Maximum Coverage = Maximum Declared Value for Carriage for the Priority™ Worldwide service.

Import Restrictions

Senders should determine import restrictions from the country's authorities before posting:

• animal meat and related products
• animal products
• items of cultural heritages
• medicines, unless for a sick person or family member
• plants and plant products
• professional instruments
• scientific or medical-purpose items
• used items, unless a legacy or sent by a person intending to settle permanently in Albania.

Prohibited Items

In addition to items considered non-mailable matter, the following are prohibited:

• Albanian bank notes
• animals, live or dead
• anti radar detectors
• articles sent by political refugees
• batteries
• coins
• extravagant clothing and items
• waste
• graphite products
• jewellery
• ozone depleting substances
• perishable infectious/non infectious biological substances
• photographic film
• publications and literature contrary to the political and social system
• radioactive material
• tobacco.

Documentation Required

Information regarding Customs can be found in "Customs Requirements" of the Canada Postal Guide.

The following documentation may be required:

1) Certificate of Origin

2) Quality certificate

3) Certificate of Analysis

4) Purchasing Invoice/Contract

NOTE: All parcels mailed to Albania must include an invoice and a Certificate of Origin.

Commercial goods

Commercial goods must include an invoice, a Certificate of Origin, and the necessary permit.

Articles with a false declaration of contents are confiscated.

Legacy items

Items arising from a legacy must include an official legacy document.

Medicines

Medicines for a sick person or family member must include an authorized medical report.

Customs procedures:

Each product must bear a description of the product in Albanian for foodstuffs, and in Greek, Italian or English for non-food products. It is obligatory to describe sanitary characteristics of food and medical products.