Organization : Tamil Nadu Postal Circle
Facility : International Mail Service
International Mail Service : http://www.tamilnadupost.nic.in/msvc/foreignpost.htm
Home Page : http://www.tamilnadupost.nic.in/
International Mail :
** Presenting a Range of Global Options For your International Business Mailing
** India Post offers a range of international mail services for today’s competitive business environment.
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** With four diversified services you can balance the speed and cost priorities of international deliveries of business documents and parcels, to maximise savings.
International Relations of India Post :
India Post’s active participation in the international postal activities of UPU and APPU has enabled it to maintain quality service with its partners at economical rates.
Universal Postal Union (UPU) :
** India is a member of the UPU, a specialized agency of the United Nations with 190 member countries.
** UPU serves as a vital link amongst member nations to continuously upgrade international postal services.
Asian Pacific Postal Union Bureau :
APPU-Bureau is a restricted Union, affiliated to the UPU. With a membership of 29 countries, including India, it has been formed with the objective of promoting cooperation in postal services among member countries.
These international relations through UPU and APPU provide your business with wider global coverage
Type of International Mail Options :
** International mail can be classified into letter-type post, parcel post, and EMS Speed Post.
** Choose the type of service most suitable for your needs.
There are five varieties of letter-post items:
letters (including aerogrammes), postcards, printed matter, small packets and literature for the blind.
** Letter-post items and parcel post can be sent by Surface Air Lifted (SAL) or Airmail which vary in rate and transit speed.
** Write or use stickers to indicate SAL / AIRMAIL.
** These stickers or marks can also be affixed for you at the PACKPost centre upon request.
** EMS Speed Post is the premium service for all time sensitive mail up to 35 kgs.
** End to end track and trace is provided to all major destinations.
** Avail round the clock booking at three majors centers at Anna Road HPO, Speed Post Concentration Centre [SPCC], St. Thomas Mount HPO and Chennai Sorting Office near Chennai Central Railway Station.
** Air mail is not a time bound service like EMS, but is faster the SAL.
** Maximum weight limit is 25 kgs which varies for each country also for each category of mail.
** Surface Air Lifted (SAL) mail is conveyed by air with reduced priority to the country of destination where it is forwarded by appropriate surface route.
** SAL is faster than Surface Mail yet cheaper than air mail.
** SAL mail can be booked from all post offices where surface parcels are booked at present.
** SAL service is available for 23 countries worldwide. Maximum weight limit is 30 kgs.
** The limit varies for each country.
Weight Limits :
Parcels :
20 Kg /30 kg
Size – length not to exceed 1.05 m. Circumference not to exceed 2 m.
Bulk Bag : 30 Kg
Probable date of Delivery:
EMS (doc) 4 days
Air letters 5 to 7 days
Air parcels 10 to 15 days
SAL parcels 15 to 30 days
Use PACKPost packing boxes and filling materials. Please visit PACKPost Centres for professional packing services.
Dos :
** Affix customs declaration with full particulars of the contents and also furnish your instructions regarding treatment of parcels in case of non delivery to the addressee.
** Furnish complete/correct addressee/sender particulars in black letters.
** Affix correct postage.
** Use PACKPost boxes and pack the fragile items with proper cushioning using bubble wrap, Styrofoam peanuts, foam sheets, shredded paper.
** Furnish the phone numbers/e mail of the sender /addressee on the parcel.
** Furnish proper indications and labels for medicine / fragile items. Insurance is mandatory for coin, bullion, platinum, precious stones, currency notes & articles gold/silver.
** Please remember, insured value shall not exceed the real value of the contents of the article insured.
** Registration is compulsory for any insured letter mail article and all foreign parcels.
** Perishable item may be adequately packed.
Don’ts :
** Don’t send dangerous goods.
** Don’t pack the parcel in a loose manner.
** Don’t send the liquid items with improper packing.
** Don’t send important documents/ jewels/precious stones without proper insurance
** Don’t send perishable goods (food items) by surface dispatch.
** Don’t send sharp items with improper packing which may injure the persons handling the parcel/cause damage to other articles