The basic service is available to customers who post mail items to other destinations by surface. The postage rate depends on the destination, format and weight of the item, which can be up to 50 g, 500 g and 2 kg for small letters, large letters and packets respectively. Destinations are divided into different zones to reflect difference in processing and conveyance costs.

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The service comes with the following features:

Estimated Delivery Time

Latest Dates of Posting for Forthcoming Surface Despatches

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Surface Mail Weight per item not over Postage rate per item
The Mainland, Macao and Taiwan Zone 1
Asia (except Japan)
Zone 2
Japan, Oceania, Europe (except Eastern Europe and Scandinavia) and North America
Zone 3
Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, South America, Africa and other destinations
Small Letter 20 g $2.8 $3.5 $5.0 $5.3
50 g $4.5 $6.2 $7.9 $8.2
Large Letter 50 g $4.6 $6.3 $8.0 $8.3
100 g $8.4 $10.5 $12.0 $12.3
250 g $16.6 $20.6 $23.4 $23.7
500 g $31.8 $39.8 $43.9 $44.1
Packet 100 g $8.6 $10.8 $12.3 $12.6
250 g $16.9 $21.0 $23.7 $23.9
500 g $32.2 $40.2 $44.1 $44.4
1 kg $55.5 $69.9 $75.6 $75.9
2 kg $85.3 $116.0 $119.9 $120.2

The postage rates listed above will not be applicable if the following conditions are met:-

  1. Bulk posting of lightweight surface items not exceeding 150g sent to Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Macao, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, or Viet Nam; AND
  2. Posting of 1,500 items or more per day, or 5,000 items or more over a 2-week period to addressees in the same destination by a single mailer.

How to pay the postage

1. Stamps
2. International Reply Coupon
3. Franking Machines
4. Prepayment in Money (not less than 100 identical items)
5. Permit Mailing (not less than 100 identical items)

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Small Letter (P)

Large Letter (G)

Packet (E)

Frequently Asked QuestionsOpen/collapse

  1. Under what circumstances will my ordinary letter/packet be charged as “Bulk Posting of Lightweight mail items (Surface)”?
 
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