Shipping small package from South Africa to Kenya

Gee_man

New member

Member since 08 November 2019

Gee_man

12 December 2019 05:44:30

Gee_man

12 December 2019 05:44:30

Looking for best way to ship a small package from South Africa. Please help

Longonot62

Kenya Expat Advisor

Member since 05 March 2010

Nyeri

Longonot62

14 December 2019 08:35:16

1480

Longonot62

14 December 2019 08:35:16

1480

Nyeri

The established international couriers, such as DHL are efficient and the parcel wont get lost, but the issue will almost certainly be customs duty, which the receiver has to pay before the package can be released. Duty charges can be more than the items value as they are calculated on a cost + insurance + freight cost basis.

Don't use the postal service - the item may never arrive!

There are some well established companies that seem to be able to get around some of these charges, but they mainly specialise in shipping from UK or USA. I don't know of any which include shipping from SA.

Maybe you can find a Kenyan returning home for Christmas, who can take it for you!

Gee_man

New member

Member since 08 November 2019

Gee_man

16 December 2019 08:24:42

Gee_man

16 December 2019 08:24:42

Longonot62 wrote:
The established international couriers, such as DHL are efficient and the parcel wont get lost, but the issue will almost certainly be customs duty, which the receiver has to pay before the package can be released. Duty charges can be more than the items value as they are calculated on a cost + insurance + freight cost basis.

Don't use the postal service - the item may never arrive!

There are some well established companies that seem to be able to get around some of these charges, but they mainly specialise in shipping from UK or USA. I don't know of any which include shipping from SA.

Maybe you can find a Kenyan returning home for Christmas, who can take it for you!

Thank you so much very helpful