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Country Conditions for Mailing - Peru

Prohibitions (130)

Accessories and personal items.

Arms and munitions including spare parts or other accessories and components.

Artificial flowers and interior ornaments.

Ceramic products and imitation jewelry.

Cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco.

Coins; banknotes; currency notes (paper money); traveler's checks; securities payable to bearer; platinum, gold or silver, manufactured or not; precious stones; jewelry; and other valuable articles.

Clothing, accessories, and underwear.

Communist propaganda.

Contraceptive products, remedies, or apparatus.

Electrical household appliances.

Footwear, shoes, boots, and accessories.

Furs and clothing made of fur.

Gloves and hosiery.

Household articles of iron, steel, copper, and aluminum.

Household linens.

Lighters.

Perfume products or soaps.

Perishable infectious biological substances.

Playing cards.

Radioactive materials.

Samples of cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco.

Sound recorders and reproducing devices.

Textiles and carpets.

Toys and dolls of all kinds.

Travel articles, suitcases, attache cases, kits, or similar articles.

Waxes and creams for shoes.

Wooden utensils.

Restrictions

No list furnished.

Observations

1. Letter-post items may not contain dutiable articles.

2. Each shipment valued at U.S. $200 or over must be accompanied by a consular invoice if there is a Peruvian consulate located at the place of mailing. If there is none, a commercial invoice must be furnished instead. The commercial invoice must be legalized by a Peruvian consulate or countersigned by a chamber of commerce, or if neither is available, it may bear the notarized signatures of two well-known local merchants. If the value is under U.S. $200, a commercial invoice must be furnished but need not be legalized. The consular or commercial invoice may be either enclosed in the parcel or sent separately to the addressee so as to arrive before the parcel, but the legalization must not be dated later than the day of mailing.

3. Peruvian consuls are located in principal cities of the United States.

4. Gifts addressed to persons native to the country do not require a commercial invoice unless the value of such gifts exceeds U.S. $450 per calendar year.

5. Many items are prohibited import into Peru. Therefore, senders should ascertain from the addressee before mailing whether the item may be received or not.

6. Used clothing must be accompanied by an appropriate health inspection certificate.

Customs Forms Required (123)
Letter-post: PS Form 2976 or 2976-A (see 123.61)
Parcel Post: PS Form 2976-A inside 2976-E (envelope)

Size Limits
Letter-post: See 243.2
Parcel Post: Maximum length: 42 inches
Maximum length and girth combined: 79 inches

Postcards and Postal Cards (250) $0.75

Aerogrammes (250) $0.75 Enclosures NOT permitted

Airmail
Letter-post Rates

Weight not over (ozs.)	Letter- post Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Letter- post Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Letter- post Rate
1	$0.84	12	$8.05	44	$21.85
2	1.65	16	9.75	48	23.65
3	2.40	20	11.45	52	25.50
4	3.20	24	13.10	56	27.35
5	4.00	28	14.80	60	29.20
6	4.80	32	16.50	64	31.05
7	5.60	36	18.30	blank	blank
8	6.40	40	20.10	blank	blank
Weight Limit: 64 ounces (4 lbs.)

Airmail
Parcel Post Rates

Weight not over (lbs.)	Parcel Post Rate	Weight not over (lbs.)	Parcel Post Rate	Weight not over (lbs.)	Parcel Post Rate
1	$18.00	25	$98.00	49	$180.25
2	20.05	26	101.45	50	183.65
3	23.20	27	104.85	51	187.10
4	26.35	28	108.30	52	190.50
5	29.50	29	111.70	53	193.95
6	32.95	30	115.15	54	197.35
7	36.35	31	118.60	55	200.80
8	39.80	32	122.00	56	204.20
9	43.20	33	125.45	57	207.65
10	46.65	34	128.85	58	211.05
11	50.05	35	132.30	59	214.50
12	53.50	36	135.70	60	217.90
13	56.90	37	139.15	61	221.35
14	60.35	38	142.55	62	224.75
15	63.75	39	146.00	63	228.20
16	67.20	40	149.40	64	231.60
17	70.60	41	152.85	65	235.05
18	74.05	42	156.25	66	238.45
19	77.45	43	159.70	67	241.90
20	80.90	44	163.10	68	245.30
21	84.30	45	166.55	69	248.75
22	87.75	46	169.95	70	252.15
23	91.15	47	173.40	blank	blank
24	94.60	48	176.80	blank	blank
Weight Limit: 70 lbs.

Note: Ordinary air parcel post includes indemnity at no cost based on weight. For an item not over 1 pound, the indemnity is $62.84, and the indemnity increases $3.03 per pound or fraction up to a maximum of 70 pounds, which has an indemnity of $271.91. (See 280.)

Airmail
Direct Sack to One Addressee - M-Bags (260)

Weight Not Over 11 lbs. $40.70
Each additional pound or fraction of a pound $3.70

Weight Limit: 66 pounds

Global Priority Mail (GPM) (230) NOT Available

Economy Mail
Letter-post Rates

Weight not over (ozs.)	Letter- post Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Letter- post Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Letter- post Rate
16	$6.00	36	$10.60	56	$14.50
20	6.90	40	11.35	60	15.30
24	7.85	44	12.15	64	15.75
28	8.85	48	12.95	blank	blank
32	9.80	52	13.75	blank	blank
Weight Limit: 64 ounces (4 lbs.)

Economy Mail
Parcel Post Rates

Weight not over (lbs.)	Parcel Post Rate	Weight not over (lbs.)	Parcel Post Rate	Weight not over (lbs.)	Parcel Post Rate
5	$21.25	27	$58.55	49	$91.15
6	23.20	28	60.10	50	92.65
7	25.05	29	61.60	51	94.10
8	26.90	30	63.15	52	95.60
9	28.70	31	64.60	53	97.05
10	30.45	32	66.10	54	98.55
11	32.20	33	67.55	55	100.00
12	33.95	34	69.05	56	101.50
13	35.70	35	70.50	57	103.00
14	37.40	36	72.00	58	104.45
15	39.15	37	73.45	59	105.95
16	40.90	38	74.95	60	107.40
17	42.65	39	76.40	61	108.90
18	44.35	40	77.90	62	110.35
19	46.10	41	79.35	63	111.85
20	47.85	42	80.85	64	113.30
21	49.40	43	82.30	65	114.80
22	50.90	44	83.80	66	116.25
23	52.45	45	85.25	67	117.75
24	53.95	46	86.75	68	119.20
25	55.50	47	88.20	69	120.70
26	57.00	48	89.70	70	122.15
Weight Limit: 70 lbs.

Note: Ordinary economy parcel post includes indemnity at no cost based on weight. For an item not over 1 pound, the indemnity is $62.84, and the indemnity increases $3.03 per pound or fraction up to a maximum of 70 pounds, which has an indemnity of $271.91. (See 280.)

Economy Mail
Direct Sack to One Addressee - M-Bags (260)

Regular
Weight Not Over 11 lbs. $17.60
Each additional pound or fraction of a pound $1.60

Books & Sheet Music, Publisher's Periodicals
Weight Not Over 11 lbs. $11.55
Each additional pound or fraction of a pound $1.05

Weight Limit: 66 pounds

Economy Mail
Books and Sheet Music Rates (295)

Weight not over (ozs.)	Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Rate
16	$3.35	36	$6.45	56	$9.05
20	4.00	40	7.00	60	9.55
24	4.65	44	7.55	64	10.00
28	5.30	48	7.95	blank	blank
32	5.95	52	8.50	blank	blank
Note: This is a bulk mail service that is subject to a minimum entry requirement of 200 pieces or 50 pounds of qualifying contents. See Part 295.
Weight Limit: 64 ounces (4 lbs.)

Matter for the Blind (270)
Free when sent as economy mail. Weight limit: 15 lbs.

Economy Mail
Publishers' Periodicals Rates (294)

Weight not over (ozs.)	Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Rate	Weight not over (ozs.)	Rate
1	$0.81	12	$2.73	44	$7.48
2	1.00	16	3.32	48	8.07
3	1.19	20	3.92	52	8.67
4	1.38	24	4.51	56	9.26
5	1.57	28	5.10	60	9.86
6	1.76	32	5.70	64	10.45
7	1.94	36	6.29	blank	blank
8	2.13	40	6.89	blank	blank
$0.25 per pound discount for drop shipments tendered at the New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center.
Weight Limit: 64 ounces (4 lbs.)

Special Services

Certificate of Mailing See 313 for fees

COD and Certified NOT for International Mail

Insurance (320) NOT Available

International Business Reply Service (373)
Fee: Envelopes up to 2 ounces $1.25; Cards $0.85

International Money Order (371)
Use MO Form MP1
Maximum Amount Available: $700 Fee: $3.45

International Reply Coupons (372) Fee: $1.85

Recorded Delivery (360) NOT Available

Registered Mail (330) Fee: $7.90
Maximum Indemnity: $44.86
Available for letter-post mail, including postcards
and postal cards, aerogrammes, and matter for
the blind. Not applicable to M-bags.

Restricted Delivery (350) NOT Available

Return Receipt (340) Fee: $1.85
Available for registered mail.

Global Express Guaranteed (210)

Weight not over (lbs.)	Document Service	Non- Document Service	Weight not over (lbs.)	Document Service	Non- Document Service
0.5	$47.50	blank	36	$396.25	$412.00
1	54.75	$62.25	37	404.75	420.50
2	68.50	76.00	38	412.00	428.00
3	83.25	90.75	39	419.50	435.25
4	98.00	105.50	40	425.75	441.75
5	111.75	119.00	41	433.25	449.00
6	125.50	132.75	42	440.50	456.50
7	138.00	145.50	43	448.00	463.75
8	150.75	158.00	44	455.25	471.25
9	164.50	171.75	45	462.75	478.50
10	174.00	186.50	46	470.00	486.00
11	184.50	197.00	47	476.50	492.25
12	195.00	207.75	48	483.75	499.50
13	205.50	218.25	49	491.25	507.00
14	216.00	228.75	50	503.75	519.50
15	225.50	241.25	51	511.25	525.00
16	235.00	250.75	52	518.50	532.25
17	243.50	259.25	53	526.00	539.75
18	250.75	266.75	54	533.25	547.00
19	259.25	275.00	55	540.75	554.50
20	266.75	282.50	56	548.00	561.75
21	274.00	289.75	57	555.50	569.25
22	282.50	298.25	58	561.75	575.50
23	289.75	305.75	59	569.25	582.75
24	298.25	314.00	60	576.50	590.25
25	305.75	321.50	61	584.00	597.50
26	314.00	330.00	62	590.25	604.00
27	321.50	337.25	63	598.75	612.25
28	330.00	345.75	64	601.75	615.50
29	337.25	353.00	65	613.50	627.25
30	348.75	364.75	66	613.50	627.25
31	356.25	372.00	67	625.00	638.75
32	364.75	380.50	68	627.25	640.75
33	372.00	387.75	69	636.50	650.25
34	380.50	396.25	70	636.50	650.25
35	389.00	404.75	blank	blank	blank
Weight Limit: 59 lbs.

Insurance (215.5)

Insured Amount not over	Fee	Insured Amount not over	Fee
$100	No Fee	For document reconstruction insurance or non-document insurance coverage above $800, add $0.75 per $100 or fraction thereof, up to these maximums:
200	$0.75
300	1.50
400	2.25
500	3.00
600	3.75
700	4.50	$2,499 (documents)	$18.00
800	5.25	$1,999 (non-docs.)	$14.25

Size Limits (217.4)
An item must be large enough to hold on its face the postage
and the plastic pouch that carries the Global Express
Guaranteed Air Waybill/Shipping Invoice (shipping label).
The shipping label is approximately 5.5 inches high and
9.5 inches long, and the plastic pouch that carries it is
approximately 7 inches high and 12 inches long.
Maximum length: 46 inches
Maximum width: 35 inches
Maximum height: 46 inches
Maximum length and girth combined: 108 inches

General Conditions for Mailing

See Publication 141, Global Express Guaranteed Service Guide, for information about areas served in the destination country, allowable contents, packaging and labeling requirements, tracking and tracing, service standards, and other conditions for mailing.

Global Express Mail (EMS) (220)

Weight not over (lbs.)	Rate	Weight not over (lbs.)	Rate	Weight not over (lbs.)	Rate
0.5	$23.50	24	$122.25	48	$223.45
1	26.10	25	126.50	49	227.65
2	29.50	26	130.70	50	231.90
3	33.75	27	134.90	51	236.10
4	37.95	28	139.15	52	240.30
5	42.15	29	143.35	53	244.55
6	46.40	30	147.55	54	248.75
7	50.60	31	151.80	55	252.95
8	54.80	32	156.00	56	257.20
9	59.00	33	160.20	57	261.40
10	63.25	34	164.40	58	265.60
11	67.45	35	168.65	59	269.80
12	71.65	36	172.85	60	274.05
13	75.90	37	177.05	61	278.25
14	80.10	38	181.30	62	282.45
15	84.30	39	185.50	63	286.70
16	88.55	40	189.70	64	290.90
17	92.75	41	193.95	65	295.10
18	96.95	42	198.15	66	299.35
19	101.20	43	202.35	blank	blank
20	105.40	44	206.60	blank	blank
21	109.60	45	210.80	blank	blank
22	113.85	46	215.00	blank	blank
23	118.05	47	219.25	blank	blank
Weight Limit: 66 lbs.

Insurance (221.3)
Available for EMS merchandise shipments only

Insured Amount not over	Fee	Insured Amount not over	Fee
$100	No Fee	For insurance coverage above $600, add $1.05 for each $100 or fraction thereof, up to a maximum of $5000 per shipment.
200	$1.05
300	2.10
400	3.15
500	4.20
600	5.25	$5000 max.	$51.45

Articles Admitted	Required Customs Form/Endorsement
Correspondence and business papers.	PS Form 2976, Customs - CN 22 (Old C 1) and Sender's Declaration (green label). Endorse item clearly next to mailing label as BUSINESS PAPERS.
Merchandise samples without commercial value and not subject to customs duty.	PS Form 2976, Customs - CN 22 (Old C 1) and Sender's Declaration (green label).
Merchandise and all articles subject to customs duty.	PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note CP 72, inside a PS Form 2976-E, Customs Declaration Envelope CP 91.

Size Limits (223.2)
Maximum length: 36 inches
Maximum length and girth combined: 79 inches

Return Receipt Service (221.4): NOT Available

Note:

Coins; banknotes; currency notes, including paper money; securities of any kind payable to bearer; traveler's checks; platinum, gold, and silver; precious stones; jewelry; watches; and other valuable articles are prohibited in EMS shipments to Peru.

Reciprocal Service Name: EMS

Country Code: PE

Areas Served:

Arequipa
Ayachucho
Cajamarea
Callao y Bainearios
Chiclayo
Chimbote
Cuzco
Huancaya
Huanuco
Huarez
Ica
Iquitos y Taona
Juliaca
Lima
Piura
Pto Maldonado
Pucallpa
Tingo Maria
Trujillo
Tumbes