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Customs
Used Mobile phones, jewellery, passports, etc., cannot be sent to Pakistan. Please visit the Federal Board of Revenue website to find our more.
Before sending your parcel to Pakistan, please make sure that none of the items in your parcels contravene the restrictions imposed by customs at destination.
Customs website: http://www.cbr.gov.pk/
Documents Needed
After you have paid for a shipping service to Pakistan, you will be redirected
to a page where you can download and print out the relevant shipping labels, i.e
AWB (Courier Air Waybills - barcode) - Proforma or Commercial invoice - Address label.
The above documents are standard for any international shipment.
Please note, if additional documentation is required for the import of any particular item, it is the
customer's responsibility to provide them at destination.
Restrictions
Goods travelling by 'Cargo' are subject to different restrictions to those travelling as carry-on
luggage.
A shipment to Pakistan is deemed unacceptable if: it is classified as
hazardous material, dangerous goods, prohibited or restricted articles by IATA (International Air
Transport Association), ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) or other relevant organisation.
Many items which appear harmless in everyday use can pose danger on air transport and are consequently
forbidden for transport.
The following page displays a sampling of common prohibited and restricted goods.
http://www.rapidparcel.com/help/prohibited-items.php
Packing Advice
Your parcel must be boxed and well packaged. This will reduce the risk of damage to any item during
transit or any associated automated distribution process.
Please be aware the item is not taken by hand from collection to destination and will visit many sorted
facilities on its journey. For that reason, you need to protect the items to ensure they make it from A
to B safely.
The following packaging guidelines are recommendations to assist you in packaging your shipment:
http://www.rapidparcel.com/help/packing-advice.php
Shipment Protection
When you book a shipping service to Pakistan, you will be able to choose an
appropriate level of cover for your shipment. We offer enhanced parcel protection for up to £2000
for a small additional fee.
If you do not purchase enhanced Shipment Protection, your shipment will be only covered to a maximum
value of £50 as per the limited liability set out in our
Terms & Conditions and subject to your
parcel passing minimum packaging requirements.
Please note that the declared value for customs purposes is not related to the declared value selected
for Shipment Protection. We encourage all customers to purchase shipment protection cover for loss or
damage.
National Holidays
- 23/03/2024 - Pakistan day
- 01/05/2024 - Labor day
- 16/06/2024 - Chhelum
- 14/08/2024 - Independence day
- 06/09/2024 - Defense day
- 11/09/2024 - Quaid-e-azam / jinnah's death anniversary
- 01/01/1970 - Allama muhammad iqbal day
- 25/12/2024 - Quaid-e-azam / jinnah's birthday
FAQs
We have a detailed and comprehensive Help Section here. If you cannot find
the answer or advice you are looking for there, please use our enquiry form
There are many reasons why RapidParcel.com is the best place to come to when arranging a package delivery to Ahmadabad. The fact that we've been doing this for over twenty years means that we have the experience to deal with any requests somebody shipping to Ahmadabad may have, and the partnerships we've built up with couriers during this time means that we know we can rely on them to deliver to Ahmadabad when and where it's needed. That, in turn, means you can rely on us. No matter which feature you're looking for - collection convenience, online tracking, special business rates - we'll offer it in a manner and to a standard that leaves the competition behind. For many of our customers, an important concern when arrange Ahmadabad shipping is the knowledge that their package will be safe from the moment they hand it over to the moment it arrives, and this is yet another area in which we truly excel.
The Indian city of Ahmadabad is located on the banks of the river Sabarmati and, in common with much of the rest of the country, it is experiencing an economic boom. Not only is it the fastest growing city in the country but it is also the third fastest growing city in the whole world, with a population of over four million people. The city is a major national centre for industries revolving around information technology and scientific development, and is a regional focus for both culture and commerce. The pharmaceutical and chemical industries in Ahmadabad are thriving and in recent years foreign companies have begin setting up offices and factories in the city, among them Stork and Rollepaal of the Netherlands, Johnson pumps of Sweden and the German hydraulic components company Bosch Rexroth.
Premium shipment protection for an affordable price
We never forget the trust that people place in us when we make a parcel delivery to Ahmadabad, or indeed a parcel delivery to Hyderabad or when shipping to Bangalore. Whatever it is that you're sending to Ahmadabad, it is precious to you, and we'll be carrying it halfway around the world on your behalf. That's why we pay the same attention to organising shipment protection as we do to making sure the couriers we use are well-known names that you'll know and trust. That's why the cover for your parcel delivery to Ahmadabad will be handled by Poundgates, one of the industry's leading providers of shipment protection. Poundgates are both ISO accredited and listed with Lloyds as an approved cover holder and so, in the highly unlikely event that anything should go wrong with your package delivery to Ahmadabad, you can rest assured that the level of cover you'll receive will be on a par with the excellence we offer in everything else we do.
We used the same consideration for security and peace of mind when we chose who to work with as our payment processors. Because WorldPay offered confidence and safety as their priorities, sending each payment through over 50 checks before allowing them through to protect both us and our customers there really was no better fit for our needs. Also, as one of the world's most trusted payment processors we knew that it would give our customers the additional confidence they might need to use our online service.
We make the right choices when it comes to deciding who we work with, and that means RapidParcel.com is the right choice for your Ahmadabad package delivery every time.
