b. $4.50 5.00 7.00 8.00 13.50
Air mail Each lb., $5.00
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declaration : Three non-adhesive forms and despatch note. A separate despatch note and set of customs declarations must be prepared for each parcel in all cases.
Prohibitions: Letters; charged butane gas lighters and refills; coffee essences and coffee substitutes; fountain pens and pencil holders ornamented with precious metals; gold and silverware; inflammable films, raw celluloid and articles made of celluloid; leather goods.