Want to Send Cargo to Pakistan? Here's What You Should Know!

1. Want to Send Cargo to Pakistan? Here's What You Should Know! Sending parcels to Pakistan has been an avoided idea since decades due to the obvious reason of being expensive. Moreover, companies having such advanced facilities were limited. Now all those constraints are a thing of past with the presence of so many shipping companies. The shipping companies provide the services of sending cargo to Pakistan for relatives and friends. If you live in London, and you want to send some personal items to Pakistan or Azad Kashmir, what you will do? Hire a shipping company- Simple!! But firstly, you need to understand a few things: Choosing the Right Shipping Company Several shipping companies are operating in the shipping field for sending goods to Pakistan. But you need to find one, that is most suitable for you. To examine whether a company is good for you or not, you can ask the following questions to the service provider:  Do they have required expertise and experience?  What will be the cost, including all other charges and customs duty?  Do they use advanced technology? Modes of Transport If you are sending goods from the UK to Pakistan, you can send them through road, air or sea routes. Sending parcels to Pakistan by road should be avoided due to low connectivity of road maps. Depending upon the time limitations, you can choose between the other two modes i.e. Air or Sea. Of course, the air route is faster, but it also more expensive than the sea route. So, you need to choose the service having a balance in terms of cost and time involved. Urgency of Delivery Depending upon the goods that you need to decide upon the time bracket to be given to the agent. Small and perishable goods such as food items should always be sent via air route, as sea route will be more time-consuming. But goods like clothes and other larger products can be sent through the sea route. However, when goods are transported using sea route, the exact period for delivery can't be determined but a rough idea of the time expected can be provided by the shipping company to you.

2. Prohibited Goods Government of Pakistan has prohibited and restricted some goods which should not be imported to Pakistan. Before sending cargo, you need to ask your shipping company the list of prohibited or restricted items. An agent having prior experience of sending cargo to Pakistan from London will let you know of the items that can be sent to Pakistan. List of the items prohibited to be imported to Pakistan are:  Alcoholic beverages  Arms and Ammunition  Hazardous Chemicals  High Explosives  Radioactive substance  Currency & Mint Final Thoughts Needless to say, unless you have a ship or private jet, you cannot transport anything of your own. You need to take help from a shipping company by choosing an appropriate medium depending upon the amount you can invest and urgency of the delivery.