Finland

Universal Postal Union advice

On outward international items, the name of the destination country must always be included:

• On the last line of address.
• In capital letters.
• Preferably in the language of the despatching country or in an internationally recognized language.

For further clarification please refer to the UPU website

More help

Address formats for Western Europe

Address formats for the rest of the world

How to wrap and pack your international items

To help facilitate customs clearance, it is recommended that you provide recipient contact details (email address and/or phone number) so that recipients are contactable if any information is missing or incorrect. Contact details should be provided within the electronic customs data or in the case of a CN23 on the physical declaration. To ensure this information is protected do not write these contact details separately on the outside item.

Here is an indication of prohibited items for mailing to Finland. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the Finnish Post Office website

Please also refer to the Universal Postal Union - online prohibitions search tool

You must not send any item addressed to a country in which the item is unlawful or prohibited. When an item is restricted you must comply with the restriction. Prohibitions and restrictions vary from country to country, and can sometimes apply to items which you may think are ordinary. The information below is provided in good faith, but Royal Mail is not responsible for it, and it should be viewed as a guide only. Specific restrictions and changes may be enforced at short notice, so for clarification please contact the destination country's trade, postal, and customs authorities as appropriate. Business customers are strongly recommended to do this.

Please remember that Royal Mail also prohibits and restricts certain categories of items. For more information visit royalmail.com/prohibitedgoods

Prohibited items

Prohibited products are not permitted in the mail under any circumstances.

• Lithium batteries and equipment containing lithium batteries
• Narcotics, e.g. LSD, morphine, cocaine, cannabis products, opium
• Firearms, ammunition, airguns, weapon replicas and replicas of deactivated explosives
• Counterfeit and pirated products
• Items and substances, the possession or use of which is prohibited by law.
• Explosives, e.g. detonators, fuses, fireworks, flares and distress rockets, firearms cartridges, sparklers, explosive streamers
• Gases, e.g. aerosols (hair sprays, deodorants), helium, blowtorches, camping gas, cigarette lighters, fire extinguishers
• Flammable liquids, e.g. acetone, petrol, methanol, spirit, thinner, turpentine, several disinfectants, paints, glues, nail varnish and perfumes
• Flammable solids, self-reactive substances and desensitized explosives, e.g. matches
• Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
• Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gas, e.g. potassium, sodium
• Oxidising substances, e.g. hydrogen peroxide (minimum 8%)
• Organic peroxides
• Toxic substances, e.g. cyanide, specific mercury compounds, specific pesticides
• Infectious substances, e.g. samples containing pathogens, certain vaccines
• Radioactive materials, e.g. plutonium, uranium
• Corrosive substances Acids and alkali, e.g. sulphuric acid, acid batteries, mercury, several strong detergents
• Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, e.g. asbestos, dry ice, devices containing dangerous goods, airbag modules, safety belt pre-tensioners, internal combustion engines fuelled by inflammable gas or liquid, lithium batteries, strong magnets
   

Here is an indication of restricted items for mailing to Finland. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the Finnish Post Office website

Please also refer to the Universal Postal Union - online prohibitions search tool

You must not send any item addressed to a country in which the item is unlawful or prohibited. When an item is restricted you must comply with the restriction. Prohibitions and restrictions vary from country to country, and can sometimes apply to items which you may think are ordinary. The information above is provided in good faith, but Royal Mail is not responsible for it, and it should be viewed as a guide only. Specific restrictions and changes may be enforced at short notice, so for clarification please contact the destination country's trade, postal, and customs authorities as appropriate. Business customers are strongly recommended to do this.

Please remember that Royal Mail also prohibits and restricts certain categories of items. For more information visit royalmail.com/prohibitedgoods

Restricted items

• Money, securities, traveller’s cheques, platinum, gold or silver (wrought or unwrought), gemstones, jewellery and other valuables (only as insured postal items to those countries that permit them).
• Live animals. (Bees, leeches and silk-worms can be sent. In addition, flies of the family Drosophilidae for biomedical research can be exchanged in international letters between officially recognised institutions.)