Maldives

Sri Lanka – Maldives diplomatic relations began soon after Maldives gained independence in 1965. Both Sri Lanka and Maldives are founding members of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.  Until the early 1970’s 65% of the Maldivian imports from South Asia was from Sri Lanka even ahead of India.  Maldives is world famous for its tourism industry attracting over $1 billion a year due to its beautiful oceans and beaches.  And its also a hotspot for world water sport games and coral reef observing. Maldives has been a staunch supporter of Eco-tourism around the world.

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Services Available

No matter who you are, No matter where you are, we have a solution available for all your courier needs…. 

Based on your urgency, the type of goods or even the destination you can choose the solution that will suit you the best in consultation with our experts. We work closely with well known global suppliers such as DHL, ARAMEX, FEDEX, UPS and TOLL ensuring coverage and global standards are maintained.

Door to Door Delivery 

Courier.lk offers door to door delivery throughout UK guaranteeing simplicity, convenience and affordability. Our couriers possess extensive experience and knowhow which ensures your parcels get the highest attention. Door to Door delivery comes in very handy when dealing with heavy parcels as it will be us doing the heavy lifting and delivering to the door step of the receiver.

Pick Up services

Courier.lk strives to ease the burden on the consumer and therefore we provide a pickup service for all your parcels as well. A courier will come and pick up from your doorstep or any other nominated place by you. If you’re in a rush this is an ideal solution for you as you don’t have to worry about making the drive to a Courier depot to drop off your parcel. And with the parcel tracking tools we offer, you will always have your eye on the parcel.

Import Duties and Fees –

·         The import duty and taxes payable are calculated on the CIF value, i.e. the sum of the value of the imported goods and the cost of shipping and insurance |
·         Duty rates range between 0% and 400% with the average being 15%.

Exemptions

Certain goods are exempt from Duty and taxes

·         Goods addressed to government or semi-government agencies
·         Diplomatic goods
·         Imports for non-dutiable authorities and organizations

Prohibited goods

·         Liquor and alcoholic products 
·         Pork and Its By-products
·         Chemical and Chemical Products

Restricted Goods

·         Live Plants and Animals
·         Medicine
·         Tobacco and Tobacco Products
·         Communication Equipment

References

  1.  Maldives Customs
  2. Maldives Customs HS Code
  3. Customs Terminologies