Send a parcel to Russia

Customs, Prohibitions and Restrictions

• Certificates of origin should be used for all types of goods. 
• Import licences are also usually required for goods imported by the private sector. 
• Goods for personal use (cosmetics, foodstuffs, electrical appliances etc) require Russian issued Hygiene certificates. 
• Most goods also need Certificates of Conformity issued by a recognised organisation in the UK. 
• Lack of appropriate documentation usually results in items being impounded. 
• Customs will not clear goods unless the importer is registered in Russia. 
• In order to check that your items are not prohibited or restricted, please check our dedicated page here 
• Should you require specific customs advice and the latest rules please visit the Russian customs website  
   

This is for information only and should not be considered to have legal basis. Where doubt exists appropriate legal advice should be sought.

Bank Holidays & Non-Working Days

• Bank Holidays for this year in Russia can be found here 
• Typical Non-Working Days in Russia is: Sunday

Postcode Areas

• Russia is split into 6 Areas (Area 1 - 6) and each area has a different delivery speed - details of which can be found in the attached document. 

  RU Postcodes Jul19 v1 241224.pdf (PDF 448.04 kb) 
   

Additional information

High Level Standard offered by Russia Post

General Advice

• In order to ensure a delivery on time, please ensure that your parcel has the full, correct address, an email address in the correct format and a mobile or landline number for the intended recipient. This will help the delivery partner to ensure the parcel is delivered correct first time. This should be clearly marked on the parcel.   
• Parcelforce has suspended its globalpriority ROW and globalexpress services to the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine following instability since the Russian occupancy of the region in early 2014. Postcodes affected and therefore do not have any current service are shown and maintained on our international live service update page. 
• Items addressed to a PO box will be left at a local post office branch for collection and notification left at the PO box address 
• Timescales shown above do not include delays caused by destination country customs processes. Please be aware that customs could add additional time to your parcel delivery. 

Product Specific Advice

• The definition of 'working days' and other important information can be found here

    globalexpress parcels

• To avoid delivery / customs issues, our carrier partners request that a full name is mandatory for globalexpress parcels (e.g. Mr John Smith)
• Max 100 USD or 25 KG to addresses in Moscow. 
• Max 50000 USD or 68 KG (per consignment) to addresses in St Petersburg. 
• Max value 75 USD and 20 Kg all other cities. 
• The Russian customs authorities have informed our delivery partner that they are no longer allowed to use its established express clearance processes and rules for inbound shipments – other than document shipments - addressed to private person consignees. The details of the new regulations and associated procedures have not yet been established or officially published. Until the details of the new clearance requirements have been confirmed, we are temporarily suspending globalexpress items with goods or merchandise enclosed sent to private individuals at a private address. Documents for both business and private addresses can still be sent and also merchandise to business addresses. The normal value limit of 200 Euros for Russia still applies. Items for private individuals with merchandise already accepted will be sent on as globalpriority ROW. 
• globalexpress transit times are based upon collection times, sender and recipient locations.