International courier from Udaipur to Finland. Free home pickup.
Pickup from your Udaipur door, packed and documented, into the DTDC International network. 5–7 working days door-to-door for express; from ₹1,400 per kilogram before fuel surcharge and GST. Finnair flies direct from Mumbai and Delhi to Helsinki — that direct connection makes Finland the fastest Nordic for India shipments.
Five steps from your Udaipur door to a Finnish address.
Pickup, Udaipur.
Free at 5 kg+. We bring tape, bubble wrap and the international airway bill.
Pack & document.
Commercial invoice, KYC, content declaration, recipient henkilötunnus or Y-tunnus for B2B. Done at our office before handover.
DTDC handover.
Same evening into the DTDC International facility; air movement to Mumbai or Delhi. Finnair direct to HEL Helsinki-Vantaa shaves a day off most Nordic routes.
Finnish customs.
Clearance under EU TARIC by Tulli. Helsinki is efficient — clean paperwork typically clears in 24–48 hours.
Doorstep delivery.
Last-mile to Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Oulu, Turku or any Finnish address. POD on WhatsApp the same day.
Starting rates. Real pricing depends on weight.
Final price depends on actual or volumetric weight (whichever is greater) plus the international fuel surcharge in force on your booking date. GST is extra.
Starting per-kg rates
- Express (5–7 days, door)from ₹1,400 / kg
- Economy (8–12 days, door)from ₹1,050 / kg
- Min billable weight0.5 kg
- Pickup from UdaipurFree at 5 kg+
Volumetric formula: (L × W × H cm) ÷ 5000.
Worked example
A 2 kg parcel — say books and a kitchen kit for an Aalto student in Espoo:
- Express, 2 kg × ₹1,400≈ ₹2,800
- + fuel surcharge (~25%)≈ ₹700
- + GST 18%≈ ₹630
- Approx total, express≈ ₹4,130–4,650
Indicative only. Fuel surcharge and rate cards change. EU import VAT (24%) and any duty above EUR 150 is paid by the consignee.
What you’ll need at pickup.
Finland uses EU TARIC. Tulli at Helsinki-Vantaa is efficient — paperwork has to be accurate, but clearance is rarely the bottleneck.
KYC of the sender
One photo ID for the person whose name is on the AWB — Aadhaar, passport or driving licence. We photograph it at pickup.
Commercial invoice + recipient ID
Itemised invoice with values in INR or EUR. Recipient’s henkilötunnus (Finnish ID) for personal parcels, or Y-tunnus for B2B — Finnish customs systems use these for fast clearance.
Prescription (medicines)
Doctor’s prescription with registration number for tablets. Fimea is strict — no injectables, no controlled substances, sealed strips only.
What Finland doesn’t let in.
Standard EU restrictions plus Finland-specific rules. Tulli and police enforce strictly.
Don’t even try
- Alcohol of any kind — Alko is a state monopoly; couriers have zero tolerance even for sealed gift bottles.
- Drugs and controlled substances — including unprescribed tablets.
- Weapons and weapon-replicas — including imitation firearms and certain knives.
- Aerosols and pressurised containers — universal courier rule.
- Lithium batteries above 100 Wh — restricted on air leg.
- Counterfeit goods — seized and destroyed.
- CITES-listed items — ivory, certain corals, exotic skins.
- Reindeer products and Sami-cultural items — protected under both CITES and Finnish/Sami cultural protection rules.
Allowed with care
- Textiles and sarees — block-print fabric, lehengas, cotton clothing. Declare a fair value.
- Books and printed material — any topic, including Finnish-translated Indian works.
- Sealed dry sweets — declare ingredients and allergens; Finnish labeling rules are strict.
- Tablets with prescription — sealed strips, doctor’s slip, no liquids or injectables.
- Non-precious jewellery — declare make and value.
- Small electronics — declare model and value.
- Papier-mâché and Rajasthani handicraft — fine; no untreated wood.
Care packages, textiles, gifts, B2B.
Gifts to Indian-Finnish families
Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Oulu. Indian-IT diaspora at Nokia spinoffs, F-Secure, Rovio and the Espoo tech belt; small but tightly networked community.
Wedding outfits & festival sets
Sarees, lehengas, sherwanis, dupattas. Shipped ahead of Finnish-Indian weddings; recommend express to land 2–3 weeks before.
Diwali parcels (non-food)
Diyas, decorations, pooja items. Express to Helsinki and Espoo before the festival.
B2B handicraft to design boutiques
Iittala/Marimekko-spillover suppliers and Finnish design-shop owners buy block-print cushions, dohars, papier-mâché. Small-volume B2B with commercial invoice.
Returning-traveller baggage
Finnish tourists travel India regularly. We pick up from the hotel, pack, ship before they fly out so they don’t pay airline excess.
Aalto/Helsinki student care kits
Books, kitchen tools, pressure cooker, festival clothing for Aalto University Espoo, University of Helsinki, Tampere University. Indian-engineering-track students dominate. Peak intake: August.
Helsinki-Indian-IT corporate parcels
Express to Espoo and Helsinki tech-corridor office addresses. Once Tulli clears, last-mile is next-business-day.
Indian-restaurant supply documents
Menus, supplier paperwork, contracts for Indian restaurants in Helsinki and Tampere. Express tracked international.
AWB on WhatsApp. Track on dtdc.in. POD when it lands.
The moment the parcel is booked into DTDC International, we send you the AWB number on WhatsApp. Type it into the public tracker at dtdc.in any time. When delivery happens we forward the POD — signed slip or photo — within the hour.
Asked most often.
Is Finland really faster than other Nordic countries for parcels from India?
Honestly, yes — and it comes down to one factor: Finnair runs direct flights from Mumbai and Delhi to Helsinki-Vantaa, while parcels to Norway, Sweden or Denmark usually trans-ship through Frankfurt, Amsterdam or Copenhagen first. That direct connection saves a day, sometimes two, on the air leg. Tulli (Finnish customs) is also lean — clean paperwork clears in 24–48 hours. Realistic transit: 5–7 working days door-to-door for express. We’re not promising 3-day miracles; we’re saying Finland is the lowest-friction Nordic on this route.
My son is starting at Aalto in Espoo — what care kit clears cleanly in August?
Aalto-Espoo is one of our steady August lanes. The kit that clears: textbooks (any topic, declare title and value), pressure cooker and steel tiffin (no wood, no electrical), folded festival clothing for Diwali/Navratri, sealed dry sweets with allergen labels (Finnish rules are strict — declare nuts, dairy, gluten on the invoice), prescription tablets in sealed strip with doctor’s slip if applicable. Avoid loose spices, untreated bamboo agarbatti, and anything liquid. Book mid-August on express so it lands before classes start in early September.
Express to Espoo office address for an Indian-IT corporate family — does that work?
Yes — routine. Helsinki-Espoo tech-corridor office addresses (Nokia campus, F-Secure, Rovio, smaller Espoo tech parks) clear customs and last-mile reliably next-business-day after Tulli clearance. We just need company name, building/floor, and a phone number. Office addresses actually clear faster than apartment-block addresses in Helsinki because reception always has someone to sign.