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Country Conditions for Mailing - Somalia

All mail services are suspended.

Prohibitions (130)

Arms and weapons except under license.

Coins; banknotes; currency; securities of any kind payable to bearer; traveler's checks; platinum, gold, and silver (manufactured or not); precious stones; jewelry; and other valuable articles, unless they are sent in registered mail.

Lottery tickets and advertisements.

Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for small arms and artillery fuses.

Perishable infectious biological substances.

Perishable noninfectious biological substances.

Radioactive materials.

Restrictions

Cigarettes may only be sent in boxes bearing the official stamp of the Government of Somalia and if each cigarette has the word "Somalia" printed on its paper wrapper.

Radios and telephones may only be imported by the Somali government.

Weapons and weapon parts may only be sent under government license.

Observations

None.

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

Not Available

Airmail
Parcel Post Rates

Not Available

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

Not Available

Global Priority Mail (GPM) (230) NOT Available

Economy Mail
Letter-post Rates

Not Available

Economy Mail
Parcel Post Rates

Not Available

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

Not Available

Economy Mail
Books and Sheet Music Rates (295)

Not Available

Matter for the Blind (270)

Not Available

Economy Mail
Publishers' Periodicals Rates (294)

Not Available

Special Services

Certificate of Mailing NOT Available

COD and Certified NOT Available

Insurance (320) NOT Available

International Business Reply Service (373)
NOT Available

International Money Order (371)
NOT Available

International Reply Coupons (372)
NOT Available

Recorded Delivery (360) NOT Available

Registered Mail (330) NOT Available

Restricted Delivery (350) NOT Available

Return Receipt (340) NOT Available

Global Express Guaranteed (210)

Not Available

Global Express Mail (EMS) (220)

Not Available