Booking of International airmails – EMS, Parcels & ITPS: Department of Posts O.M 14th Oct 2020

Booking of International airmails – EMS, Parcels & ITPS: Department of Posts O.M 14th Oct 2020

Booking of International airmails – EMS, Parcels & ITPS: Department of Posts O.M 14th Oct 2020

No. DA-22/1/2020-DA

Government of India

Ministry of Communications

Department of Posts (IR & GB Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi- 110001

Date: 14 October 2020

Office Memorandum

Subject: Booking of International airmails – EMS, Parcels & ITPS.

The resumption of International mail services has been reviewed with reference to the availability of flight schedule of Vande Bharat mission of Air India and other Cargo Flights. The last review was done and communicated vide this office letter dated 05.08.2020.

2. Accordingly, following is decided: –

Extending the list of countries for booking of EMS from XMRattached list (Annexure -1).
Resumption of booking of International Letter Post articles for 82 countries as per attached list (Annexure -1).
Continue the suspension of booking for rest of the countries of mail till further orders.
Revised list of countries and services as per para 1 and 2.2 will be effective from 15 October 2020.
3. Delivery of these articles to foreign destinations may not be possible as per the delivery standards mentioned in the Citizen’s Charter or standards agreed and published otherwise on the website of the Therefore, members of public/ customers should be duly informed about the list of countries for which services have been resumed and also about the likely delays in transmission and delivery of their articles due to limited connectivity in Covid 19 situation. Senders may be allowed to recall their articles , if not already dispatched due to non- availability of flights.

4. The list of countries for which booking is allowed should also be displayed prominently at the post office premises for information of the public.

5. Further, taking note of few incidents of booking and dispatch of parcels containing prohibited/ dangerous goods resulting in hold of mail, as reported by airlines, all the booking offices should be instructed to ensure proper check at the time of booking and filing of custom declaration form with utmost care.

(Ram Naresh Sikaria)
ADG (IM-11)

Copy to:

All Chief Postmasters General
GM (CEPT), Mysore- with request to upload this OM on India Post website and enable booking of EMS, Air Parcel, ITPS and Letter mail for the countries listed in attached annexure with immediate effect as well as enable printing of the message “Delivery may be delayed due to Covid” on the booking receipt issued to the customers .
DOG (Marketing) , for wide publicity of the list of countries for which mail booking will be available .
Annexure-1

Sr. No	EMS	Air Parcel	ITPS	Letter
1	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Australia	Afghanistan
2	Australia	Australia	Bhutan	Australia
3	Austria	Austria	Hong Kong	Austria
4	Bahrain	Bahrain	Indonesia	Bahrain
5	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Japan	Bangladesh
6	Belgium	Belgium	Malaysia	Belgium
7	Bhutan	Benin	Mongolia	Benin
8	Brazil	Bhutan	Nepal	Bhutan
9	Bulgaria	Brazil	New Zealand	Brazil
10	Canada	Bulgaria	Philippines	Bulgaria
11	China	Burkina Faso	Singapore	Burkina Faso
12	Cambodia	Burundi	South Korea	Burundi
13	Democratic Republic of Congo	Canada	Sri Lanka	Canada
14	Denmark	China	Thailand	China
15	Estonia	Cambodia	Vietnam	Cambodia
16	Finland	Czech Republic		Czech Republic
17	France	Croatia		Croatia
18	Germany	Democratic Republic of Congo		Democratic Republic of Congo
19	Ghana	Denmark		Denmark
20	Hong Kong	Egypt		Egypt
21	Hungary	Estonia		Estonia
22	Indonesia	Finland		Finland
23	Iraq	France		France
24	Israel	Germany		Germany
25	Italy	Ghana		Ghana
26	Japan	Hong Kong		Hong Kong
27	Kenya	Hungary		Hungary
28	Korea	Indonesia		Indonesia
29	Kuwait	Iraq		Iraq
30	Latvia	Israel		Israel
31	Lithuania	Italy		Italy
32	Luxembourg	Japan		Japan
33	Malawi	Kenya		Kenya
34	Malaysia	Korea		Korea
35	Maldives	Kuwait		Kuwait
36	Mexico	Latvia		Latvia
37	Mongolia	Lithuania		Lithuania
38	Nepal	Luxembourg		Luxembourg
39	Netherlands	Malawi		Malawi
40	New Zealand	Malaysia		Malaysia
41	Nigeria	Maldives		Maldives
42	Norway	Mali		Mali
43	Oman	Mexico		Mexico
44	Philiopines	Mongolia		Mongolia
4S	Poland	Mozambique		Mozambique
46	Portugal	Myanmar		Myanmar
47	Qatar	Nepal		Nepal
48	Romania	Netherlands		Netherlands
49	Russia	New Zealand		New Zealand
50	Rwanda	Nigeria		Nigeria
51	Saudi Arabia	Norway		Norway
52	Singapore	Oman		Oman
53	South Africa	Philippines		Philippines
54	Spain	Poland		Poland
55	Sri Lanka	Portugal		Portugal
56	Sweden	Qatar		Qatar
57	Switzerland	Romania		Romania
58	Taiwan	Russia		Russia
59	Tanzania	Rwanda		Rwanda
60	Thailand	Saudi Arabia		Saudi Arabia
61	Turkey	Serbia		Serbia
62	UAE	Singapore		Singapore
63	Uganda	Slovakia		Slovakia
64	UK	Slovenia		Slovenia
6S	Ukraine	South Africa		South Africa
66	USA	Spain		Spain
67	Vietnam	Sri Lanka		Sri Lanka
68		Sweden		Sweden
69		Switzerland		Switzerland
70		Taiwan		Taiwan
71		Tanzania		Tanzania
72		Thailand		Thailand
73		Togo		Togo
74		Turkey		Turkey
7S		UAE		UAE
76		Uganda		Uganda
77		UK		UK
78		Ukraine		Ukraine
79		USA		USA
80		Vietnam		Vietnam
81		Zambia		Zambia
82		Zimbabwe		Zimbabwe

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