Antananarivo - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

Through diplomatic mail. - Apr 2025


Forget mail service. Packages do not arrive. DHL available but expensive. - Jul 2020


Through the US embassy. - Mar 2017


Fortunate to get dip pouch-service. Have not used local mail service. - Jun 2016


Via diplomatic pouch. - Oct 2015


The public mail service is slow and items are often lost/waylaid en route. DHL, FedEx and UPS are available and reliable. - Mar 2015


The US Embassy has pouch but no DPO. - Apr 2013


I don't use the local mail system. The embassy has a pouch. - Apr 2010


By postal service, snail mail. Have sent to Europe, South Africa and England. All arrived - but only sent mail, no packages. - Dec 2008


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