Author Name:Tiffany Lee – Marketing Analyst at FreightAmigo
FreightAmigo’s customer service team sometimes receives inquiries from customers in Hong Kong on how to send festival food overseas. Especially in recent years, many relatives and friends have immigrated overseas, and many people also hope to enjoy festive food and celebrate the festive season with their relatives and friends overseas. However, it turns out that many countries or regions (Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Canada, etc.) also have strict entry restrictions on receiving or sending festival food. Knowing more about the entry restrictions can help you process of sending festival food become smoother.
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Entry Restrictions of Mooncakes from Various Places
All countries prohibited the sending of snowy mooncakes and ice cream mooncakes.
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Entry Restrictions of Sticky-rice Cakes from Various Places
Generally, international express delivery will not accept shipments that need to be refrigerated, so avoid sending sticky-rice cake with meat/perishable fillings that need to be refrigerated.
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Entry Restrictions of Sending Rice Cakes/ Carrot Cakes from Various Places
Note that any processed foods containing meat and eggs, or shipments that require refrigeration cannot be mailed. And the customer needs to list the name and ingredients of the food before sending it.
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Entry Restrictions of Tangyuan from Various Places
Generally, international express delivery will not accept shipments that need to be refrigerated, and Tangyuan are frozen food, so they cannot be sent.
*Please refer to the latest guidelines of local customs for restrictions and specifications on sending festival food.
Using the FreightAmigo platform to send festive food can save a lot of shipping time, allowing you to celebrate the festive season with overseas relatives and friends.
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