Important Information

Given the significant impacts of COVID-19 on the global aviation industry and in order to help us maintain reliable and high quality delivery services for you and your customers, DHL Express introduced a temporary Emergency Situation Surcharge in 2020.

Since the onset of this global pandemic, DHL teams have been working around the clock, adapting and adjusting the operations of our global network to align with new developments, regulatory requirements and constant changes in capacity and demand.

As market conditions continue to evolve with the ongoing COVID-19 situation in combination with the cost associated with capacity constraints in the global air network during the peak period, the Emergency Situation Surcharge (ESS) will be adjusted effective November 7th, 2021 until February 13th, 2022.

We will update customers before February 13th 2022 about the development of market conditions and the subsequent evolution of the Emergency Situation Surcharge.

Although the ESS surcharge for most lanes will not change, we are making adjustments for specific origin/destination combinations. This adjustment reflects changes in market dynamics and air capacity availability during the peak period, and operational restrictions imposed related to COVID-19 measures from local governments.

The adjustments are summarized below:

• Origins China and Hong Kong to destinations in the Americas region:
  €0.9 p/kg to €2 p/kg

• Origins China and Hong Kong to destinations in the Europe region:
  €0.9 p/kg to €1.25 p/kg

• Origins Europe, Americas and Rest of World to destination Australia and New Zealand:
  €0.2 p/kg to €2 p/kg

Below, you will find the details for the adjusted ESS per origin and destination combination.

Charge in EUR per Kg

DHL Express Emergency Situation Surcharge as of July 1st, 2020

* Hong Kong = Hong Kong and Macau

** Rest of Asia (Asia excluding China and Hong Kong) = Bangladesh, Brunei, Bhutan, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, India, Japan, Cambodia, Kiribati, South Korea, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Maldives, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Nepal, Nauru, Niue, North Korea, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa. Australia, and New Zealand as origin only.

***All shipments from Australia/New Zealand/Papua New Guinea to Australia/New Zealand/Papua New Guinea will be charged €0.20/kg regardless of billing location.

DHL has been alerted of the unauthorized use of its business name in SMS messages asking receivers to download an application with the extension '.apk'. We encourage you to let us know at your earliest convenience by sending a screenshot of the suspicious SMS to phishing-dpdhl@dhl.com, include the suspicious phone number in the message. After reporting the fraudulent message, please delete it and under no circumstance should you download the application.

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Following the current Covid-19 outbreak situation, we confirm that DHL Express continues to take all necessary measures to deal with this emergency and contain the risks of contagion, giving top priority to the health and safety of our people, our customers and anyone that interacts with our network.

Many customers in the past few days have requested that shipments be delivered without interpersonal contact and without manipulating the devices we use to sign the delivery. For this reason, to meet the needs of our customers and protect the safety of DHL customers and couriers, shipments are delivered without an obligation to sign.

Even in a time of particular difficulty, we continue to strive to guarantee our customers the best quality of service, thanks to the contribution of our people and, in particular, our Couriers and Receptionists, to whom we are very grateful.