Recipients of Polonez Parcel packages in the Ukraine may not receive more than one package within six week period

Shipito received the following notification from Polonez Parcel regarding shipping to the Ukraine:

We would like to inform you that Ukrainian custom standards have been updated. According to
new regulations a recipient may not receive more than one package withiin a six week period. Should this regulation be broken, and a recipient receives more than one package, despite its low value Customs will automaticly apply high duty and tax fees. If you are sending more than one package to a certain address, send your packages to different individuals who live at specified address.

As a reminder: the following information must be included on the declaration:

• Sender name, address and telephone number


• Recipient name, address and telephone number


• Parcel weight


• Parcel value in USD


• Parcel contents must be very detailed. Each category of items must be listed with its amount and value.

If the package contains any food, its weight must be also provided.
Example how to describe parcel's contents:

• Childrens jacket- 2 pcs


• Shoes- 3 pairs


• Peanut butter- 2 pcs- 2 lbs


• Chocolates- 4 pcs- 1.5 lbs


• Cearal- 2 pcs- 0.5 lbs

To avoid customs clearance problems please comply with the following requirements:

• Only up to 2 kg (4.4lbs) of one specific food product (in its original packaging) per one parcel is allowed. Total collective weight of all food products cannot exceed 10 kg (22 lbs) per parcel.


• Parcel contents must be listed as in above example. All items not listed may be confiscated.


• Parcels addressed to Ukraine cannot contain seeds, plants of all kinds of stage, weapons, narcotics, medicine, alcohol, any type of tobacco and smoking mixture.

List of prohibited items and restrictions you must check before making any purchases in the USA from abroad

Before making any purchases in the USA for International shipping you must check the customs list of prohibited articles on the Universal Postal Union (UPU) web-site. However this list is not the only one you must pay attention to. You must also learn about restrictions, prohibitions,... that your postal service or your courier has.

I use USPS Priority Mail Express Internaional (former USPS Express Mail International) also known as EMS most of the time, so I check the prohibitions, restrictions and other information on the USPS web-site. The information provided there is country specific. If you need Country Conditions for Mailing to Russia (Russian Federation) by USPS Express Mail, see here.

Now I will explain why it is important to follow the restriction on the USPS web-site. I have shipped a dozen of jewerly items and a couple of watches to Russia by USPS Express Mail. I got them without any problem. The customs of the Russian Federation allows these articles to be sent to Russia. However if your insured package with prohibited items is lost, USPS refuses to pay the insurance. So if your lose a package containing a $17 watch or a $10 jewerly item, USPS will refuse to pay the insurance not only for the watch or jewerly, but for the whole package!