Abuja - Post Report Question and Answers
What household or grocery items do you wish you had shipped to post?
Nothing. No regrets. - Jun 2024
The usual suspects at Costco are always helpful, especially maple syrup. - Mar 2024
I shipped way too much. Since pouch allows for dry goods to be shipped, I wouldn't put much of those in our consumables. I do recommend putting in cleaning supplies, e.g., scrubbin' bubbles (I have yet to find anything that comes close here), liquid laundry detergent, etc. We did ship dog food since options here are rather questionable, but you can still get everything through pouch (canned as well as dried). - Sep 2019
We ship, via Amazon and get the dried goods like mac n cheese, etc. You can buy lactose free milk at Grand Square, but so far I've seen nothing about 'gluten-free'. So if you have dietary restrictions...bring it with you. - Feb 2019
More liquids! If you like a variety of beers and wines, bring them with you. Shelf stable and/or non-liquids you can ship via the pouch (USG). Other products in liquids like pickles, olives, etc. should be brought with you. Hard liquor is easy to get and surprisingly affordable. - Apr 2018
Laundry detergent, peanut butter, sauces, oils, beverages (including alcohol), Mexican ingredients, baking ingredients, and all liquid items you use regularly should be shipped in your consumables. - Apr 2017
Antifreeze is not available. Spare parts such as oil filters are not available or could be counterfeit. Food items are largely available, with some diplomatic missions having deliveries of locally produced meat from Fellak's (a Jos-based butcher), fresh strawberries, fresh tofu, fresh vegetables, and flowers. Cheeses such as Swiss, Brie, Blue, and Romano are available. - Jun 2016
Beer. You can order tortilla chips through some online vendors. I wish I could ship cheese. You should find UPS and power transformers that work on very dirty power and bring them in your shipment. - Aug 2015
This is a consumables post. Ship all your favorites. Shopping can be done here but things are pricey and they make not have the brand you prefer. - Jun 2015
All house-hold cleaning products, the bleach is about 1/10th the strength of our home bought ones. All the cleaning products are weak so I would send more in consumables. There is a good consumable allowance. More paper products since they are expensive here. - Nov 2014
Would have doubled the amount of stuff we shipped as our consumable allowance. - Aug 2014
I brought a lot and am happy I did. I discovered I need more candles do to power outages than I ever thought I would need and thought I could get baking flour locally which turns out not to be reliable. - May 2014
Brown ales and porters, beef jerky, olive oil, high-quality trash bags, paper goods, laundry soap, etc. You can mail order any non liquids through the diplomatic pouch - May 2013
I shipped plenty of food and I am glad that I did, as I used a good portion of it. - Jun 2009
I would pack exercise machines, because a gym membership at the Hilton for a couple with the Embassy discount is US$1,250.00 per year. I would have brought a cooler with pork products and steak on the plane instead of having to wait for my first R&R to enjoy good meat. - Sep 2008
Root beer and vanilla extract. You can't ship liquids or glass through the pouch, but most things are easy to get. - Jul 2008
