Normal deliveries and collections will take place in all parts of the UK today.
Update: 21 March 2019
Delays into Brazil due to customs checking issues have continue to persist since October 2017. Prior delays were resolved in 2018, but normal service has not yet resumed.
Our globalpriority and globalvalue products continue to be affected, however, our globalexpress product is working normally as an alternative product.
As always, further updates will be made when these become available.
Update 19 March 2019:
Extended security checks and French customs officer strikes at Calais and Dunkirk continue into a third week with extended waiting time and transit times. As a result, this is affecting both sides of the Tunnel. The Port of Calais has experienced extended waiting times due to the customs checks and now the Port of Dover is also experiencing delays due to traffic and unaccompanied trailers. As a result, all UK road exports to Europe are affected and are likely to be delayed for an extra day.
Road despatches to countries potentially impacted are: France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden on all parcel products with impact likely to be an extra 24-hour delay.
We will provide an update when more information becomes available.
Please find below a table of planned national (bank / public) holidays that are due to take place in April and that will affect parcel delivery across Europe.
| Christian / Catholic Holidays | Country (Code) |
| Countries who are not working on Good Friday 19 April ONLY | Estonia (EE), Malta (MT) |
| Countries who are not working on Easter Monday 22 April ONLY | Albania (AL), Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bosnia & Hezegovina (BA), Croatia (HR), Italy (IT), Liechtenstein (LI), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Monaco (MC), Poland (PL), Slovenia (SI) and Vatican City State (VA) |
| Countries who are not working on both days - 19 and 22 April (Same as UK) | Andorra (AD), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Faroe Islands (FO), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Gibraltar (GI), Greenland (GL), Hungary (HU), Iceland (IS), Ireland (IE), Jersey (JE), Latvia (LV), Netherlands (NL), Norway (NO), Portugal (PT), Slovakia (SK), Spain (ES), Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands (SJ), Sweden (SE) and Switzerland (CH) |
| Orthodox Easter Holidays - 1 week later than Christian / Catholic | Country (Code) |
| Countries who are not working on Good Friday 26 April ONLY | None |
| Countries who are not working on Easter Monday 29 April ONLY | Albania (AL), Bosnia & Herzegovina (BA), Macedonia (MK), Moldova (MD) and Ukraine (UA) |
| Countries who are not working on both days - 26 and 29 April | Bulgaria (BG), Cyprus (CY), Greece (GR), Serbia (Incl. Kosovo) (RS), Montenegro (ME) and Romania (RO) |
Update: 13th September 2018
South Africa continues to have extremely long delays in processing import parcels and currently remains in a state of being substantially delayed. Current estimates are that processing is taking longer than 2 weeks and in some cases for some products as long as 5 weeks. Therefore, all services to South Africa are subject to severe delays affecting our globalvalue and globalpriority services. This situation has been compounded by new strike action which recommenced in early September and is planned to last for an indefinite length of time.
This also affects delivery of parcels to neighbouring Namibia.
Our globalexpress service remains unaffected.
Further updates will be provided when they become available.
Zimbabwe Post has informed us that Cyclone Idai, which hit Zimbabwe on Friday, 15 March 2019 has caused serious damage to bridges and the road network in parts of Manicaland in the far East / South East of the country along the border with Mozambique.
As result, the collection and delivery of letter post, parcels and EMS items has been affected in Chimanimani, Chipinge, Biriiri, Birchenough, Nyanga, Nyazura, and Rusitu areas with delays to be expected until normal service resumes.
Further updates will be made when we are advised, in due course.
Service is suspended until further notice for our globalpriority and globalvalue services. Parcels should not be accepted and if sent will be returned to sender.
However, Afghanistan currently can be reached via our globalexpress service.
There is currently no service to this country / territory.
There are 14 delivery districts within Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and we are currently unable to deliver to 3 of these;
The remaining 11 districts, including Abidjan (capital) are operating normally at the current time with globalpriority delivery times as stated on the worldwide directory page of this website. The worldwide directory can be reached at: https://www.parcelforce.com/worldwide-directory
Service is suspended until further notice for our globalpriority and globalvalue services. Parcels should not be accepted and if sent will be returned to sender.
However, Libya currently can be reached via our globalexpress service.
There is currently no service to this country / territory.
There is currently no service to this country / territory.
There are 24 delivery regions in Ukraine (Oblasts) and we are currently unable to deliver to 3 of these;
The remaining 21 regions are operating normally at the current time with globalpriority delivery times as stated on the worldwide directory page of this website. The worldwide directory can be reached at: https://www.parcelforce.com/worldwide-directory
Service is suspended until further notice for our globalpriority and globalvalue services. Parcels should not be accepted and if sent will be returned to sender.
However, Venezuela currently can be reached via our globalexpress service.
Service is suspended until further notice for our globalpriority and globalvalue services. Parcels should not be accepted and if sent will be returned to sender.
However, Yemen currently can be reached via our globalexpress service.
