A Jordan shipment starts with a narrow menu. Airmail M-bags are not available and the fastest postal product is listed as suspended, which leaves four services to choose from and no discount route for a heavy sack of books. On top of that the listing carries a couple of prohibitions written in language no other lane uses, and a customs line drawn in dinars. All of it came off the country listing read on 2026-08-08.
No sack route, no express guarantee. Four products carry a Jordan parcel, and the dinar decides the duty.
| Product | Weight ceiling | Size ceiling | Customs form |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority Mail International | 66 lb | 42 in long, 79 in length plus girth | PS Form 2976-A inside PS Form 2976-E |
| Priority Mail Express International | 66 lb | 36 in long, 79 in length plus girth | PS Form 2976-B inside PS Form 2976-E |
| First-Class Package International Service | 4 lb | Small-packet limits per the international manual | PS Form 2976 |
| First-Class Mail International | 3.5 oz letters and postcards, 15.994 oz large envelopes | Letter and flat limits | None, unless otherwise required |
| Airmail M-bags | Not available to Jordan | — | — |
| “Global Express Guaranteed” | Listed as suspended since September 29, 2024 | — | — |
The two missing rows shape the choice. With no Airmail M-bag, a heavy consignment of printed matter has no cheap sack option and travels as an ordinary parcel. With the fastest product listed as suspended, the quickest postal service in practice is Priority Mail Express International, which carries the same 66 lb as the ordinary parcel and takes a shorter box, capped at 36 inches against 42.
Most of Jordan’s prohibitions are the standard safety set. Two are phrased in a way that reads like an older era of the mails, and both are worth quoting because they catch things a sender would not expect.
Alongside those the listing names arms, radioactive materials, and perishable infectious and noninfectious biological substances, the entries a sender would expect. The restriction list is unusually short: bees and silkworms must be accompanied by a certificate confirming that they are free from disease, and little else is spelled out, which puts more of the weight on the prohibition list and on customs valuation.
The observations ask the mailer to display the addressee’s landline number and mobile number where possible, along with an email address where available, on the label or the customs form. Two numbers rather than one is a deliberate ask, because the clearance and delivery process in Jordan reaches the recipient to arrange payment and handover, and a parcel with no way to contact the addressee stalls.
Underneath the addressing note sits the machinery that decides the bill. Customs clearance rules effective February 25, 2021 turn on the declared value of the parcel expressed in Jordanian dinars, so an accurate value and a clear description on the customs form are what move an item through rather than into a queue for assessment.
Jordan draws a line at 200 dinars for personal parcels, and a general sales tax sits on imports across the board.
Personal online purchases valued under 200 Jordanian dinars are handled as low-value personal parcels rather than full commercial imports. Above the line, a parcel takes a full customs declaration and the standard tariff on its assessed value.
A general sales tax, similar in operation to value added tax, applies to imports at 16 percent. It reaches almost all shipments, and it is charged on the landed value rather than on the price of the goods alone.
The duty treatment below the 200-dinar line was under revision through 2025 and 2026, so the exact charge on a small personal parcel is the one detail worth confirming with the recipient before you plan around it.
These are the destination’s own figures, drawn from Jordanian reporting and tax guidance read on 2026-08-08, and they describe what a recipient faces at clearance rather than a shipping price. Because the low-value rule has been in flux, treat the 200-dinar line as the value that changes how a parcel is handled and the 16 percent as the tax that reliably applies, and let the recipient confirm the current fee.
No Jordanian postage sits on this page. The checkout here cuts United States domestic labels and nothing beyond them, so the number for the crossing is not something the buttons can produce. A parcel traveling inside the country, first leg to a forwarder and all, is the calculator’s job. The leg out of the country is a person’s: send the carton, the weight, the contents, and the Jordan address with both phone numbers on it, to freight review, and back comes a service off the short menu above, the matching customs form, and a price set by hand.
Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International, First-Class Mail International and First-Class Package International Service reach Jordan. Airmail M-bags are not available, and Global Express Guaranteed is listed as suspended since September 29, 2024.
Two entries stand out: advertisements concerning the treatment of venereal diseases or preventive medicinal preparations, and essences and oils for use in making adulterated or imitated beverages. Arms, radioactive materials and perishable biological substances sit alongside them.
The restriction list is short. Bees and silkworms must be accompanied by a certificate confirming that they are free from disease. Beyond that, the country listing leans on its prohibitions and on customs valuation rather than on a long restricted list.
Show the addressee's landline number and mobile number where possible, and an email address where available, on the label or the customs form. Customs clearance rules effective February 25, 2021 turn on the parcel's value in Jordanian dinars.
Personal online parcels valued under 200 Jordanian dinars are handled as low-value personal purchases, and a 16 percent general sales tax applies to imports. The charge falls at clearance, and the exact treatment below the line has been under revision, so confirm the current figure.
Jordan revised its parcel clearance treatment through 2025 and 2026, and the country listing is updated without notice. What appears here is what those pages held on 2026-08-08; have the recipient confirm the current low-value fee before you plan around it.