Overview
Overview
How to Price (System)
Restrictions & Guidelines
Breakdown of costs and GP
INTERNATIONAL LETTER EXPRESS
0 to 500 g
A unique product offering allowing customers to send documents only.
Sent in a customized & protected envelope
Cost effective service
INTERNATIONAL LETTER EXPRESS
0 to 500 g
A unique product offering allowing customers to send documents only.
Sent in a customized & protected envelope
Cost effective service
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENT EXPRESS
Service offering for documents greater than 500 g
Cannot carry a commercial value
Duties are not payable on courier documents
Sent in a regular Aramex plastic flyer bag
Shipment cannot exceed 3kgs
Third country shipment capabilities
INTERNATIONAL PARCEL EXPRESS
Service offering for non-document items:
Discs
CD & DVDs
Photographs
Reports
Samples
Manuals
Customer must have an importers or exporters code
Must be written on the waybill, together with a commercial invoice
Weight restriction of 32kg’s per piece per shipment
Third country shipment capabilities
This service is ideal for customers who send a large amount of mail/post internationally.
The mail is shipped to an international destination and then injected into a global mailing system.
As the material is not being delivered by a courier, no PODs are available, however proof of postage (POP) can be supplied on request prior to collection of the mail.
The matrix is a guideline to assist commercial teams when assigning an applicable Band rate depending on the profiled spend of the client. Furthermore, this specifies who is capable of signing off specific Band rates to ensure as quick a turnaround time as possible.
Final destination
Service type used
Chargeable mass
Spend (if possible)
This ensures that the risk associated with special rates is minimized.
We use a 3rd party, therefor pricing is done on a case by case basis
BASIC RESTRICTIONS
Live animals
Plants & plant material
Arms, ammunition & explosives
Pharmaceuticals, narcotics & drugs
Chemicals & chemical products
Meat & meat products
Tobacco & tobacco products
Precious metals & stones
Currency
Foodstuff
Foodstuff
Only letters/documents
Export shipments incur the following cost portions:
Domestic collection(Rand)
Line haul to Aramex hub (Rand/Dollar
Delivery in destination country
(Dollar)
In instances where the costs incurred are in dollars, the dollar exchange rate on the day of quoting is applied.
All additional surcharges or fees are excluded from the above cost breakdown
Import shipments incur the following cost portions:
Collection in country of origin (Dollar)
Line haul to Aramex Hub and then to JNB hub (Dollar)
Domestic delivery (Rand)
From a profitability point of view, a GP % is based on the above cost breakdown and freight charge only:
(Freight Charge-Cost)/(Freight Charge) = GP %
Re-mail Express imports express exports
Express Exports
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