Bulk Air Mail

7kg per bag which contains mail items sent to the same destination or Office of Exchange in the same posting.

We will accept mail bags with weight below 7 kg but the postage will be levied as if the bag had a weight of 7 kg

Permit Mailing

A Permit Number shall appear on the top right-hand corner of the envelope. The impression (40mm wide by 20mm high) is shown below.

Please apply to the Postmaster General (Financial Services Division, Hongkong Post Headquarters, 2 Connaught Place, Hong Kong) for the permit mail service beforehand. Please click here to obtain the application forms for Bulk Air Mail service.

Customers should prepare “Bulk Postage Statement” on EC-Ship Online Portal before posting.

Permit mailing account on the posting statement and imprinted on mail items are used for identification as the same posting. For example, mail items sent in different consignments bearing the same permit mailing account will be counted as the same posting.

Permit Deposit Account, Cash, EPS or cheques (by prior arrangement with Financial Services Division)

For payment by Permit Deposit Account, customers should maintain sufficient deposit for immediate postage settlement upon posting.

Customers are required to segregate mail items by destination per bag; some destinations require mail segregation by Office of Exchange.

Customers are required to segregate mail items sent to India according to city (Office of Exchange). Please click here to see the details.

• The cover of individual items should bear
  • the full address of the recipient, including post codes (if applicable).
  • an airmail label or airmail indication.
• Mail should not bear a non-Hong Kong return address or enclose mail sent on behalf of other senders in Hong Kong.
• Mail items should not contain prohibited items. If Hongkong Post finds that the mail items belong to prohibited items, or cannot be delivered for any reason, the mail items will be returned to the sender. Under this situation, application for refund of postage will not be accepted. The sender must bear the responsibility for the losses incurred by non-compliance with relevant posting requirements.
• For sending or transiting the mail to the destinations that have implemented EU’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2), the submitted electronic declaration data will be preliminarily assessed. If the sender is informed that the mail item is rejected by local customs, the mail item will be returned to the sender with a postage refund (except for the mail item containing dangerous articles or prohibited articles).

Upon posting, each mail bag has to be affixed with an individual bag label. Each bag label (Pos 4N13) must contain the following information:

1. posting date;
2. reference number of mail bag;
3. total weight of mail bag;
4. destination or Office of Exchange;
5. affix 9 digit barcode label applicable to “Mail Bag Tracking Feature”;
6. total number of mail items in each bag

Mail bag are subject to checking by Hongkong Post staff before acceptance. Mail bags not complying with BAM service posting Terms & Conditions would be returned to senders.

1. Bag Weight
   • The postage payable will be final subject to actual bag weight shown on the electronic scale of Hongkong Post, destination of the mail bag and the prevailing postage rates.
2. Destinations/Office of Exchange Segregation
   • Mail bags will be returned to customers if mail items are not properly and separately bagged-off according to destinations / Office of Exchange if applicable.