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Georgian Post: Requirements for sending international mail - Belarus
Maximum insured value – 900 SDR**;
ü Customs clearance fee - 5.88 BYN / $3.16;
ü Threshold level below which items are free of customs duties and other taxes - 44.77 BYN / $24.07;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – Russian, French, English;
Web site address of postal administration – www.belpost.by
Maximum insured value - 900 SDR**;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English, French, Russian, Belarussian;
ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes - 44.77 BYN / $24.07;
ü Customs clearance fee - 5.88 BYR / 2.1 SDR;
For private customers - 50 BYR / 18 SDR;
For business customers - 50 BYR / 18 SDR;
National holidays on which EMS items are not delivered: 1,7 January, 8 March, 1,6-9 May, 3 July, 7,8 November, 25 December
Web site address of postal administration – https://webservices.belpost.by/searchEn.aspx
The below information is based upon the official source of Belarus
Bees, leeches, silkworms, parasites and destroyers of harmful insects. See Part II, § 1.
Fresh or frozen, dried or smoked meat of bovines, mammals, poultry, birds, sheep and other animals.
Other meat. See Part II, § 1.
All kinds of fresh, frozen, salted or smoked molluscs, fish and crustaceans.
Milk and dairy produce, birds' eggs and poultry eggs, natural honey and other edible products of animal origin. See Part II, § 1.
Treated plants from the species listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus, and parts and derivatives thereof (except for those cultivated in the open air or in greenhouses).
Seeds and plants for agricultural, forest and decorative crops, plants and parts thereof. See Part II, § 2.
Fresh and dried fruits and vegetables. See Part II, § 2.
Hazelnuts, fresh and dried fruits. See Part II, § 2.
Coffee, tea, maté and spices. See Part II, § 2.
Cereals for consumption, fodder and technical crops, rye, wheat, barley, oats, maize, rice, cereal sorghum, buckwheat and other grasses. See Part II, § 2.
Fine and coarse-milled flour, powdered dried legumes, granulated cereal, roasted and unroasted malt. See Part II, § 2.
Soya beans, groundnuts, linseed, rapeseed, sunflower seeds, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, hops, plants and parts thereof used in perfumery, pharmacy, etc. See Part II, § 2.
Natural unpurified lac, natural gums and resins, etc. See Part II, § 2.
Materials of vegetable origin used in basketry or the esparto industry for padding or the manufacture of brooms, brushes, etc. See Part II, § 2.
All products of the type listed in this chapter. See Part II, § 2.
The importation of these products is regulated. See Part II, § 2.
Raw sugar. See Part II, § 2.
Raw cocoa beans and broken beans. See Part II, § 2.
Tapioca and tapioca substitutes. See Part II, § 2.
Inactive yeast; other inactive single-cell micro-organisms. See Part II, § 2.
Bran, grain screening and other residue from the screening, milling or other processing of cereals
or legumes; seed cakes and other solid residues obtained from the extraction of oil and vegetable oil;
vegetable matter, plant residues and waste. See Part II, § 2.
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco products.
Products containing explosive and toxic substances.
Peat and peat crumbs. See Part II, § 2.
28.43 2843.10- Precious metals and their compounds.
28.44 2844.10- Nuclear and radioactive materials.
Vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts and simple or complex ethers. Others.
29.20-29.31 Chemical products, equipment and technologies in peacetime which could be used to make chemical weapons. See Part II, § 3.
30.01-30.06 Medicaments and vitamin preparations containing narcotics and psychotropic substances.
30.02 3002.90 Pathogens transmissible to humans, animals and plants, genetically modified forms thereof, fragments of genetic materials; equipment that could be used to make bacteriological (biological) or toxic weapons; viruses of vegetable origin, microbial cultures. See Part II, § 3.
31.01 3101.00 Fertilizer of animal or vegetable origin. See Part II, § 2.
33.01-32.07 Articles admitted without conditions.
35.01 3501.10 Casein. See Part II, § 2.
36.01-36.06 Violent, toxic, flammable or explosive materials and other dangerous materials; all the substances listed in Chapter 36. All substances listed in chapter 36.
Sources of radioactive rays. Nuclear materials, including waste.
Dual-use goods and technologies; materials absorbed by electromagnetic waves; non-fluoro-polymer products, etc.
Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, sheep or lambs, other raw hides.
Waste and other scrap from natural skins or unusable pieces thereof. See Part II, § 2.
Fuel wood, sawn and rough-sawn wood materials, wood veneers, lumber, etc. See Part II, § 2.
Wooden frames for pictures, photos, mirrors; hogsheads, barrels, bins, boxes, baskets, drums and other articles of wood. See Part II, § 2.
Natural cork, raw or simply prepared, cork waste, etc. See Part II, § 2.
Braids and similar articles of braiding materials. See Part II, § 2.
Waste from production and consumption which cannot be worked or used in the Republic of Belarus.
Mechanical wood pulp. See Part II, § 2.
Corrugated cardboard and paper (with or without adhesive coating).
Boxes, bags, sachets, pouches and other paper or cardboard packaging. See Part II, § 2.
Products of the printing and related industries containing information that may be harmful
Articles relating to military map production. See Part II, § 3.
Foreign currency, payment documents in foreign currency, instruments in foreign currency. See Part II, § 5.
Uncarded and uncombed wool and hair, wool waste. See Part II, § 2.
Cotton fibre and cotton fibre waste. See Part II, § 2.
Raw or processed, but unspun, flax, jute fibre, hemp, sisal fibre, coir, abaca fibre and other textile fibres of vegetable origin. See Part II, § 2.
Ornamental trimming made with or made of gold thread.
Woven fabric made with or made of gold thread.
Uniforms, equipment and paraphernalia of military units and paramilitary organization of the Republic of Belarus. See Part II, § 3.
Headgear and paraphernalia of military units and paramilitary organizations of the Republic of Belarus. See Part II, § 3.
Feathers and down from chickens, ducks, geese and other birds. See Part II, § 1.
High pressure tubes for nuclear reactors.
Chemical tanks for exposure time and storage life. See Part II, § 3.
Scrap and waste from ferrous and non-ferrous metals for technical use, including semi-finished products and supplies sent to the Republic of Belarus by private individuals.
Zirconium tubes. See Part II, § 3.
Products containing sources of radioactive radiation; nuclear materials, including waste.
Nuclear reactors, equipment, special non-nuclear materials and related technologies associated with the nuclear fuel cycle and the production of nuclear materials that can be used to make nuclearweapons; zirconium tubes. See Part II, § 3.
Motors. See Part II, § 3.
85.01-85.48 See chapter 84.
85.03 8503.00 Motor stators; frequency converters.
85.17-85.29 Military radiophonic transmitting equipment, cryptographic equipment (labour and services), including cryptographic techniques and special technical publications on the receipt of secret information (cryptographic equipment and special technical devices). See Part II, § 3.
88.02 Equipment, material and technology used to make rocket weapons and other resources for the manufacture of nuclear, chemical, bacteriological (biological) and toxicweapons; launch vehicles and space rockets.
88.04 Parachutes. See Part II, § 3.
Shooting glasses, binoculars and other military optical instruments and parts thereof.
Equipment for measuring or detecting ionizing radiation. See Part II, § 3.
Optical monitoring equipment.
Optical mirrors (reflectors).
93.01-93.07 All arms and ammunition, and parts and accessories thereof. Special equipment or devices intended to cause physical injury or paralysis. Imitations of firearms using blank cartridges. Aerosol containers containing irritant gas, nerve gas or noxious gas.
Products for military use, including arms for use in competitions, powder, explosives and fireworks. See Part II, § 3.
97.04 9704.00 Postage stamps, fiscal stamps, cancelled prepayment forms, including First Day cancellations.
97.05 9705.00 Collections of insects carrying transmissible plant diseases; plants infected with pathogens; herbaria and seed collections. See Part II, § 2.
97.06 9706.00 Historical and cultural items. See Part II, § 4.
1. Live animals and animal products
1.1 The following are admitted to the post in parcels and small, uninsured packets: bees, leeches, silkworms, parasites and destroyers of noxious insects intended for research and exchange between officially recognized institutions (subject to presentation of an authorization issued by the competent authorities).
1.2 The importation into the territory of the Republic of Belarus of meat and meat products of cattle, goats, pigs, sheep and poultry, and of milk, dairy products and natural honey, etc. ispermitted, in accordance with the Veterinary and Sanitary Regulations issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus and set out in Decree No. 22
of 31 July 2002.
To be admitted for importation into the Republic of Belarus, meat and meat products must:
– come from healthy animals;
– be slaughtered, processed and packaged in establishments holding an export licence issued by the exporting country's
State Veterinary Inspectorate;
– be approved for human consumption;
– be marked (veterinary stamp) with the details of the exporting producer;
– come from farms and administrative territories officially free of animal diseases for the previous 12 months (in certain cases for up to three years);
– be accompanied by microbiological, chemical, toxicological and radiological specifications, in accordance with the veterinary and sanitary regulations and requirements in force in the Republic of Belarus;
– be contained in sturdy packaging, in accordance with hygiene requirements.
To be admitted for importation into Belarus, raw materials such as hides and skins, horns and hooves, intestines, fur skins and artificial fur, sheepskins and Astrakhan furs, wool, silk, horsehair and the feathers and down of goats, hens, ducks, geese and other birds, must:
– come from healthy animals (poultry and birds), raised on farms officially free from infectious animal diseases;
– be processed and packaged in establishments holding an export licence issued by the exporting country's State Veterinary
– be fully inspected (particularly raw materials such as hides, fur skins and artificial fur, sheepskins and Astrakhan furs);
– be sorted and clearly labelled, in accordance with the standards in force in the exporting country;
– be preserved using methods that comply with international requirements and guarantee the health security of the products being exported;
To be admitted for importation, milk and dairy products and the eggs of poultry and birds intended for human consumption must:
– come from healthy animals and poultry, raised on farms and administrative territories officially free from infectious animal, poultry and bird diseases;
– be approved for human consumption by the exporting country's competent authorities;
– be contained in sturdy packaging, labelled in accordance with the exporting country's health and hygiene requirements. Fodder and fodder supplements intended for animal feeding are admitted as imports on condition that:
– they come from companies holding an export licence issued by the exporting country's State Veterinary Inspectorate;
– they come from raw materials originating from administrative territories officially declared free of infectious animal and bird diseases;
– the raw materials used to produce them have been inspected by the State Veterinary Inspectorate;
– they do not contain salmonella, botulinum toxins or anaerobic microflora; the total bacterial seeding must not exceed
500,000 microbial cells per gramme;
– they are contained in sturdy packaging, in accordance with hygiene requirements. Honey and other apicultural products are admitted as imports on condition that:
– they come from premises (apiaries, laboratories) and administrative territories that are free of agricultural and domestic animal diseases;
– they have been treated to guarantee the absence of viable pathogen flora;
– they have been approved for human consumption and sale to the public by the exporting country's competent authorities;
– they are accompanied by microbiological, chemical, toxicological and radiological specifications, in compliance with the veterinary and sanitary regulations and requirements in force in the Republic of Belarus;
– they are contained in sturdy packaging, in accordance with hygiene requirements.
The importation of honey and other apicultural products is prohibited in the following cases:
– where such products have been treated with chemical substances, by ionizing irradiation and by ultraviolet rays;
– where the organoleptic composition has been changed, or the packaging has been damaged or opened;
– where such products contain natural or synthetic oestrogens, hormones, antibiotics, pesticides or other medicinal substances.
An international veterinary certificate, written in the exporting country's language and in Belarusian or Russian and signed by the exporting country's Health Inspectorate, must certify that the above regulations have been fully implemented.
For all matters concerning import licences, please contact the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus at the following address:
Kirov Street 15
220030 MINSK–30
Tel.: +375 17 227 37 51
Fax: +375 17 227 42 96
2. Plants and vegetable products
Seeds and plants for agricultural, forest and decorative crops, plants and parts thereof. Fresh and dried fruits and vegetables; hazelnuts.
Cereal (for consumption), fodder and technical crops, copra, malt, medicinal and vegetable plants and other vegetal and animal products.
Microbial cultures, bacteria, viruses, nematodes and tics; insects carrying transmissible plant diseases;
Collections of insects carrying transmissible plant diseases; plants infected with pathogens; herbaria and seed collections; Certain industrial woods and goods, packing materials made of plant matter, which may carry parasites and plant diseases;
weeds, monoliths and earth samples.
Plants and vegetable products pertaining to the above-mentioned categories and indicated in Part I are subject to inspection by the State Inspectorate responsible for plant production, quarantine and protection, and all imports must be stamped "Authorized for importation into the territory of the Republic of Belarus" by the State Quarantine Inspectorate. The latter's stamp is not required forwooden bottoms, cardboard and wooden boxes and the packaging of other goods not listed above.
Vegetable feeds (fodder cereals, soybean seeds, soybeans, etc.) originating from animal disease-free administrative territories are admitted for importation into the Republic of Belarus on condition that they are not toxic for animals, do not contain raw materials and have not been genetically modified.
An international veterinary certificate, signed by the Health Inspectorate of the exporting country or administrative territory (country, state, province, etc.), must certify the above conditions have been fully met. »The importation of grains and seeds is subject to presentation of a certificate of quality issued by the competent control body in the exporting country certifying that the levels of heavy metals, mycotoxins and pesticides and the total beta activity do not exceed the prescribed values.
For all matters concerning import licences, please contact the General State Inspectorate responsible for seed production, quarantine and plant protection at the following address:
Krasnozviozdnaia Street 8
220034 MINSK–34
Tel.: +375 17 288 24 57
3. Specific goods (labour and services) subject to import and export regulations
In accordance with Decision No. 133 of 4 February 2003 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, import and export regulations shall apply in respect of the following goods (labour and services):
– list of nuclear materials, equipment, special non-nuclear materials and technologies associated with the nuclear fuel cycle and the production of nuclear materials that can be used to create nuclear weapons;
– list of chemical products, equipment and technologies intended for peaceful purposes, but which could also be used to create chemical weapons;
– list of pathogens transmissible to humans, animals and plants and their genetically modified forms; fragments of genetic materials and equipment that could be used to create biological and toxin weapons;
– list of equipment, materials and technologies used for the production of rocket weapons and other nuclear, chemical, biological and toxin weapons;
– list of "dual-use" goods and technologies;
– list of goods intended for military purposes;
– list of cryptographic equipment (labour and services), including cryptographic techniques and special technical publications on the receipt of secret information (encoding/decoding equipment).
Importation of the above-mentioned goods (labour and services) is subject to presentation of a licence or permit issued by the State Military-Industrial Committee and of any other documents stipulated in the international agreements and legislation of the Republic of Belarus.
The State Military-Industrial Committee should be contacted for further information on the identification of goods. The identification of goods (labour and services) is carried out by:
– the Defence Ministry (for articles intended for military purposes);
– the State Security Committee (for cryptographic equipment and technical publications);
– the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus or other State bodies (if specific technical or scientific expertise is required to identify specific goods (labour and services)).
4. Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
Stamps may be dispatched only as part of a prescribed philatelic exchange.
The importation of collections of insects, of plants infected with pathogens, and of herbaria and seed collections is subject
to presentation of an authorization issued by the State Veterinary Inspectorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the
The transmission of cultural treasures across the borders of the Republic of Belarus is governed by Decision No. 557 of 21 April
2000 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
The requirements do not concern cultural treasures officially dispatched to the territory of the Republic of Belarus on a temporary basis, provided that such articles are accompanied by a certificate stating their value.
Historical and cultural treasures may be imported into the territory of the Republic of Belarus subject to presentation of a written authorization issued by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus.
5. Bank notes and payment documents
Foreign currency in cash, as well as payment documents and instruments in foreign currency, may be sent to Belarus by post – in insured letters only – provided that the amount in foreign currencydoes not exceed that set by the National Bank (based on the official rate of exchange on the day when the insured letter is accepted by the post office in the country of origin).
Articles sent by international parcel post are exempt from customs duty, provided that they are intended for:
– the official use of diplomatic missions and consulates;
– humanitarian aid – through direct donations made for the sole purpose of the fundraising effort in question. Articles not intended for commercial purposes are subject to customs duty:
– if they are sent in international postal parcels with a customs value equivalent to a maximum of 100 EUR (120 EUR for items whose contents cannot be split up), addressed over the course of one month to a single addressee (natural person);
– if they are imported into the Republic of Belarus with a customs value equivalent to a maximum of 10 EUR (12 EUR for items whose contents cannot be split up) by a means other than the international postal service to an addressee (natural person) residing in the Republic of Belarus.
Articles not intended for commercial purposes sent to the Republic of Belarus in international postal items over the course of one month to the address of a single addressee are exempt from customs duties and other fees:
– if the customs value exceeds the equivalent of 100 EUR (120 EUR for items whose contents cannot be split up) but is less than 1,000 EUR (1,200 EUR for items whose contents cannot be split up), based on a single customs rate of 30%, but at least 2 EUR per kilogramme;
– if the customs value exceeds the equivalent of 1,000 EUR (1,200 EUR for items whose contents cannot be split up), based on a single customs rate of 50%, but at least 4 EUR per kilogramme.
Articles not intended for commercial purposes sent to the Republic of Belarus in international postal items are subject to customs duty and other fees, in accordance with the single rates indicated in the table below:
Single customs rate
As a percentage of the customs value
or in EUR
varnishes and paints; all types of mastics and sealants; cement; fire-proof cement; building and construction sealants; prefabricated panels and tiles made of polyvinylchloride (PVC); polystyrene; plastic and wooden baseboards; laminated parquet boards; prefabricated panels and wooden and fiberglass tiles; materials used to
manufacture casement windows (including glass, wood, plastic and aluminium); wall coverings (wallpaper and textiles); cardboard; plaster; ceramic tiles
at least 2 EUR per kilogramme
but at least 25 EUR per article
Fireplaces for domestic use
but at least 10 EUR per article
but at least 15 EUR per article
but at least 30 EUR per article
bath tubs, showers, washbasins, bidets, toilet bowls, toilet seats and lids, toilet tanks and similar fixtures
but at least 1 EUR per article
Fridge-freezers (with separate doors} for domestic use
but at least 50 EUR per article
but at least 40 EUR per article
Upright freezers for domestic use with a capacity of up to 250 litres
Upright freezers for domestic use with a capacity of more than 250 litres but less than
but at least 80 EUR per article
but at least 150 EUR per article
Automatic washing machines for domestic use
Automatic washing machines for domestic
use with a capacity of more than 6 kg but less than 10 kg (of dry laundry)
but at least 60 EUR per article
Automatic washing machines for domestic use with a capacity of more than 10 kg but less than 15 kg (of dry laundry)
but at least 110 EUR per article
but at least 35 EUR per article
Colour liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, according to the (diagonal) size of the screen:
More than 19 inches (48.3 cm)
but at least 50 EUR per article but at least 80 EUR per article but at least 110 EUR per article
LCD televisions, including home cinema systems, according to the (diagonal) size of the screen
Up to 42 cm
More than 42 cm but less than 52 cm More than 52 cm but less than 72 cm More than 72 cm
but at least 30 EUR per article but at least 30 EUR per article but at least 60 EUR per article but at least 110 EUR per article
Up to 43 inches (109.2 cm)
More than 43 inches (109.2 cm)
but at least 500 EUR per article but at least 1,000 EUR per article
Postal items which are liable to customs declaration should include the following information:
- full last name, first name, patronymic and address of the addressee;
- provide the addressee's telephone number, if possible;
- complete all fields on CN 22/CN 23 customs declarations;
- provide a full and detailed description of the item's contents, along with the value of each article, specifying the currency used.
Goods may be imported duty-free if the total value of goods sent within a calendar month in international postal items to the address of one recipient does not exceed an amount equivalent to 200 EUR and if the total weight does not exceed 31 kg. In addition, the value of goods sent in one international postal item may not exceed an amount equivalent to 22 EUR and the weight may not exceed 10 kg.