Interesting ship to country of the day...

I thought it was maybe time for a light hearted posting...

 

One of my ship to countries today:

 

Brunei

(or Brunei Darussalam according to Canada post)

 

Don't think I've ever shipped anything there before, too small to track and my spider senses tell me the self insurance cookie jar is jingling.....

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Interesting ship to country of the day...

Although I would not consider myself a xenophobe, nor particularly ignorant, I must admit I haven't a hot clue where that is. Google, here I come. 

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Er, check the Documentation Requirements from the Canada Post website. It opened in a tiny pop-up window that I can't seem to add a link to:

 

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
(Country code: BN)

 

SERVICERATE
CODE
MAX.
WEIGHT (KG)
OVERSIZE
AVAILABILITY
MAX.
COVERAGE
Priority™ Worldwide (Delivery Standards)  07  30  NO  $1000
International Parcel™ (Air)  206  20  NO  $1000
International Parcel™ (Surface)  406  20  NO  $1000
Small Packet™ (Air)  06  2  NO  N/A
Small Packet™ (Surface)  06  2  NO  N/A
CUSTOMS DECLARATION LANGUAGEEnglish

 

 

SERVICEAVAILABILITYRegistered Mail™VALUABLES ACCEPTED
Letter-post™  YES  YES  NO
SERVICEAVAILABILITYFEE CODECURRENCY
Money Orders™   NO  —  —

 

Maximum Coverage = Maximum Declared Value for Carriage for the Priority™ Worldwide service.

 

Import Restrictions

Senders should determine import restrictions from the country's authorities before posting:

  • alcohol
  • animal products
  • converted timbers
  • fertilizers
  • live plants
  • live cattle and birds
  • inorganic/organic chemicals
  • gambling machines
  • persian glue
  • pharmaceutical products
  • poisons and deleterious drugs
  • rice paddy
  • radioactive materials
  • sugar and salt
  • separated skimmed or filled milk
  • vegetable products.
Prohibited Items

In addition to items considered non-mailable matter by the Canada Post Corporation Act & Regulations (refer to the Canada Postal Guide under "Non-mailable Matter"), the following are prohibited:

  • arms and ammunition
  • bees, leaches, silkworms
  • cigarettes without health warnings written on packages
  • dangerous drugs such as; opium, heroine, morphine and psychotherapy materials
  • firecrackers
  • fabric which bear the imprint of currency notes, bank notes or coins
  • graphite products
  • JAVA sparrows
  • knives
  • log and timber products from Liberia (wood-chips, poles, post, fence pickets, sheets, flooring, molding, pallet, tool handles, barrels, crates, tableware/kitchenware, shutters, blinds, cases/boxes/chests for jewellery and silverware, clothes hangers, clothespins, toothpicks, etc.)
  • lottery tickets and circulars
  • piranha
  • pig exports from thailand
  • SALK polio vaccine
  • soil
  • turtle eggs
  • vaccines of Chinese Taipei origin.
Documentation Required

Information regarding Customs can be found in "Customs Requirements" of the Canada Postal Guide.

Declarations should give full and true amount of the number of packages, case description of goods, value, weight, measure or quantity and country of origin of goods.

The following documents are required:

1. Invoice or Purchase Bill

Other than the above documents, importers should also provide documents related to the imported goods required by Customs coinciding with the declaration of goods such as:

1. Certificate of Origin

2. Certificate of Analysis

3. Approval Permit

4. Import License issued by the relevant Government Department/Agencies

5. Verification Certificate of a recognized foreign agency

6. Personal qualified to declare

In addition, all articles mailed to Brunei Darussalam other than letters, unless sent to a private individual, require two copies of the original invoice. The address side of the article should be endorsed Invoice enclosed. British-made goods require a Certificate of Origin.

Medicines

The Customs legislation of Brunei Darussalam prohibits the importation into its country of letter post items and postal parcels containing medicines or medical products. Any consignment of this nature must be submitted only when its accompanied by a purchase invoice certified by a competent medical authority.

The postal administation prohibits the inclusion of lottery tickets and national lottery or gambling transactions in postal items.

 

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Interesting ship to country of the day...

This is where it is fortunate that I'm a stamp guy, normally they aren't on the bad lists. (Good thing I didn't want to send along Piranhas!!!!)

Having said this I successfully ship stamps to a number of countries that seem to have them on the prohibited list, and/or the person is buying more than is allowed on the list.....so sometimes it must be more a guideline....
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I've shipped there once. Everything was fine.

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It is a wealthy industrialized country, the 5th richest nation in the world, with 0 debt and lots of petroleum and natural gas, ruled by a sultan who reputedly has a harem and has introduced sharia law - including chopping off the hands of thieves.

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@pjcdn2005 wrote:

I've shipped there once. Everything was fine.


This one's more dangerous than normal because it happens to be special covers with stamps on them but they also have a "medal" embedded in them, which is going to look like money when it gets scanned.

 

I was happy to see in the customs thing that money isn't on the bad list so there is a decent chance they'll get through....

 

Time will tell!

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@maggiebvintage2010 wrote:

It is a wealthy industrialized country, the 5th richest nation in the world, with 0 debt and lots of petroleum and natural gas, ruled by a sultan who reputedly has a harem and has introduced sharia law - including chopping off the hands of thieves.


The Sultan has a very nice car collection........

 

http://blog.dupontregistry.com/celebrity-cars/sultan-of-brunei-his-5000-car-collection/

 

 



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