Transit restrictions
Afghanistan - AF
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Aland Island - AX
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
American Samoa - AS
URGENT: Delivery times cannot be guaranteed in all cases.
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Andorra - AD
URGENT: currently no goods shipping option available.
Antarctica - AQ
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Documents only
Bahrain - BH
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Belarus - BY
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Belize - BZ
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Bouvet Island - BV
URGENT: No service.
PostPac International: No service.
Brazil - BR
Due to bottlenecks in processing import customs clearance, the delivery times for small goods containing merchandises cannot be always adhered to.
Documents, small goods, PostPac International and URGENT: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
British Indian Ocean Territory - IO
URGENT: No service.
PostPac International: No service.
Canada - CA
Any items that contain goods but do not provide full details of the sender are refused by the Canadien customs. Such items are either confiscated or returned to the sender.
Documents, small goods, PostPac International: Due to the nationwide strike at Canada Post, shipments are experiencing significant delivery delays. URGENT is not affected.
Central African Republic - CF
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Comoros - KM
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Cuba - CU
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: No restrictions.
Equatorial Guinea - GQ
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Falkland Islands - FK
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Guam - GU
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Guernsey - GG
URGENT: Please select “Great Britain – GB”, destination is served by this FedEx station.
Guinea-Bissau - GW
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Haiti - HT
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to the lack of transport capacity, postal traffic is suspended until further notice.
Heard AND McDonald Islands - HM
URGENT: No service.
PostPac International: No service.
Honduras - HN
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Hong Kong - HK
URGENT: Use the names of the districts as the destination town (e.g. Central or Kowloon City), insert a 1 as a placeholder as ZIP.
Hungary - HU
We recommend sending items to Hungary in envelopes and franking them with PP or stamps/Webstamp/IFS.
Plastic film packaging is not recommended.
Iran - IR
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Iraq - IQ
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Ireland - IE
Letter/PostPac International: Customs authorities require a customs tariff number on consignments with goods. List of customs tariff numbers www.tares.ch
Island OF Man - IM
URGENT: Please select “Great Britain – GB”, destination is served by this FedEx station.
Israel - IL
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Italy - IT
URGENT: Documents may only be declared as “documents”, otherwise they will be subject to customs clearance with costs.
URGENT: For private recipients, their “Codice Fiscale” must be noted in the “VAT/EORI number” field; for companies/legal entities, the “EORI” number must be noted.
Jersey - JE
URGENT: Please select “Great Britain – GB”, destination is served by this FedEx station.
Kenya - KE
URGENT: Owing to the political situation it may not be possible to adhere to the published delivery times in all cases.
Kiribati - KI
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea) - KP
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to the lack of transport capacity, postal traffic is suspended until further notice.
Kosovo - XZ
URGENT: Please select “Serbia, Republic – RS”, destination is served by this FedEx station.
Kuwait - KW
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Lebanon - LB
URGENT: Delivery times cannot be guaranteed in all cases.
Madagascar - MG
PostPac International: Owing to the political situation it may not be possible to adhere to the published delivery times in all cases.
Mariana Islands - MP
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Marshall Islands - MH
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Mauritius Island - MU
URGENT: Only "Port Louis" and "Rodrigues Island" as destinations possible, specify exact location in address supplement.
Mayotte - YT
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Micronesia (Federated States OF) - FM
URGENT: no service to Kosrae and Chuuk.
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Myanmar (Union of) - MM
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Nauru - NR
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Nicaragua - NI
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Niger - NE
Owing to the political situation the postal service (documents, small goods, PostPac International and URGENT) is temporarily interrupted.
Niua - NU
URGENT: No service.
PostPac International: No service.
Pakistan - PK
URGENT: Owing to the political situation it may not be possible to adhere to the published delivery times in all cases.
Palau - PW
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Pitcairn - PN
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Puerto Rico - PR
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Qatar - QA
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Small goods: Shipping of electronic devices containing lithium batteries is currently not possible.
PostPac International: Shipping of electronic devices containing lithium batteries is currently not possible.
Russian Federation - RU
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
Salomon Islands - SB
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
San Marino - SM
URGENT: Please select “Italy – IT”, destination is served by this FedEx station.
Saudi Arabia - SA
Small goods: Shipping of electronic devices containing lithium batteries is currently not possible.
Sierra Leone - SL
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Somalia - SO
URGENT: No service.
PostPac International: No service.
South Georgia AND the south Sandwich Islands - GS
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to the lack of transport capacity, postal traffic is suspended until further notice.
South Sudan - SS
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - SH
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
St. Pierre and Miquelon - PM
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
St. Tome and Principe - ST
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Sudan - SD
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island - SJ
URGENT: No service.
PostPac International: No service.
Syria - SY
Documents, Small Goods, PostPac International and URGENT: the service remains suspended until further notice.
Tajikistan - TJ
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Tokelau - TK
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Turkmenistan - TM
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Tuvalu - TV
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Ukraine - UA
Documents, small goods and PostPac International: Due to limited transport possibilities, the published transport times cannot be met.
United States Minor Outlying Islands - UM
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
United States of America - US
The Federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requires precise product descriptions, such as “T-shirts (60% cotton, 40% polyester)”. Consignments with an insufficient goods description may be rejected for import and returned.
Goods consignments can be sent provided the following conditions are met:
Consignments of gifts from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared goods value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80).
Mailing of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited.
Goods consignments from business customers if the PDDP value-added service (assumption of costs) is used or the value of the goods exceeds 800 USD.
Documents can be sent without restriction.
Uruguay - UY
Postal traffic is affected by strikes. It may not be possible to adhere to the published delivery times in all cases.
The service URGENT is not affected.
Vatican City State - VA
URGENT: Please select “Italy – IT”, destination is served by this FedEx station.
Venezuela - VE
URGENT: Until further notice there is no service possible.
Virgin Islands (USA) - VI
The US customs regulations coming into force on August 29, 2025, make it impossible to send goods by post until further notice. An exception to this rule applies to gift shipments from private individuals to private individuals with a maximum declared value of USD 100 (approx. CHF 80). The shipment of electronic devices and electronic data carriers is prohibited. Documents can be shipped without restriction.
Western Sahara - EH
URGENT: No service.
PostPac International: No service.
Yemen - YE
Owing to the political situation in Yemen, the postal service (documents, small goods, PostPac International and URGENT) is temporarily interrupted.