Canadian postal regulations tightened up

A customer fills out a Cayman Islands parcel form
before mailing his parcel to Canada.

Monday, April 25, 2005

New regulations from the Canadian postal service, Canada Post, mean that anyone wanting to send a parcel for business or personal reasons to the country will need to declare the contents.

“New regulations from Canada Post require that parcels being mailed to Canada must state the sender’s full name and address, along with a completed Cayman Islands parcel form,” Postmaster General, Sheena Glasgow explains.

“If this information is not included your parcel may not be admitted to Canada and will be returned to the Cayman Islands,” she added. Problems with delivery should not arise if the form, including full declaration of the contents, their value and the sender’s name and address are given.

Canada Post will bet applying return charges for the return of parcel items “not admitted” to Canada by its customs authorities, the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA), due to the lack of a sender’s name and address.

If a parcel is rejected by CBSA, the Cayman Islands Postal Service will seek reimbursement of the Canada Post return charges from the customer when the parcel is returned. Returned parcels will be sent by the lowest priority mail normally used or in accordance with sender’s instructions in the event of non-delivery.

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