PostalPlus for SME
Issue No. 15 - Dec 2007
Hongkong Post Online Personal Assistant - Your Round-the-clock Assistant of International Mail Delivery (2)
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Enquiry of Delivery Standard
When you are going to post an item, you would wish to know the day required, postal working days in destination. Hongkong Post website provides the reference information such as delivery standard and latest time of posting of Speedpost and ordinary mails, you may refer to following procedures and master the entire posting process. |
1.1 Enquiry of Delivery Standard for Speedpost service |
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Get access to "Speedpost Delivery Standard" website |
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Choose a destination in ¡¾Check area served and delivery standard¡¿(For example, China, Mainland) |
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Then, press¡¾Submit¡¿ |
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| Step 4: | You may check the area served and delivery standard based on the postcodes. |  |
| Note£ºIf postcode is not provided, the delivery standard will be based on the longest delivery speed of the destination. | ||
Suppose you would enquire the delivery standard of China, Mainland, United States of America, United Kingdom, Korea, South and Australia, you can even check out the expected delivery date. Visit the above website and try the convenient service yourself.
1.2 Enquiry of Delivery Standard for Ordinary Mail Service (including surface mails and air mails)
Furthermore, suppose you are interested in knowing the delivery standard and latest time of posting for surface mails and air mails, you may get access of the following website and download the document, then you will find out the latest time of posting, postal working days delivery standard of different destinations: http://www.hongkongpost.com/doc/common/pos15_section9.pdf
| a. The delivery standard of air mails | b. The postal working days in that destination | ||
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| c. The latest time of posting in that destination | ||
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Reference of Postal Intelligence
Are you well aware of the custom declaration and tax arrangement of the country that you are trading with? With the worldwide postal network, Hongkong Post is able to provide the latest and comprehensive postal intelligence which are applied to all international mail delievery, including the posting restrictions, prohibitations, requirements on packaging and custom declaration, and value-added taxes. We will communicate with the overseas post regularly and keep updating the information, to facilitate SMEs to keep an eye on the latest posting regulations. |
2.1 Enquiry of the Posting Regulations |
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Get access to "Post Office Guide" website http://www.hongkongpost.com/eng/publications |
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The countries are sorted in alphabetical order. Please select the first character of the country. |
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Press the hyperlink of the country name, you will be redirect to the "Post Office Guide" of that destination and you can browse the service information. |
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| The service information after you have pressed the hyperlink of Australia | ||
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2.2 Enquiry of the Value-added Tax |
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| Besides, we have selected some popular countries of online trading and you can check the calculating mechanism of value-added tax in that destination effectively; suppose you need to know the information in detail, please press "Related links". | ||
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Get access to "Postal Intelligence - Value-added Tax (VAT)" website http://www.hongkongpost.com/eng/ |
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You may refer to the "VAT relief threshold" and "VAT payable for items above the relief threshold" from the table. |
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If you want to know the exact VAT arrangement in detail, please press "Link" to redirect to the customs office of that destination. |
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We wish the two practical tips being introduced may assist our SME members in working out the International postal plan efficiently. Should you have any queries, please call our PostalPlus for SME dedicated service hotline at 2921 6060.