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When it comes to sending goods back to the United Kingdom then be aware that as much as we love or hate our Post Office system it is actually one of the best in the World, indeed one example of this is the diamond industry. Despite diamonds being a very high value product the vast majority in the United Kingdom are still sent between jewellers and diamond merchants via the Royal Mail. A fact worth remembering the next time you have a problem with them. Thus the ease of which you can send parcels from the UK to other countries may make you think that it is just as easy to send a parcel from another country back to the UK. However you could be in for a shock as in many countries you could find that sending a parcel back home is anything but easy. Firstly in some countries there are security issues to consider, and numerous countries such as Israel will require you to take your goods to the local parcel courier or post office open, so that the contents can be checked before it is sealed by the parcel courier. So remember to check this out prior to packing your parcel as if not you could be faced with unpacking all of its contents prior to shipping. You also need to check that it is legal to send what you are attempting to send back to the UK. If you try and ship an item abroad that it is illegal to ship then you could find yourself being fined or even arrested in the country you are in, if you attempted to illegally ship an item that needed an export licence as an example. You could also find yourself in problems if you attempted to send an item that was illegal to import in to the UK to yourself or a friend in order to try and circumvent customs and/or import restrictions. Lastly in some countries you need to bear in mind that there is little or no postal service at all, and in some countries such as Egypt you will have to use a parcel courier to send a parcel as the post office is non existent. So if you are going abroad and planning on shipping parcels back to the UK then make sure that you do some homework first and ensure that what you are doing is legal, and that you have located a parcel courier or postal service to use in advance. Published by Nathaniel Bailey on behalf of Worldwide Parcel Services a large parcel services company offering shipping services worldwide so you can send your parcel to France, Germany, Spain, Australia and many more contries all around the world.
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