SA Post Office suspends airmail to China
This is a temporary move owing to China's Covid-related lockdown
With air connections to China currently unavailable owing to Covid-19 travel restrictions, the SA Post Office (SAPO) has temporarily suspended this airmail route.
This as parts of China are under lockdown to reduce the spread of the virus.
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Surface mail to China remains available.
After adding Malta and Luxembourg to its list of airmail routes, the SAPO now offers this service to 34 countries, and surface mail to 51.
Customers who order items from other countries should include their cellphone number with their address details so SAPO can send them an SMS when the item is ready for collection.
Customers who send items to other countries must make sure they do not send anything that is not allowed in the mail, which includes any weapons, ammunition, explosives, liquids or items that could break and leak.
Neither can plant or animal material be sent to other countries.
For more information on what can and cannot be sent via airmail, visit the website of the postal administration in the receiving country.
Mail is transported in bulk, which means customers should take care when packing items for dispatch abroad.
South Africans are entitled to two tax-free gifts from abroad per year, provided the value of each gift is below R1 400.
More information is on the Sars website: https://www.sars.gov.za/customs-and-excise/sending-or-receiving-goods-in-the-post/
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