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February 8, 2018

Please be informed of the following postal and UGX operations before, during and after the Lunar New Year period in Asian countries and territories.
Additionally, please note that there may be delays in the deliveries of postal and UGX items because of the holidays associated with the Lunar New Year period in the following Asian countries and territories.

Postal Operations

Country/ Territory	Lunar New Year Period	Exchange Office Operations 1	Customs Operations 2	Delivery Operations	Inquiry Operations 3	Remarks
Korea	Thu., Feb 15 - Sat., Feb 17	×	×	×	×
China	Thu., Feb 15 - Wed., Feb 21	○	△	○	×	Customs operations will be carried out only for the certain period of time depending on the specific regulations of local Customs.
Taiwan	Thu., Feb 15 - Tue., Feb 20	△	△	△	△	All operations will be carried out only for EMS during the Lunar Year period.
Hong Kong	Sat., Feb 17 - Mon., Feb 19	○	○	×	×
Macau	Thu., Feb 15 - Tue., Feb 20	×	×	×	×
Malaysia	Fri., Feb 16 - Sat., Feb 17	×	×	×	×
Singapore	Fri., Feb 16 - Sat., Feb 17	×	×	×	×
Vietnam	Wed., Feb 14 - Tue., Feb 20	×	×	×	×

Notes:

1. Exchange office operations refer to the processing of international postal items sent from Japan or items addressed to Japan.
2. Customs operations refer to customs clearance for international postal items.
3. Inquiry operations refer to tracking and investigation for international postal items.

○: Operations are carried out as usual.　　△: Operations are partially carried out.　　×: Operations are temporarily suspended.

UGX

Destination	Affected dates
Korea	Sat., Feb 10 - Wed., Feb 14
China	Fri., Feb 9 - Fri., Feb 16
Taiwan	Sat., Feb 10 - Fri., Feb 16
Singapore	Sat., Feb 10 - Thu., Feb 15
Vietnam	Fri., Feb 9 - Fri., Feb 16
Indonesia	Sat., Feb 10 - Wed., Feb 14