[RBS] New Post Office charge of $10 per package in January

[Jennifer Bloom]

Does anyone know anything about this? Does it mean that packages shipped via
FedEx, UPS, or DHL will not be charged the extra $10?

$10 fee to be added to overseas purchases
The fee will be collected by the Post Office.

8 November 10 14:38, Yael Gruntman

People who until now enjoyed buying inexpensive goods on eBay or other
foreign e-commerce sites, will have to reconsider, after the Israel Postal
Company Ltd. will, beginning in January 2011, will be required to send all
incoming parcels to Customs, and will charge the addressees a $10 release
fee. 

When Israel Post was a government agency, parcels were not transitted
through Customs, but now that Israel Post is a private company, changes have
been gradually instituted at the company to enable the company to compete
with international delivery companies operating in Israel, such as FedEx
Corporation (NYSE: FDX), United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS), and DHL. 

Beginning in January 2011, all parcels entering Israel will undergo an
inspection by Customs, which will decide on the value of the goods and
whether duty should be paid on them. 

Israel Post said in response that the parcel release fee is less than half
the fee charged by the international delivery companies. 

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com -
on November 8, 2010 

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