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Completing the Green Label (Pos 401G)

A : Please "" the appropriate box or boxes specifying the category of item. B : Please give a detailed description, quantity and unit of measurement for each article, especially for articles subject to quarantine (plant, animal, food products, etc.) C : Senders of commercial items, MUST indicate the HS tariff number (which must be based on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System developed by the World Customs Organization) and the country where the goods originated (including production, manufacture or assembly). D : Please indicate the net weight of each article (in kg). E : Please indicate the total weight of the item (in kg). F : Please give the value of each article, indicating the currency used. G : Please give the total value of the item, indicating the currency used. H : Please write down the date and sign.

Notes

The customs declarations should be completed in English or a language which is accepted in the destination.

To clear any items, the customs in the destination need to know what the contents are. Sender must therefore complete Sender's declaration fully, accurately and legibly. Otherwise delay and inconvenience may be caused for the addressee. Moreover, a false, misleading or incomplete declaration may lead, for instance, to the seizure of the package.

It is also Sender's responsibility to enquire into import and export regulations (prohibitions, make-up etc.) and to find out what documents, if any (certificate of origin, health certificates, invoices, etc.), are required in the destination and to attach them to this form.

The general terms in the contents, such as "foodstuffs" , "samples" , "spare parts" , etc., are not permitted.

Regarding the type of contents, an insertion of a cross in this space does not relieve Sender of the obligation of completing the declaration in detail; nor does it necessarily imply that the goods will be admitted free of duty in the destination: - "commercial sample" means: articles considered by customs as being of negligible value, which are merely used in pursuit of orders for merchandise of the kind. - "document" means: any medium intended to contain and actually containing information which, by virtue of its quantity or nature, is considered by customs as being of negligible value.

Sender's signature on the front is the pledge that the item does not contain any dangerous article including explosives, flammable, corrosive, oxidizing, toxic, noxious or deleterious, or otherwise harmful substances, etc., prohibited by international postal regulations.

Sender should be aware of the possible changes in the requirement of documents from the destination customs. Customs has right to ask the addressee for provision of supplementary document(s) or settlement of tax duty. Destination customs would not release the information to the postal administrations.