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KAMPUCHEA, DEMOCRATIC - See CAMBODIA

KAZAKHSTAN (Rep. of)
(formerly a state of USSR)

LETTER POST
Supplementary Services Available	(1) Printed papers. (3) Registration. (2) Small packets. (4) Blind literature.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note. To facilitate customs clearance, sender is requested to indicate the national identity number of the recipient (whenever possible) on all packages sent to Kazakhstan. This information should be indicated in the “Sender’s reference”, "Importer's reference" or "Comments" field of the consignment note/customs declaration form.
Prohibitions¹	Weapons, firearms, ammunition and parts thereof, or articles similar in construction to weapons for civilian service; Special dual purpose (civilian and military) technical devices, and parts and accessories thereof; Special technical publications on the convert reception of intelligence; Nuclear materials and equipment, radioactive materials, fuels and corrosive materials, explosives and explosive or inflammable substances, pyrotechnic articles (fireworks, etc.) and other dangerous materials; Toxic substances which are not precursors of narcotics and psychotropic substances; Narcotics, psychotropic substances and their precursors, including in drug form; Poisons, toxic substances of animal origin; Human organs and/or substances, and blood and blood parts; Plants of any kind and in any form, and seeds; Live animals except bees, leeches and silkworms; Rare animal and vegetable products and endangered animals and plants; Plant protection products subject to the provisions of Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants of 22 May 2001; Implements for fishing aquatic biological resources; Alcohol products, ethyl alcohol, beer; Tobacco products and smoking mixtures of all kinds; Perishable foodstuffs; Substances harmful to the ozone layer; Publications, printed matter, plastic materials, stock footage, photographic material, audio-visual materials (video, etc.) containing propaganda against the political regime and liable to threaten the integrity and security of the State or aimed at undermining its authority; Materials that promote war, cruelty, violence, social, racial, national, religious, genetic or caste superiority and any other immoral article (pornography); Undeveloped cinema and photographic films, photographic paper; Currency, bonds and paper securities of Kazakhstan; Foreign currency; Coins, banknotes, letters of credit or securities payable to bearer, cheques, precious metals, whether manufactured or not, cultural artifacts, precious stones, jewels or other valuable articles.
Restrictions¹	Cancelled or non-cancelled stamps are admitted only as part of an organised philatelic exchange; medicines and vitamins are only admitted on authorisation of the Records Offices for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Products; Printed papers are admitted provided they do not contain printed material prejudicial to Kazakhstan, pornographic, obscene or erotic material. Ordinary and registered letters must only contain private written messages, documents, receipts, invoices, accounts and private photographs.
International Air Transport Restrictions	See under PARCEL POST.
Customs Duty	See under PARCEL POST.
Address	Addressee’s name and complete address should be indicated legibly. Also, addressee’s mobile telephone number should be indicated, if available. Recipients will be notified by SMS text message when their items have arrived, facilitating on-time delivery. For registered mails, the following are to be provided: Addressee's first and last name and patronymic (if any); and Addressee's national identity number (if possible).
PARCEL POST
Supplementary Services Available	None.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note. To facilitate customs clearance, sender is requested to indicate the national identity number of the recipient (whenever possible) on all packages sent to Kazakhstan. This information should be indicated in the “Sender’s reference”, "Importer's reference" or "Comments" field of the consignment note/customs declaration form.
Prohibitions¹	Personal correspondence in parcels; raw eggs; honey, pollen, wax, honeycomb; firearms, blade weapons and any types of items that can be used for attack or self-defence (e.g. stilettos, knuckledusters etc); electronic and high frequency machines; copier machines, except typewriters; items prohibited in the Letter Post. If prohibited items are sent in postal articles, one of the following three procedures is followed: Confiscation of the entire article; Confiscation of prohibited items only, the remainder being delivered to the addressee; or Return of article to country of origin.
Restrictions¹	Senders should ascertain import requirements from the Kazakhstan authorities before posting the following: Bees, leeches and silkworms; raw products of animal origin; dairy and fish products; fruit and vegetables; hunting weapons.
International Air Transport Restrictions	In view of Kazakhstan’s air transport restrictions, missent and undeliverable items containing vaporizers, lithium batteries and electroshock weapons cannot be forwarded to destination nor returned to origin country.
Customs Duty	Inherited goods originating from abroad are allowed into Kazakhstan, free of customs duty, if certificates are received from foreign consulates as regards the right of inheritance and the composition of the legacy. Documents issued by foreign authorities or public bodies should be stamp by a consul of Kazakhstan. Articles or parts of articles sent to Kazakhstan for repairs or replacement are admitted free of customs duty, if a written declaration from the sender is inserted in the parcel. Items sent to private persons arriving within a calendar month are duty-free if the total value of the goods does not exceed 200 EUR and the total weight does not exceed 31 kg. If the value of the goods exceeds 200 EUR or if the weight exceeds 31 kg, customs duties will be calculated as follows: at a rate of 15% for the value exceeding 200 EUR, but at a minimum rate of 2 EUR per kg of the weight of the postal item.
Import Permits and Invoices	Postal articles sent to state institutions and cooperatives, containing items of commercial value are admitted subject to an import permit issued by the Ministry for Foreign Trade of Kazakhstan. Invoices must accompany postal articles with a commercial value, which are delivered on presentation of the appropriate import permits and payment of customs duty.
Address	Addressee’s full name (first and last name and patronymic (if any)) and complete address should be indicated legibly. The addressee's mobile telephone number must be included in the address field of the postal parcels. Recipients will be notified by SMS text message when their items have arrived, facilitating on-time delivery.
¹ Senders should determine import restrictions/prohibitions of destination country before posting.

KENYA (Republic of)

LETTER POST
Supplementary Services Available	(1) Dutiable goods admitted in the letter post. (2) Printed papers. (3) Small packet. (4) Registration. (5) Blind literature.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note.
Prohibitions¹	Bullion; gold, platinum or silver, manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels and other valuable articles except in registered letters; second-hand clothes. Indecent or obscene articles. Ordinary and registered letter containing currency notes and coins. Arms, especially firearms or parts thereof, imitation arms or ammunition.
Restrictions¹	Publications dealing with marriage or birth control. For other restrictions see under PARCEL POST.
Packing and Marking	Packets containing films must bear a white label clearly marked FILMS in black letters.
Address	The following key information should be included on all postal items: – Full name of the addressee; – Street name, house or apartment number or other additional information; – Destination town or city and postcode; – Destination country; – Landline or mobile phone number and email address, where available. Correspondence should include a P.O. Box or Private Bag number in the address as there is no house delivery.
Import Permit	For plant, see under PARCEL POST.
PARCEL POST (Air Parcel Only)
Supplementary Services Available	None.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note. Declarations on parcels containing cotton blankets, boots or shoes of rubber and canvas, jerseys, shirts, singlets, socks, stockings and so on, should show the number of articles or pairs enclosed. If piece-goods of cotton or of artificial silk or admixtures thereof are enclosed, the square yardage should be indicated.
Prohibitions¹	Letters; except those exchanged between the sender and the addressee of the parcel or persons residing with them; articles which bear the Kenya coat of arms or resemble it, without authorisation by the Government; bullion and coin exceeding $36 in value; Japanese shaving brushes; trade and immature spirits. Second-hand clothes. Indecent or obscene articles. Arms, especially firearms or parts thereof, imitation arms or ammunition.
Restrictions¹	Restrictions apply to the importation of accoutrements, uniforms or clothing which when worn may give the impression that the wearer is in Government employment (Permit from Head of State); condensed milk; game traps (Permit from Chief Game Warden); postal franking machines (Permit from the Postmaster-General); publication dealing with marriage or birth control (Licence from the Commissioner of Customs and Excise); second hand clothing and bedding imported for sale; unmanufactured gold, silver and metal of the platinoid groups (Certificate from the Commissioner of Customs).
Import Permit	For importation of all forms of plant material, in particular seeds, fresh fruits, flowers, etc. a plant import permit must be obtained prior to shipment to Kenya from the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture at any of the two addresses listed as follows: (a) The Director National Plant Quarantine Station PO Box 30148 Nairobi KENYA Telephone: Nairobi 32880-6 (b) The Director National Agricultural Laboratories PO Box 14733 Nairobi KENYA Telephone: Nairobi 48211-4 When issued, the original permit must be submitted to the plant health authorities in the country of origin to ensure compliance with the permit requirements, and for the issue of an additional phytosanitary certificate in accordance with the international model. A copy of the Kenyan permit together with the original of the permit issued by the country of origin must accompany the plants to Kenya. Plant material arriving in Kenya without authority and without correct accompanying documents may be destroyed or re-shipped to the country of origin at the owner's cost.
Import Licences	Import licences are required for certain classes of goods; licences, obtainable from the Imports Controller, Department of Trade and Supplies, PO Box 30430, Nairobi, Kenya, are required for goods imported by traders for re-sale. Senders must confirm before posting a parcel that an import licence, when it is necessary, has been obtained by the addressee.
Invoices	A commercial invoice dated and signed by the sender, must be enclosed in every parcel other than those sent to private individuals and the parcel should be marked on the address side "Invoice enclosed". Exceptionally, where a number of parcels are posted on any one day by the same sender to the same addressee, the sender should number the parcels 1, 2, 3 and so on and the invoice should be enclosed in parcel No. 1; the remaining parcels should be endorsed "Invoice enclosed in parcel No. 1".
Packing and Marking	Parcels should be very strongly packed, preferably in waterproof material. Those containing films must bear a white label clearly marked FILMS in black letters.
Address	The following key information should be included on all postal items: – Full name of the addressee; – Street name, house or apartment number or other additional information; – Destination town or city and postcode; – Destination country; – Landline or mobile phone number and email address, where available. Parcels should include a Post Office Box or Private Bag number in the address. Such parcels are not delivered, but addressees are notified of their arrival and are required to arrange for their collection.
SMS Notification of Arrival	An SMS notification of item arrival will be sent to addressees of parcels and EMS items bearing valid mobile phone number.
¹ Senders should determine import restrictions/prohibitions of destination country before posting.

KIRIBATI (Republic of)
(formerly Gilbert Island) including Line Islands (Fanning, Christmas (Pacific Ocean) and
Washington Islands), Ocean Islands and Phoenix Islands
For ELLICE ISLAND see TUVALU.

LETTER POST
Supplementary Services Available	(1) Dutiable goods admitted in the letter post. (2) Printed papers. (3) Small Packet. (4) Registration. (5) Blind literature.
Customs Declarations	Value up to $700 - CN 22; Value over $700 - Parcel Despatch Note in addition to upper part of CN 22.
Prohibitions¹	Articles of any kind bearing the impression or representation of any currency note, bank-note or coin in current use in any country; charged butane gas lighters and refills; gold or silver bullion; dyestuffs obtained from coal tar.
Restrictions¹	Restrictions apply to the importation of brushware containing any animal hair.
Address	See under PARCEL POST.
PARCEL POST
Supplementary Services Available	None.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note.
Prohibitions¹	Letters; except those exchanged between the sender and the addressee of the parcel or persons residing with them; dyestuffs obtained from coal tar. Articles of any kind bearing the impression or representation of any currency note, bank-note or coin in any country.
Restrictions¹	Restrictions apply to the importation of brushware containing any animal hair.
Address	All postal items must bear complete addresses and correct postcodes to facilitate delivery.
¹ Senders should determine import restrictions/prohibitions of destination country before posting.

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

LETTER POST
Supplementary Services Available	(1) Dutiable goods admitted in the letter post. (2) Printed papers. (3) Small Packet. (4) Registration. (5) Blind literature.
Customs Declarations	Value up to $700 - CN 22; Value over $700 - Parcel Despatch Note in addition to upper part of CN 22.
Prohibitions¹	Articles and machines used for the manufacture of tobacco; bank-notes, cheques, coin, securities payable to bearer, charged butane gas lighters and refills; gold, silver, other precious metals and jewellery; salt; seeds. Goods are not admitted in the letter post. In addition, the importation in a single packet of articles whose commercial value exceeds 50 U.S. dollars is prohibited.
Restrictions¹	Restrictions apply to the importation of cigarettes and tobacco. There are also restrictions on the importation of plants and vegetable products.
Address	Correspondence should be addressed in the usual way, but the address should be shown also in Korean characters, if known, and should include the words 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea'.
PARCEL POST
Supplementary Services Available	None.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note.
Prohibitions¹	Articles sent from places infected with contagious disease; articles produced in the Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea) and Taiwan; binoculars and telescopes with a magnifying power over 6 times; drastic medicines, acetone, arsenic, methyl alcohol and saccharine, medicines without trademarks and prescriptions, manuscripts, stereotypes, films, photographs, recording tapes, gramophone records which are hostile to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; non-processed live stock products; pieces of fabrics, poison, opium, morphine, cocaine and other narcotics; radio apparatus, their equipment and other accessories; tinned goods, tobacco and tobacco seeds including cigarettes.
Address	Correspondence should be addressed in the usual way, but the address should be shown also in Korean characters, if known, and should include the words “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”.
¹ Senders should determine import restrictions/prohibitions of destination country before posting.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

LETTER POST
Supplementary Services Available	(1) Dutiable goods admitted in the letter post. (2) Printed papers. (3) Small packet. (4) Registration. (5) Blind literature. (6) Insured packages, air only, limit $3,800.
Customs Declarations and Languages	Value up to $700 - CN 22; Value over $700 - Parcel Despatch Note in addition to upper part of CN 22. French or Portuguese as well as English.
Prohibitions¹	See under PARCEL POST, except 'Letters'.
Address	Correspondence should be addressed in the usual way, but the address should be shown also in Korean characters, if known, and should include the words 'Republic of Korea'.
PARCEL POST
Supplementary Services Available	Insurance, air and surface limit $3,800.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note.
Prohibitions¹	Letters; arms and weapons, including parts thereof, toy guns; jewellery, and precious metals, gold, silver, platinum, gold bullion (except in insured items); documents and books prejudicial to peace and public order; articles which can be used for espionage; germs; opium pipes; counterfeit coins or imitations of money; bank-notes; promissory notes; cheques; securities payable to bearer (except in insured items); imitation stamps; ginseng; salt; fruits and plants: fruits (including plum, pomelo, longan, mango), raw pepper, jujube, seeds, etc., plants, seeds; scales; live animals and insects; livestock products: dried beef products, dried pork products, chicken meat products, sausage, milk products (including aaruul), etc., all kinds of meats, including edible meat offal, meat-based products and pet foods; silk-worms; virulent and deadly poisons. Ordinary books, newspapers and periodicals are however admitted in any language, including Esperanto. Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted). Tobaccos; narcotics and prohibited drugs; hazardous chemicals; counterfeit products and products that violate copyright laws.
Restrictions¹	A parcel containing items originating in Foreign countries of a total value exceeding U.S. $100 will not be subject to Customs duty. However, articles not exceeding the above-mentioned limits in value which are imported on a commercial basis, eg. several parcels containing items of the same kind and destined for the same addressee, will be subject to customs duty. These restrictions will not apply to Gift, Red Cross or Relief parcels sent by charitable organisations of foreign countries. Solutions containing nicotine, including nicotine extracted from leaves, stems, roots or synthesis nicotine. Goods falling under the following Harmonized System (HS) tariff classification codes will be affected: 2939.79-1000, 3824.99-9041, 8543.70-4010. The following documentation will be required for customs clearance of the aforementioned goods containing nicotine. Otherwise these goods will be prohibited into the country: Contract documents. Proof of each manufacturing process in the exporting country, from purchase to extraction and export, for nicotine solutions extracted from stems/roots or synthesis nicotine. A licence for the manufacturer or a certificate of incorporation of the plant issued by the manufacturing country for each production process of nicotine solutions extracted from stems/roots or synthesis nicotine. An export declaration certificate issued by the customs authority of the exporting country for each item declared as “nicotine solutions extracted from stems/roots or synthesis nicotine” in the content description field of the CN 22/CN 23/CP 72 postal customs declaration form. A material safety data sheet (MSDS).
Packing and Marking	Parcels containing articles of celluloid must be clearly marked in red with the words "Celluloid".
Gift Parcels	The contents must be limited to essential relief items; namely (a) clothing, medicines or similar articles; or (b) non-perishable foodstuffs; toys may be included. Both the parcel and the customs declarations must be clearly marked "Gift Parcel. Unsolicited Gift".
¹ Senders should determine import restrictions/prohibitions of destination country before posting.

KUWAIT

LETTER POST
Supplementary Services Available	(1) Dutiable goods admitted in the letter post. (2) Printed papers. (3) Small Packet. (4) Registration. (5) Blind literature.
Customs Declarations	Value up to $700 - CN 22; Value over $700 - Parcel Despatch Note in addition to upper part of CN 22.
Prohibitions¹	Alcoholic drink, industrial alcohol (including denatured, methylated or medicated spirits and methyalcohol); containers containing butane or other pressurized gas; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); cultural, imitation, artificial and bleached pearls. Printed matter considered as immoral or as Israelian, anti-Arab or anti-Islamic propaganda. Any postal items containing medicaments or pills whether accompanied by a prescription or not.
Restrictions¹	Jewels, precious stones and metals and accessory equipment may only be imported subject to prior approval by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Tapes (cassettes) may only be accepted under the ordinary letter post. Bank credit cards may be only sent by registered mail or EMS without including the pin number.
Address	All postal items must bear complete addresses and correct postcodes to facilitate delivery. The address format is as shown in the example below: Hamad Abdallah Hassan AI-Sabbahiya B.P. 48001 54551 KUWAIT KUWAIT
PARCEL POST (Air Parcel Only)
Supplementary Services Available	None.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note.
Prohibitions¹	Letters, except those exchanged between the sender and the addressee of the parcel or persons residing with them. For other prohibitions see Prohibitions under LETTER POST.
Restrictions¹	Parcels containing medicaments or medicinal lozenges, pastilles or pills can be admitted only on condition that there is an accompanying prescription or a document indicating their composition. For other restrictions see Restrictions under LETTER POST.
Address	The addressee's address should be indicated clearly and in full, including, where appropriate, name of province, street name, number of residential complex, house/unit number, PO box number, postcode and name of locality and name of country. See also under LETTER POST. In addition to addressee’s complete address, EMS items and parcels must bear addressee’s mobile (for SMS notification for delivery) and/or fixed-line telephone number.
¹ Senders should determine import restrictions/prohibitions of destination country before posting.

KYRGYZSTAN (Republic of)
(formerly a state of the Russian Republic)

LETTER POST
Supplementary Services Available	(1) Printed papers. (3) Registration. (2) Small Packets. (4) Blind literature.
Customs Declarations	Value up to $700 - CN 22; Value over $700 - Parcel Despatch Note in addition to upper part of CN 22.
Prohibitions¹	Printed and electronic material and films prejudicial to Kyrgyzstan; pornographic, obscene and erotic material; currency, coins, bank notes, postage stamps, cheques, valuables, articles made of precious metal, bonds and paper securities and photographic films, photographic paper. Ordinary and registered letters must only contain private written messages, documents, receipts, invoices, accounts and private photographs.
Sealing	Items closed by means of adhesive tape are recommended to bear the name, mark, stamp or signature of the sender or a mark or date-stamp impression of the office of origin.
Address	See under PARCEL POST.
PARCEL POST
Supplementary Services Available	None.
Customs Declarations	Parcel Despatch Note.
Prohibitions¹	The following items are prohibited to transit through the territory of Kyrgyzstan. Chemical substances, which can cause danger to human, animal and bird's life. Samples of soil and subterranean waters Perishable products live animals, birds, bees and fishes Eggs for incubator; spawn for fish breeding; reptiles; insects, leeches, silkworms, vermin Explosive, poisonous, ignitive, narcotics substances, devices for smoking of opium and hashish Firearms, blade weapons and any types of items, that can be used for attack or self-defence (stilettos, knuckledusters) Currency Radio-electronic, electronic and high frequency apparatus Semen, landing materials, herbarium, fresh vegetables and fruits.
Customs Duty	Inherited goods originating from abroad are allowed into Kyrgyzstan, free of customs duty, if certificates are received from foreign consulates as regards the right of inheritance and the composition of the legacy. Documents issued by foreign authorities or public bodies should be stamp by a consul of Kyrgyzstan. Articles or parts of articles sent to Kyrgyzstan for repairs or replacement are admitted free of customs duty, if a written declaration from the sender is inserted in the parcel.
Import Permits and Invoices	Postal articles sent to state institutions and cooperatives, containing items of commercial value are admitted subject to an import permit issued by the Ministry for Foreign Trade of Kyrgyzstan. Invoices must accompany postal articles with a commercial value, which are delivered on presentation of the appropriate import permits and payment of customs duty.
Address	The following full address data should be included on postal items and customs declaration form(s): ‐ Full name of the addressee; ‐ Street name, house or apartment number or other additional information; ‐ Destination town or city and postcode; ‐ Destination country; ‐ Landline and mobile phone numbers, and e-mail address if possible.
¹ Senders should determine import restrictions/prohibitions of destination country before posting.