IMM Revision: Updates to Various Individual Country Listings

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Live bees, leeches, silkworms, and flies of the family Drosophilidae.

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Bullion, coins, banknotes, securities, or negotiable financial instruments of any kind.

Jewelry, precious metals, precious or semi-precious stones.

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Priority Mail International (230)

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Insurance (232.82)

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NOT Available

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Hong Kong

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Priority Mail International (230)

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Size Limits (231.22)

Maximum length: 60 inches

Maximum length and girth combined: 108 inches

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Hungary

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Observations

To expedite customs clearance, a sales invoice should accompany each shipment that is sent to a private individual from a business.

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Japan

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Items that infringe on patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, copyrights, neighboring rights, or layout design rights.

Narcotics, unless the intended recipient has received prior permission from the competent authority in the prefecture in which that person resides.

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Pakistan

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Bank checks, original educational documents, Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), and International English Language Testing System (IELTS) tests may be sent only by Express Mail International service or with Registered Mail service.

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Poland

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Russia

Pathogenic or potentially pathogenic organisms.

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Electric fishing systems and equipment consisting of electric signal generators with connected conductors and accumulators (batteries), employed together to fish biological aquatic resources using electric current.

Knotted fishing nets made from synthetic monofilaments or other polyamides, with a filament diameter less than 0.5 mm and mesh size less than 100 mm (length of mesh at one side less than 50 mm).

Live animals (see exception for bees, leeches, and silkworms in the Restrictions list).

Plant protection products subject to the provisions of Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants of May 22, 2001.

Precious stones of any kind or natural diamonds, except for jewelry.

Printed or audiovisual materials that are manufactured or distributed in violation of the legal requirements on elections and referenda in member countries of the Eurasian Economic Community Customs Union.

The following articles are prohibited when sent to the address of private individuals or sent by private individuals for needs that are not related to company activities:

n Scrap and waste from ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

n Non-manufactured precious metals, precious metal scrap and waste, ores and concentrated precious metal products, and primary products containing precious metals.

n Mineral substances (non-manufactured natural stones).

n Information about subsoils.

Tobacco products or smoking mixtures of any kind.

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n High-frequency apparatuses.

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The following items may be sent only when used for personal use subject to appropriate permission from the Russian national controlling authority:

n Encrypting and encoding devices used for coding (encryption).

n Bees, leeches, and silkworms accompanied by a veterinary certificate.

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Serbia

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Importation of medicine into Serbia is possible only through a legal entity that has permission to import medicine and medical equipment from the National Law of Medicines and Medical Equipment of the Republic of Serbia. Individuals may receive samples of medicine in compliance with that law.

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Turkey

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Cosmetic products.

Fish items, canned animal products, cured spiced beef and sausage, edible fresh and dried fruits and vegetables, and other animal and vegetable products.

Narcotic substances of all kinds and products containing bonsai (JWH-018) as defined in the “World Drug Report 2011” from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

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Food supplements and foods for athletes may be sent to Turkey only when a medical report, prescription, or national sportsperson’s certificate is enclosed with the item by the addressee.

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Ukraine

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Tobacco products and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

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Venezuela

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Credit cards.

Pension checks.

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Vietnam