Parcel Post Items (International) - Post Office Regulations 2024

B. PARCEL POST ITEMS

117. International air parcel.- (1) International air parcel provides economical and faster mode of transmission of documents and merchandise to all the Universal Postal Union member countries with track and trace facility.  

2. International air parcel may be booked in the post offices as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time, subject to the following conditions, namely: -

1. the maximum gross weight of an international air parcel shall be 20 kg, subject to the maximum acceptable weight limit specified by the country or territory of destination, whichever is lower or as amended from time to time;
2. the maximum dimension shall not exceed 1.5 metre or 3 meters for the sum of the length and the greatest circumference measured in a direction other than that of length.  

3. No international air parcel shall be smaller than the minimum size prescribed for letters i.e. 90 mm X 140 mm.  
4. An international air parcel shall be booked, transmitted, and delivered in  the manner as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time.
5. The postage of international air parcel shall be as mentioned in Table VI of Schedule III.