Reviewed 2026-09-30 · quarterly cycle
Not verified. We do not publish a threshold figure here because the destinations covered by this page do not share one, and inventing a single number would be worse than saying nothing.
Not verified. We do not publish a threshold figure for this destination because the destinations grouped here do not share one, and a single number would mislead.
This page exists for the destinations we have not written individual pages for. We are deliberately not going to summarise them into one paragraph, because the differences between them are exactly the things that decide whether your parcel clears.
What we can give you is the question order. Ask first whether your destination collects tax at the point of sale for registered sellers — if it does, you may never see a border invoice, and choosing a line on that assumption is reasonable. Ask second whether your destination publishes a low value line for duty relief, and whether that line is denominated in local currency: a line denominated in a currency that is not the one you paid in will move with the exchange rate.
Ask third what your destination treats as restricted or prohibited, at the level of material rather than product name. Batteries, magnets, liquids, aerosols, timber and plant material are the recurring categories, and each destination draws the line in a different place. Ask fourth who files the entry: for many destinations the carrier does, and that determines what documentation you can be asked for after the fact.
Where any of those four answers is unclear, the honest approach is to ship a small test parcel before committing a large haul. A rehearsal shipment costs a fraction of a failed haul and answers all four questions with your actual destination rather than with a generalisation.
Ranges are community-reported and are deliberately wide where the clearance step is the variable. We do not publish an average, because we do not have a defensible sample for one.
| Line type | Window | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Express air courier | 5 to 14 days | Community-reported |
| Postal air economy | 14 to 40 days | Not verified |
| Consolidated air freight | 20 to 55 days | Not verified |
It depends on the destination threshold and on what is inside, not on how small the parcel looks. A light parcel of dense goods can carry more value than a bulky parcel of clothing.
Three things, in our sample: a value that requires an entry nobody filed, a description too generic to classify, and a restricted category inside an otherwise unremarkable parcel.
Long enough that buyers assume it is still travelling. Many destinations apply a window measured in weeks to months, and unclaimed parcels are returned or disposed of at the end of it.
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