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Bill Davidson wrote:
> It's Christmas time and if you've got relatives in Canada, you might want to 
> send them a present. Be aware that if you don't include your full sender's 
> address - including your name - the packet won't even pass through the 
> Canadian Customs service. It will be returned to whatever country the packet 
> came from. There, it will be opened, and if the sender can be identified, it 
> will be returned to him/her. If not, and the item is auctionable, it will be 
> auctioned, and the proceeds go to state coffers, otherwise it gets 
> destroyed.
> 
> For a mine of information on the Royal Mail go to: www.listmasters.co.uk and 
> click on UK.POSTCODE.SYSTEM. It's free and all 'posties' should have a look 
> at it. Scandalously, the official Royal Mail website makes no mention of the 
> restriction to mail posted to Canada. 
> 
> 
If you have a half-efficient local post office, as I have, they will 
make you fully aware of the problems with the Canadian postal authorities.

If you do use the Royal Mail website, however, it's easy to use the 
search facility: type in "Canada parcels" and this will give a list 
including "sending goods to Canada" which gives basic information. Click 
on "sending goods to Canada" and this will give you further information 
about Canadian customs' requirements.

In that I do eBay/eBid sales worldwide I always follow this route before 
sending a parcel to somewhere new - it could save a lot of grief.

Ricardo
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