Commencement:  19 November 2001

POSTAL RATES, CHARGES AND FEES DETERMINATION

Published Gazette No. 29 of 2001

To provide for certain postal rates, charges and fees.

1.	Domestic rates of postage
The postage for the transmission within Vanuatu of the articles specified in Schedule 1 is to be paid at the rates specified in that Schedule.

2.	Domestic rates of postage for express mail services
The postage for the transmission within Vanuatu by express mail service of the articles specified in Schedule 2 is to be paid at the rates specified in that Schedule.

3.	International rates of postage
The postage for the transmission of the articles specified in Schedule 3 to a place outside Vanuatu is to be paid at the rates specified in that Schedule.

4.	Fees and charges for other services
There is payable for the services and other matters specified in Schedule 4 the fees and charges specified in that Schedule.

5.	Value added tax
The rates of postage, and fees and charges provided for in this determination are inclusive of value added tax.

SCHEDULE 1

Domestic rates of postage

Item			
No.	Type of article	Domestic	
		Vatu	
1.	LETTERS, PRINTED MATTER AND SMALL PACKETS		
	Up to 20 grams	35	
	Over 20 grams up to 50 grams	60	
	Over 50 grams up to 100 grams	90	
	Over 100 grams up to 250 grams	130	
	Over 250 grams up to 500 grams	200	
	Over 500 grams up to 1 kg	250	
			
	Maximum Weight: 1 Kg		
			
		Vatu	
2.	POSTCARD	35	
			
3.	PARCELS	Vatu	
	Up to 1 kg	250	
	Over 1 kg to 1.5 kg	325	
	Over 1.5 kg up to 2 kg	400	
	Over 2 kg up to 2.5 kg	475	
	Over 2.5 kg up to 3 kg	550	
	Over 3 kg up to 3.5 kg	625	
	Over 3.5 kg up to 4 kg	700	
	Over 4 kg up to 4.5 kg	775	
	Over 4.5 kg up to 5 kg	850	
			
	Each additional 500 grams or part thereof	75	
	Maximum Weight: 20 kg		
			
4.	UNADDRESSED MAIL	Vatu	
	Leaflets, brochures, etc delivered into every Post Office		
	and Mail		
	                                  Vatu per article	10	

SCHEDULE 2

Domestic rates of postage for Express Mail Service

Item			
No.	Type of article	Domestic	
			
1.	EXPRESS MAIL SERVICE	Vatu	
			
	Up to 500 grams	500	
	Over 500 grams up to 1 kg	650	
	Over 1 kg up to 1.5 kg	800	
	Over 1.5 kg up to 2 kg	950	
	Over 2 kg up to 2.5 kg	1,100	
	Over 2.5 kg up to 3 kg	1,250	
	Over 3 kg up to 3.5 kg	1,400	
	Over 3.5 kg up to 4 kg	1,550	
	Over 4 kg up to 4.5	1,700	
	Over 4.5 kg up to 5 kg	1,850	
			
	Each additional 500 grams or part thereof	150	
			
	Maximum Weight: 20 kg		

SCHEDULE 3

International Rates of Postage

Item
No.	Type of article		
1.	Letter mail and small packets to Zone A: Pacific Countries	
Weight
(grams)	Air
vatu	Surface
vatu	
<20	80	75	
20-50	160	110	
50-100	220	150	
100-250	450	250	
250-500	800	400	
500-1000	1,300	800	
1000-2000	2,000	1,500	

2.	Letter mail and small packets to Zone B: North & South America, the Caribbean	
Weight
(grams)	Air
vatu	Surface
vatu	
<20	110	80	
20-50	220	140	
50-100	350	175	
100-250	600	250	
250-500	1,200	500	
500-1000	2,400	1,00	
1000-2000	3,500	1,900	

3.	Letter mail and small packets to Zone C: Europe, Africa, Russia	
Weight
(grams)	Air
vatu	Surface
vatu	
<20	135	90	
20-50	300	150	
50-100	400	200	
100-250	800	300	
250-500	1,500	600	
500-1000	2,800	1,200	
1000-2000	4,000	2,200	

80

4.	Aerogrammes
Worldwide Airmail Rate					    vatu	

90

5.	Postcards
Worldwide Airmail Rate					    vatu

Item
No.	Type of article		
6.	Parcels to the Near Pacific			Express
Mail
Service	
	
Airmail
		Surface
Mail	
				Vatu		Vatu		Vatu	
	American Samoa, Australia, Cook Island, Fiji, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa	First 500 grams		2,200		1,300		1,200	
		Plus every Extra 500 grams or part thereof		
500	
	
300
		
150	

7.	Parcels to the South Asia,
Micronesia and far Pacific			Express
Mail
Service	
	
Airmail
		Surface
Mail	
				Vatu		Vatu		Vatu	
	Brunei, Carolin Island, Easter Island, Fed. State of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Marshall Island, North Mariana, Palau, Philippines, Pitcain Island, Singapore, Tahiti, Timor, Tokelau, Wallis & Futuna	First 500 grams		2,800		2,000		1,200	
		Plus every Extra 500 grams or part thereof		
500	
	
500
		
150	

8.	Parcels to the East Asia			Express
Mail
Service	
	
Airmail
		Surface
Mail	
				Vatu		Vatu		Vatu	
	Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia (Kampuchea), China, Guam, Hongkong, India, Japan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mariana Island, Mauritius, Nepal, Korea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.	First 500 grams		3,200		2,400		1,400	
		Plus every Extra 500 grams or part thereof		
800	
	
600
		
200	

9.	Parcels to the Middle East			Express
Mail
Service	
	
Airmail
		Surface
Mail	
				Vatu		Vatu		Vatu	
	Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq, Ira, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates	First 500 grams		3,500		2,500		1,400	
		Plus every Extra 500 grams or part thereof		
900	
	
750
		
200	

10.	Parcels to the Rest of the World			Express
Mail
Service	
	
Airmail
		Surface
Mail	
				Vatu		Vatu		Vatu	
	Europe, United Kingdom, USA, South America, Africa, Canada, Russia, the Caribbean, ect.	First 500 grams		3,800		3,000		1,600	
		Plus every Extra 500 grams or part thereof		
1,200	
	
1,000
		
250	

SCHEDULE 4

Fees and Charges for other services

Item
No.	Postal boxes and private mail bags	
Deposit	Annual
Rental	Other
Fees	
		Vatu	Vatu	Vatu	
					
1.	Private Mail Bag	6,000	6,750		
2.	Large Post Box	6,000	6,750		
3.	Small Post Box	3,000	3,375		
4.	Rural Post Office Box & Private Mail Bag	1,500	1,600		
5.	Additional Key			600	
6.	Replacement of lost Private Mail Bag & lock			1,600	
7.	Replacement of lock			600	
8.	Transfer of Post Box and Private Mail Bag			350	
9.	Mail Delivery of Private Mail Bag or Post Box to within Port Vila – per trip	300	
10.	Mail pick-up within Port Vila – per trip			300	

Item
No.	Type of service	Rate		Conditions	
					
		Vatu			
11.	Advice of delivery	200	per article	This fee applies when acknowledgment of delivery is required	

12.	Enquiry	150	per article	This fee applies for each enquiry that is made relating to non receipt of posted article.	

13.	Registration Service	250	per article	This charge is in addition to postage for the article.	

14.	Unpaid or underpaid article	30	per article	Charges for unpaid or underpaid articles are in addition to deficient postage	

15.	Withdrawal from the Post	200	per article	This charge is for the withdrawal from the post of an article which has been posted