Do I need to enter a province for my international orders?
In some cases, yes. However, most international destination countries do not require a province on the label. Including the province can help local couriers. Excluding the province leaves more room for other address details, avoiding information from being cut off the customs form.
With a few exceptions, these countries always require a province (or state):
- US
- Canada
- Australia
- Brazil
- Japan
The requirement to include a province on a label may vary by courier. When in doubt, it is best to include a province when shipping to these destinations. See the lists below for Province codes.
International Province Codes
Australia
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| JBT | Jarvis Bay Territory |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| QLD | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| TAS | Tasmania |
| VIC | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
Braziil
| AC | Acre |
| AL | Alagoas |
| AP | Amapá |
| AM | Amazonas |
| BA | Bahia |
| CE | Ceará |
| DF | Distrito Federal |
| ES | Espírito Santo |
| GO | Goiás |
| MA | Maranhão |
| MT | Mato Grosso |
| MS | Mato Grosso do Sul |
| MG | Minas Gerais |
| PA | Pará |
| PB | Paraíba |
| PR | Paraná |
| PE | Pernambuco |
| PI | Piauí |
| RJ | Rio de Janeiro |
| RN | Rio Grande do Norte |
| RS | Rio Grande do Sul |
| RO | Rondônia |
| RR | Roraima |
| SP | São Paulo |
| SC | Santa Catarina |
| SE | Sergipe |
| TO | Tocantins |
Canada
| AB | Alberta |
| BC | British Columbia |
| MB | Manitoba |
| NB | New Brunswick |
| NL | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| NT | Northwest Territories |
| NS | Nova Scotia |
| NU | Nunavut |
| ON | Ontario |
| PE | Prince Edward Island |
| QC | Quebec |
| SK | Saskatchewan |
| YT | Yukon |
Japan
| O1 | Akita |
| O2 | Aomori |
| O3 | Chiba |
| O4 | Ehime |
| O5 | Fukui |
| O6 | Fukuoka |
| O7 | Fukushima |
| O8 | Gifu |
| O9 | Gunma |
| OA | Hiroshima |
| OB | Hokkaido |
| OC | Hyogo |
| OD | Ibaragi |
| OE | Ibaraki |
| OF | Ishikawa |
| OG | Iwate |
| OI | Kagawa |
| OJ | Kagoshima |
| OL | Kanagawa |
| OM | Kochi |
| OO | Kumamoto |
| OP | Kyoto |
| OQ | Mie |
| OS | Miyagi |
| OT | Miyazaki |
| OU | Nagano |
| OV | Nagasaki |
| OW | Nara |
| OX | Niigata |
| OY | Oita |
| 20 | Okinawa |
| 21 | Osaka |
| 22 | Saga |
| 23 | Saitama |
| 24 | Shiga |
| 25 | Shimane |
| 26 | Shizuoka |
| 27 | Tochigi |
| 28 | Tokushima |
| 29 | Tokyo |
| 30 | Tottori |
| 31 | Toyama |
| 32 | Wakayama |
| 33 | Yamagata |
| 34 | Yamaguchi |
| 35 | Yamanashi |
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