Appendix

Countries and territories to which acceptance of mail is temporarily suspended
because of the novel coronavirus pandemic
As of April 24, 2020

We temporarily suspend acceptance of mail items destined to the following countries/territories.
The countries/territories whose status has changed since the announcement on April 10, 2020 are indicated in boldface and underlined.

1 EMS and Airmail1 (146 countries/territories)
Asia (7)Afghanistan
Sri Lanka2
Pakistan
Bangladesh
East Timor*
BruneiLao People's Democratic Republic

Middle East (7)United Arab Emirates
IsraelIranOman
Saudi Arabia
TurkeyJordanOceania (21)
Wake5*
Australia
Northern Mariana Islands5*
Kiribati
Guam5*
Christmas(Is.)5*
Cocos (Keeling) Islands*
Saipan5*
TuvaluTonga*
Nauru*
Norfolk(Is.)*
Vanuatu*
Papua New Guinea
Palau5*
Pitcairn3
American Samoa5*
Marshall5*
Midway5*Federated States of Micronesia5*

Wallis and Futuna2

Europe (41)
Ireland
Azerbaijan
Albania
Armenia
Italy
Ukraine4
Uzbekistan
Estonia
Austria
North Macedonia
GreeceKyrgyzGreenland*
Croatia
KosovoSan Marino
Georgia
Switzerland
SwedenSlovakia*
Slovenia*
Czech Republic
DenmarkTurkmenistan
NorwayVatican
Hungary
Bulgaria
Faroe Islands*
BelarusBelgium
PolandPortugal
Malta
Moldova
LatviaLithuania
Liechtenstein
Romania
Luxembourg
Russian Federation

North and Central America (28)

United States of America5*
Aruba
Anguilla*
Antigua and Barbuda
British Virgin Islands
El Salvador
Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius

Cuba
GrenadaCosta Rica
JamaicaSaint Maarten
Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Vincent
Saint Lucia
Turks and Caicos
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Trinidad and Tobago
Nicaragua
BermudaHaiti
BahamasBarbados
Virgin Islands5*
BelizePuerto Rico5*
Montserrat
South America (4)GuyanaSuriname
Brazil6
PeruAfrica (38)Ascension
Algeria
AngolaUgandaEgypt
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Eritrea3
Ghana
Cape VerdeCameroon*
Gambia*Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Congo3*
Sao Tome and Principe
ZambiaSierra Leone
Equatorial Guinea
Seychelles
SenegalSt. HelenaTanzania (United Rep.)
Togo
Tristan da Cunha
Nigeria
Namibia
BurundiMadagascar
MalawiSouth Africa
South Sudan
Mauritius
Mozambique
MoroccoRwandaLesothoReunion1

Airmail services: Letter-post items by air, international ePackets, greeting cards, aerogrammes, D-mail and parcel-post items by air.
Letter-post items are letters, postcards, small packets, printed matter, special mailbags (M-bags) and mail for the blind.
Besides EMS and Airmail, acceptance of surface letter-post items destined to these countries is temporarily suspended.
3
Besides EMS and Airmail, acceptance of surface parcel-post items destined to these countries is temporarily suspended.
4Acceptance of all mail items destined to Ukraine has been temporarily suspended, only surface items resume acceptance from April 27, 2020.
5
Among airmail services, only some letter-post items such as letters, postcards and mail for the blind by air are accepted.
6Besides EMS and Airmail, acceptance of surface parcel-post items destined to Brazil continues to be suspended.
*Countries to which suspension is effective from April 24, 2020.
2

2 All types of mail (50 countries/territories)
Asia (7)India
Indonesia
China7
Nepal8BhutanMaldives
Mongolia
Middle East (5)Iraq
CyprusKuwaitSyria
Bahrain

North and Central America (7)Oceania (5)Independent State of Samoa Curacao
New CaledoniaGuatemala
New Zealand
CaymanFijiSt. Pierre and Miquelon*
French Polynesia
PanamaEurope (3)Honduras
Spain8Martinique*South America (8)SerbiaMontenegro
Argentina
Uruguay
EcuadorColombia
ChileParaguay
French Guiana*
Venezuela

Africa (15)Gabon8
Guinea*Ivory Coast8
Comoros Islands*
Djibouti
Zimbabwe
ChadCentral Africa*
Tunisia
Niger*
Burkina Faso*
Benin*
Botswana
Mali*
Mauritania

7

Only some letter-post items such as letters, postcards and mail for the blind by air are accepted.
Besides already suspended EMS and Airmail, acceptance of all mail items destined to these countries is temporarily suspended.
Countries to which suspension is effective from April 24, 2020.

8*3 SAL mail9
All全ての国・地域
86 countries and territories to which we provide SAL service.
9SAL mail services: Letter-post items by SAL, International ePacket Light, P-mail and parcel-post items by SAL.
Letter-post items are small packets, printed matter and special mailbags (M-bags).