Aramex - shipping to Libya

Some feedback on Aramex, who I've recently used to ship some goodies from UK to Libya.

After setting up the account (very simple process) and paying the one-off $35 registration fee, you are given a c/o address and ref no. for Aramex offices in the UK and USA.

Charges are 15 Lyd up to the first half kilo (or part thereof) and 10 Lyd for 0.5 - 1Kg.

There is quite a lengthy list of items which they won't ship (foosdtuffs, liquids etc).

I ordered some CD's, DVD's and a heavier (3.5Kg)item from Amazon UK, which were shipped directly to the Aramex UK office. As soon as each item arrived at Aramex, I was emailed with a description (and where applicable, the sender name) and also a cost. This order was placed on 9 February.

This morning, most of the order arrived, the heavier item and 5 x CD/DVD's. It was all delivered to my office in Dahra and the total payable was 90 Lyd cash. None of the packages had been opened and I hadn't been charged any other duties or taxes. Based upon the value of the goods (rather than the weight), the shipping worked out at approx 7.5%.

This is a very fast, safe and hassle-free way of bringing fairly light items into the country. It's obviously more expensive to import heavier items this way, but it's worth comparing the costs of buying those hard to find items locally, or paying 25 Lyd per Kilo to ship.

Rating: *****

Details of the service here:

ARAMEX SHOP AND SHIP