Thai mail - how to send a parcel from Thailand to Russia?

Post Office of Thailand – is a dream come true for the Russian average man that you would not like to see a frowning, sluggish woman in the office but smiling employees, happy to see you. To have comfortable chairs, and to keep track of your queue by the ticket you received. In this article we will tell you How to send a parcel from Thailand to Russia, and we will try to address the many nuances involved in this procedure.

Visual signs of Thai mail

If you want to send Thai goods by mail, you have to find a building on the street with a red banner and a big white sign Thailand Post. If you do not have time or do not want to look for it, ask the owners of your rented accommodation or Thais who surround you. Google Maps will also give a clue – zoom in to the geographical object (city, island) and type in the search line Post Office. You can even write, for example, Post Pattaya, if you want to jump from the home tab to the object you’re looking for instantly.

Schedule. Thai Post has a uniform operating schedule throughout the country. On weekdays, branches open at 8 a.m. and work until 5 p.m. Saturday is a short day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Sunday and national holidays are off.

The post office is open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Send parcel to Russia

Sending a parcel from Thailand to Russia consists of the usual things we do – you need to take care of the packaging and fill out the form.

Packing

Boxes of different sizes are available right at the post office. Feel free to communicate with employees in sign language. Point to something you like, and if it’s not on the counter, you can tell them small or large and use your hands to express size. The cost of the package depends on the size. Minimum is 9 baht, more than fifty we have not seen.

The price of boxes in baht

It is possible to form a parcel both at home and at the post office. The only difference is that in the first case you have to visit the post office twice. The tape for taping the corners and sealing the box is free.

The only difference is that you have to go to the post office twice.

It’s important:the package can’t be heavier than 20kg. Overweight, even in grams, is not allowed. In this case, the contents are divided into two shipments. It is best if they have different addresses. For example, one is yours and the other your best friend’s. Then there will be less questions for you at Thai customs.

Fill-in-the-blank

Thai mailbox is similar to ours – it has fields for the recipient’s address and name. To be safe, duplicate the name of the country and city of destination in English. The rest of the information will be read by our letter carriers. Although, if you’re good with English, write the entire address. And the prudent ones can include the phone number of the recipient.

Following up with the address, fill out a receipt form. In addition to the address, it includes the sender’s information and an inventory of the contents of the box.

How much does it cost and how long does it take to send a package to Russia

Pricing of parcels in Thailand is based on the same criteria as in Russia. The decisive factor is the country of destination, then comes the weight, and then – the desired delivery time. To find out exactly how much a parcel from Thailand to Russia costs, go to official website of Thailand Post. The Calculate Fee box is on the home page on the right, at the top. The results of the calculation will be several, because there are several shipping options, among which we are interested in three. At the same time with the price you will also find out how long it takes to send a parcel from Thailand to Russia.

Int’l Parcel-Surface. Small parcel-shipment up to 2 kg. Charged as a land shipment, so takes 20 to 30 days to arrive, with a delay if there are holidays on the trip.

Int’l Parcel-Surface

Int’l EMS-Package. Parcels weighing over five kilograms. Delivery by airmail and courier to the recipient’s door. In our opinion, the most economical and fastest option. Delivered in 10-14 days if there are no holidays.

Int’l Parcel-Air. The method is expensive, but profitable when you send a parcel weighing from 2 to 5 kilograms. Larger weight is better to send EMS, it will be cheaper. Delivery time is not more than a week. If you send before the holidays, be prepared to wait longer..

Table of prices for sending international parcels from Thailand (no Russia here)

How to track a parcel from Thailand

After you give the package to the postman and pay, you get a receipt. It should be taken care of; it has a tracking number on it which is used to track parcels from Thailand to Russia. There are more than a dozen of resources on the web, which allow you to track parcels, but we recommend you to use a similar service on this page of the official website of Thai Post. And then, when the parcel crosses the Russian border, track it on Russian Post website.

Some customs restrictions

If parcel from Thailand to Russia contains more than five items of the same name, it can be considered a commercial shipment. It will not “wrap”, but you have to go through the customs clearance process, for which you have to pay duty. In this case you can turn to specialized shipping companies for expediting the delivery process.

Thai cosmetics can only be sent from the respective stores. All you have to do is ask the seller for such a service, he will pack it for you and send it wherever you need it. They say that cosmetics cannot be sent to individuals, only to legal entities, allegedly because of some kind of insurance against spillage.

Thai cosmetics are not allowed to be sent to individuals.