Guadeloupe

Refer to France. In addition, Guadeloupe prohibits:

• Animals
• Asbestos
• Batteries
• Bullion and currency
• Cash
• Dangerous goods, haz or comb materials
• Gambling devices
• Ivory
• Jewellery, precious stones and metals
• Playing cards
• Pornography
• Price tickets for garments
• Publications for public resale

Perfume is prohibited under International Express.

Batteries

All types of batteries and devices containing them (e.g. laptops, mobile phones, wireless headphones and equivalent, power banks, tablets, etc.) are prohibited from being sent via International Express.

Medications

All types of medications are prohibited from being sent via International Express:

• Non doctor prescribed e.g. Panadol
• Pharmacy only e.g. labelled with pharmacy and recipient name
• Doctor prescribed e.g. asthma puffer, insulin tablets/needle, heart medications
• Controlled/illegal e.g. Morphine, Methadone, Hemp Seed Oil, Cannabinoids

New La Poste handling fees for items entering Guadeloupe

From 1 March 2026, the Postal Operator of France, La Poste, will charge a Customs administrative fee of EUR2 for all items valued below EUR150 for B2B and above EUR22 for B2C sent to Guadeloupe.  

This fee, called a small parcel tax, will be charged per HS Code, so multiple items with the same HS code will only be charged once. 

Examples:

Scenario 1 - sending multiples of the same item within one parcel:  

• An individual is sending a parcel containing three pairs of pants with the same HS code. The total small parcel fee for this parcel would be EUR2 and not EUR6 as the fee is only charged once.

Scenario 2 – sending different items within one parcel: 

• An individual is sending two pairs of pants with the same HS code and one t-shirt with a different HS code. The total small parcel fee would be EUR4 as the fee is charged on the two different HS codes.

Tax collection for customers with an IOSS number 

Business contract customers and MyPost Business customers who are registered for the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS) in France or using a marketplace with an IOSS in France can get the small parcel tax collected before their goods enter Guadeloupe. To do this:

• Include your IOSS number in the customs declaration when generating your shipment for Guadeloupe (for example, when creating shipments in your online lodgement platform).
• Enter the IOSS number into the ‘Senders Customs Reference’ field, or if not available in your platform, into the ‘Importer’s Reference Number’ field. Make sure you enter the number correctly to help reduce additional handling fees and delays for your customers in Guadeloupe.

Please note: 

• If your business is registered for IOSS in a different EU country, you will not be able to use IOSS to collect the customs fee in advance. 
• If you do not provide an IOSS, La Poste will collect the small parcel tax from the recipient. 

Tax collection for customers without an IOSS number

For business contract and MyPost Business customers without an IOSS number in France, the small parcel tax will be collected from the recipient in Guadeloupe.  

To minimise costs and delays for your recipient:

• Provide a valid phone number and/or email address for the recipient; and 
• Clearly indicate that the recipient pays the small parcel tax upon delivery. 

This will help La Poste to contact recipients for the payment upon delivery.

Although, senders should determine import restrictions from Guadeloupe authorities before posting:

• Coffee or parts of coffee plants
• Cacao or parts of cacao plants
• Drugs: prescription or non prescription
• Parts of sugar cane plants

EDN’s and export permits are required for:

• Kangaroo skins
• Crocodile skins
• Emu oil
• Fish oil
• Bunker oil
• Coal
• Petroleum bases products
• Tobacco and tobacco products
• Any other alcohol including beer and spirits all volumes.

Otherwise, restrictions are the same as France.

Refer to France.

• International Express (carried via the EMS network) - Parcels deliver only to the places shown
  • Anse Bertrand
  • Baie Mahault
  • Baillif
  • Basse Terre
  • Bouillante
  • Bouillante
  • Capesterre Belle Eau
  • Deshaies
  • Galante
  • Gourbeyre
  • Goyave
  • Grand Bourg
  • La Desirade
  • Lamentin
  • Le Gosier
  • Le Moule
  • Les Abymes
  • Les Abymes Capesterre De Marie
  • Morne A L Eau
  • Petit Bourg
  • Petit Canal
  • Pointe A Pitre
  • Pointe Noire
  • Port Louis
  • Saint Francois
  • St Claude
  • St Louis
  • Ste Anne
  • Ste Rose
  • Terre De Bas
  • Terre De Haut
  • Trois Rivieres
  • Vieux Fort
  • Vieux Habitants

International Express - Parcels does not deliver to a Post Office Box or Poste Restante.

• International Express - Letters service available on a non-guaranteed basis

For more information from the overseas carrier, check the Chronopost website.