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Dear customer, 

Here's the latest information on international shipping from Japan Post as of March 10. 

On 9 March, Japan Post notified us that due to the ongoing situation in Ukraine, EMS and airmail services are no longer available from 10 March for Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, France, Germany and Great Britain. 

You can check Japan Post's page below to see what option is available for you.

https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/information/overview_en.html



No SAL option is available for any country. We recommend FedEx or DHL over EMS. FedEx/DHL is the quickest shipping option at the moment because they have their own flights. Current delivery time frame is as follows.

- FedEx/DHL: 1 week to 10 days

- EMS: 10 to 14 days for most country, may take longer than 1 month for some country in Europe

- International Parcel(Air): longer than EMS, for some countries it may take around 2 months

- Small Packet (Air): longer than EMS, for some countries it may take around 2 months

- International Parcel(Surface): around 3 months

- Small Packet(Surface): around 3 months



++++++ For countries that are not listed in this page ++++++

All option except SAL is available, but we recommend FedEx or DHL.

EMS, FedEx, DHL, International Parcel (Air), Small Packet (Air) is available. Could use Surface but use them at your own risk. It may take longer than 3 months and have the highest risk of getting lost in transit in the current situation without compensation. 



++++++ EMS and Airmail Unavailable ++++++

Options available for countries listed below are FedEx/DHL, International Parcel (Surface) and Small Packet (Surface) . 

●ASIA: Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Timor, Laos

●EUROPE: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Island, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia,  Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Serbia (Airmail available), Greenland (Airmail available)

●MIDDLE EAST: Israel, Republic of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

●OCEANIA: Australia, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Wallis and Futuna, Guam, Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Samoa, Solomons

●NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Caribbean, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands(US)

●SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil, Guyana, Peru

●AFRICA: Angola, Ascension, Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Esuwatini, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kabobe De, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, St. Helena, Togo, Tristan da Cunha, Zambia, Cameroon, The Gambia, Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Tunisia (Airmail available)



++++++ EMS Unavailable ++++++

Options available for countries listed below are FedEx/DHL, Small Packet (Air) and surface mail .

● Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden



++++++ Surface Unavailable ++++++

Options available for countries listed below are FedEx/DHL, EMS and Small Packet (Air) .

● Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, Uganda



++++++ FedEx or DHL only ++++++

Option available for countries listed below is FedEx/DHL. No service available by Japan Post.

●ASIA: Brunei, Mongol, Maldives

●NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA: Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Martinique, Canada (Small Packet Surface is available)

●MIDDLE EAST: Bahrain, Syria

●SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname

●AFRICA: Chad, Mauritania, Gabon, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Comoros, Central Africa, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe



++++++ No shipping available ++++++

●EUROPE: Ukraine, Russia



++++++ Extension of Storage Period ++++++

Given the unprecedented situation of COVID-19 pandemic, safekeeping period is automatically extended. There's nothing you need to do. You see some days on your list, but it doesn't have any meaning other than that the safekeeping period is extended so you don't pay storage fees.



We hope that this information helps. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Your J-Subculture Team