Throughout the pandemic, Hongkong Post has been putting our best efforts to minimise the disruptions to our services. However, owing to insufficient air flight and sea container capacity, we regret that extra time may be required for conveyance of your mail items (including Speedpost) to their destinations despite completion of the local processing work. Please find the information in the table below. In addition, delivery operations of our overseas counterparts may also be affected due to the pandemic.
| Air mail - Destinations | Extra time required in waiting for air allotment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Speedpost service | Other airmail services | ||
| Asia | Mainland China | Less than 1 week | Around 1 week. And around 2 weeks for air parcel service to Guangdong Province. |
| Europe | United Kingdom | Less than 1 week | Around 1 week |
| Surface mail - Destinations | Extra time required in waiting for sea container capacity** | |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | Mainland China# | Around 2 weeks |
| Europe | France | Around 1 week |
| Germany | Around 1 week | |
| Italy | Around 1 week | |
| Netherlands | Around 1 week | |
| Switzerland | Around 1 week | |
| North America | United States of America | Around 1 week |
**Generally speaking, mail despatches will be shipped within 10 - 15 days of the latest date of posting. The above listed are the extra time required.
# Surface packet and parcel services to Guangdong Province are under suspension.
Please visit our web page at www.hongkongpost.hk/en/about_us/whats_new/notices/index_id_1185.html on the service availability for overseas destinations.
Thank you for your understanding and we apologise for the inconvenience caused.