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Country Conditions for Mailing - Russia
Russian Federation

Prohibitions (130)

Chemical substance dangerous to human life, animals, and birds and designed to combat microbes, diseases, and plants.

Color copiers.

Currency of the Russian Federation; checks and other currencies for the Bank of External Trade and of the Bank for External Economic Affairs of the Russian Federation; securities payable to bearer; State bonds; and lottery tickets of the Russian Federation.

Explosives, pyrotechnic products, matches, pyrophoric alloys, combustible preparations.

Firearms of all kinds, ammunition, swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances, and similar arms.

Honey, pollen, wax, and honeycombs.

Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry, manuscripts, and miscellaneous documents containing information that could be detrimental to State security, social order, public morals, property rights, including intellectual property and other interests of natural and legal persons.

Radioactive materials.

Transmitters and transceivers of any power, except Panasonic radiotelephones, models KX-T 7980, KX-T9000, KT-T 9050,and KX-T90890.

Undeveloped photosensitive products.

Restrictions

Books, newspapers, magazines, and other printed matter are admitted provided they contain no articles and reproductions of a vulgar and erotic nature that might be detrimental to public policy and the economy and that might infringe human rights.

Medicaments and preparations with added vitamins are admitted with the authorization of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation.

Not more than 200 cigarettes, the cost of which does not exceed 100 USD, may be sent in a package.

Observations

Articles or parts therefor imported for repair or replacement are exempt from customs duty if the sender's written declaration is included in the postal item.

Articles prohibited as imports into Russia and falsely indicated or not indicated at all on the customs declaration are confiscated.

If prohibited articles are sent, one of the following measures is taken:

-Seizure of the prohibited articles only, the rest delivered to the addressee.

-Return of the item to the country of origin.

-Seizure of the whole item.

Inherited goods from abroad are admitted and are exempt from customs duties on the basis of certificates issued by consulates of the Russian Federation abroad on the basis of the law of inheritance and the composition of the legacy.

It is prohibited to import into Russia postal items from commercial companies intended for private individuals permanently resident in Russia with the exception of legacies as well as articles admitted for repairs or replacement. However, licensed parcels from private parcel companies that have entered into a contract with VO "Vnieshintorg" are admitted. All dispatch formalities must be complied with in accordance with the current regulations in the Russian Federation.

Items containing articles admitted as imports are delivered to addressees subject to payment of customs duties at the rate of 30% of the cost of the articles:

-If the cost of the contents is between 101 USD and 1000 USD.

-If the quantity of articles imported exceeds three times the limit according to the internal standards set.

Items containing articles admitted as imports the cost of which is between 1001 USD and 10,000 USD are delivered to addressees subject to payment of the customs duties at the rate of 50% of the cost of the articles.

Items not intended for the addressee's personal use are understood to be items sent systematically in bulk even if they have different addresses and the regulation limit of the articles is complied with for each item separately. Such items are returned to the country of origin.

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 $17.50 16 $63.50 31 $110.95
2 20.05 17 66.65 32 114.10
3 22.90 18 69.85 33 117.25
4 25.80 19 73.00 34 120.40
5 28.70 20 76.15 35 123.60
6 31.90 21 79.30 36 126.75
7 35.05 22 82.50 37 129.90
8 38.20 23 85.65 38 133.05
9 41.35 24 88.80 39 136.25
10 44.55 25 91.95 40 139.40
11 47.70 26 95.10 41 142.55
12 50.85 27 98.30 42 145.70
13 54.00 28 101.45 43 148.90
14 57.20 29 104.60 44 152.05
15 60.35 30 107.75 blank blank
Weight Limit: 44 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 $23.25 19 $48.90 33 $72.20
6 25.30 20 50.60 34 73.80
7 27.40 21 52.30 35 75.35
8 29.50 22 53.95 36 76.95
9 31.60 23 55.65 37 78.50
10 33.75 24 57.35 38 80.10
11 35.40 25 59.00 39 81.70
12 37.10 26 60.70 40 83.25
13 38.80 27 62.40 41 84.85
14 40.45 28 64.10 42 86.45
15 42.15 29 65.75 43 88.00
16 43.85 30 67.45 44 89.60
17 45.55 31 69.05 blank blank
18 47.20 32 70.60 blank blank
Weight Limit: 44 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)
Available for parcel post only (see 324.2 for required markings)

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

International Money Order (371)
NOT Available

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) Fee: $3.70
Available for registered mail with a return receipt.

Endorsements: A remettre en main propre.

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

Global Express Guaranteed (210)

Weight
not over
(lbs.)

Document
Service
Non-
Document
Service
Weight
not over
(lbs.)

Document
Service
Non-
Document
Service
0.5 $68.50 blank 36 $440.50 $461.75
1 79.00 $86.50 37 449.00 470.00
2 93.75 101.25 38 456.50 477.50
3 106.50 115.00 39 463.75 484.75
4 118.00 126.50 40 472.25 493.25
5 130.75 141.25 41 479.50 500.75
6 143.25 154.00 42 488.00 509.00
7 156.00 166.50 43 495.50 516.50
8 168.75 179.25 44 503.75 525.00
9 181.25 191.75 45 511.25 532.25
10 189.75 200.25 46 518.50 534.50
11 201.25 217.00 47 527.00 542.75
12 214.00 229.75 48 534.50 550.25
13 226.50 242.50 49 542.75 558.50
14 238.25 254.00 50 556.50 572.25
15 250.75 266.75 51 572.25 588.25
16 262.50 278.25 52 572.25 588.25
17 274.00 289.75 53 589.25 605.00
18 285.75 301.50 54 589.25 605.00
19 297.25 313.00 55 603.00 618.75
20 308.75 324.75 56 603.00 618.75
21 318.25 334.00 57 615.50 631.25
22 327.75 343.50 58 615.50 631.25
23 335.25 351.00 59 629.25 645.00
24 342.50 358.25 60 629.25 645.00
25 351.00 366.75 61 645.00 660.75
26 358.25 374.25 62 645.00 660.75
27 365.75 381.50 63 660.75 676.75
28 374.25 390.00 64 660.75 676.75
29 381.50 397.25 65 676.75 692.50
30 393.25 409.00 66 676.75 692.50
31 401.50 417.50 67 692.50 708.25
32 409.00 424.75 68 692.50 708.25
33 417.50 433.25 69 708.25 724.00
34 424.75 440.50 70 708.25 724.00
35 433.25 454.25 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 a maximum of $2,499 per shipment.
200 $0.75
300 1.50
400 2.25
500 3.00
600 3.75
700 4.50 blank blank
800 5.25 $2,499 max. $18.00

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 $24.25 15 $73.80 30 $124.35
1 27.40 16 77.15 31 127.75
2 30.55 17 80.55 32 131.10
3 33.75 18 83.90 33 134.50
4 36.90 19 87.25 34 137.85
5 40.05 20 90.65 35 141.25
6 43.40 21 94.00 36 144.60
7 46.80 22 97.40 37 148.00
8 50.15 23 100.75 38 151.35
9 53.55 24 104.15 39 154.75
10 56.90 25 107.50 40 158.10
11 60.30 26 110.90 41 161.45
12 63.65 27 114.25 42 164.85
13 67.05 28 117.65 43 168.20
14 70.40 29 121.00 44 171.60
Weight Limit: 44 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, business papers, and documents. PS Form 2976, Customs - CN 22 (Old C 1) and Sender's Declaration (green label). Endorse items clearly next to mailing label as BUSINESS PAPERS.
Merchandise samples without commercial value. PS Form 2976-A, Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note CP 72, inside a PS Form 2976-E, Customs Declaration Envelope CP 91.
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

Notes:

1. Addressees are required to obtain import licenses/permits to receive most goods.

2. 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 Russia.

Reciprocal Service Name: EMS

Country Code: RU

Areas Served: See following pages for list of areas served.

Global Express Mail (cont'd)

Areas Served Within Russia:

City Postal Code
Abakan 662600
Abinsk 353320
Akbulak 461550
Anadyr 686710
Arkhangelsk 163000
Astrakan 414000
Barnaul 656000
Belgorod 308000
Beloyarskiy 624030
Belyayevka (Orenburg) 461330
Berezovskiy 624070
Birobidjan (whole territory of the region) 682200
Blagoveshchensk 675000
Boksitogorsk 187550
Bratsk 665700
Bryansk (whole territory of the region) 241000
Buzuluk 461010
Cheboksary (whole territory of the region) 428000
Chelyabinsk 454000
Cherepovets 162600
Cherkessk 357100
Chita 672000
Dinskaya 353180
Ekaterinburg (whole territory of the region) 690000
Elista 358000
Gatchina 188350
Glasov 427600
Gorno-Altaysk 659700
Goryachiy Klyuch 353272
Ilek 461350
Irkutsk 664000
Ivanovo 153000
Izhevsk 426000
Kachkanar 624356
Kaliningrad 236000
Kalininskaya 353790
Kaluga 248650
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy 346300
Kareliya (Republic) 185000
Kazan (whole territory of Rep. of Tartarstan) 420000
Kemerovo (whole territory of the region) 650000
Khabarovsk 680000
Khanty-Mansiisk 626200
Kingissepp 188450
Kirishi 187110
Kirov 610000
Kirovsk 188690
Komi (Republic) 167000
Korenovsk 353150
Kostroma 156000
Kotovsk 393170
City Postal Code
Krasnoarmeyskaya 353810
Krasnodar 350000
Krasnoyarsk 660000
Krylovskaya 352041
Krymsk 353330
Kurgan 640000
Kursk 305000
Kushchevskaya 352000
Kuvandyk 462220
Labytnangi 626520
Leningrad Region 190000
Lipetsk 398000
Lodeynoye Pole 187710
Lomonosov 188510
Luga 188260
Magadan 685000
Magnitogorsk 455000
Makhachkala 367000
Mariy El (Republic) 424000
Maykop 352700
Mednogorsk 462250
Moscow Region 141000
Murmansk 183000
Naberezhnyye Chelny 423800
Nakhodka 692900
Nalchik 360000
Nizhnevartovsk 626440
Nizhniy Novgorod 603000
Nizhniy Tagil 622000
Novgorod 173000
Novocherkassk 346400
Novodvinsk 163901
Novorossysk 353900
Novosergeyevka 461210
Novoshakhtinsk 346900
Novosibirsk 630000
Novotroitsk 462320
Oktyabrskoe 461400
Omsk 644000
Orel 302000
Orenburg (whole territory of the region) 460000
Orsk 462400
Penza (whole territory of the region) 440000
Perevolotskiy 461270
Perm 614000
Pervouralsk 623100
Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatsky 683000
Petrozavodsk (whole territory of Rep of Kareliya) 185000
Podporozhye 187740
Polevskoy 624090

Global Express Mail (cont'd)

Areas Served Within Russia:

City Postal Code
Primorsko-Akhtarsk 353890
Priozersk 188760
Pskov 180000
Rasskazovo 393210
Revda (Ekaterinvurg) 632270
Rostov-Don 344000
Ryazan 390000
Rybinsk 152900
Saint Petersburg (Region) 190000
Sakmara 461420
Salekhard 626600
Samara 443000
Saraktash 462120
Saransk 430000
Sarapul 427900
Saratov 410000
Severodvinsk 164500
Severskaya 353240
Shakhty 346500
Sharlyk 461450
Slantsy 188540
Slavyansk (Krasnodar) 353840
Smolensk 214000
Sochi 354000
Sokol (Vologda) 162100
Sol-lletsk 461530
Sorochinsk 461130
Stanovoe (District of) 399710
Stavropol 355000
Syktyvkar (whole territory of Rep. of Komi) 167000
Taganrog 347900
Tambov 392000
Tatarstan (Region) 420000
Temryuk 353520
Tikhvin 187500
City Postal Code
Timashevsk 353760
Tolyatti 445000
Tomsk 634000
Tosno 187020
Totskoe 461120
Tula 300000
Tver 170000
Tyulgan 462010
Tyumen 625000
Ufa (Chelyabinsk) 450000
Uglich 152620
Ugolnyye Kopy 686721
Uland-Ude 670000
Ulyanovsk (whole territory of the region) 432000
Vernyaya-Pyshma 624080
Vladikavkaz 362000
Vladimir 600000
Vladivostok 690000
Volgograd 400000
Volkhov 187400
Vologda 160000
Volosovo 188410
Voronezh 394000
Votkinsk 426410
Vsevolozhsk 188710
Vyborg 188900
Yakutsk 677000
Yaroslavl 150000
Yelets (District of) 399740
Yelizovo 684010
Yoshkar-Ola (whole territory of
Rep. of Mariy El)
424000
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 693000
Zadonsk (District of) 399200
Zarechnyi 624051
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