Europe · MT
Shipping label for Malta
A generator that already knows how Malta wants an address written. Fill in the recipient, print at 100 × 150 mm, and the locality lines come out in the order MaltaPost expects.
How addresses are written in Malta
Recipient name first, then the street line, then the locality. In Malta the locality line reads: City on its own line, postal code on the line below it.
- Address layout
- City on its own line, postal code on the line below it.
- Postal code
- VLT 1117
- Country line
- MALTA
- Local script
- Latin alphabet
- Currency
- EUR
- Dialling code
- +356
- Customs status
- EU customs union
Addresses in Malta are written in the Latin alphabet, so nothing needs transliterating. Write the street line exactly as the recipient gave it to you.
Worked example: a parcel arriving in Valletta
Sarah Whitfield 27 Weaver Street VALLETTA VLT 1117 MALTA
The last line is the destination country in English capitals. It only appears on parcels crossing a border, and it is there so the exporting post office can sort the item without reading the local script.
Malta uses postal codes. A valid one looks like VLT 1117, the code for Valletta.
The national postal operator is MaltaPost.
Generate a label for Malta
The destination is already set to Malta. Change the sender country if you are shipping from somewhere else. The CN22 customs block appears on its own whenever the route needs one.
Shipment details
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Customs status
Malta is in the EU customs union. A parcel arriving from another member state is in free circulation: no CN22, no declaration, no duty. The generator drops the customs block automatically on those routes and prints it on everything else, so France to Malta shows no form while the United Kingdom to Malta does.
Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and the United Kingdom are not in the EU customs union, so parcels to and from them always need a declaration, whatever their proximity suggests.
Sending to Malta from abroad
Two things change once the parcel crosses a border. The last address line must read MALTA in Latin capitals, and a customs declaration becomes mandatory. Below roughly 300 SDR in value that is the CN22, small enough to print on the label itself, and it is added as soon as your sender country is not Malta. Above that threshold, or where the destination customs office asks for it, you need the larger CN23 on a separate sheet.
Sending inside Malta
For a domestic parcel, drop the country line and skip the customs block entirely. The label keeps the sender block, the recipient block, weight, piece count and the reference barcode, which is all a courier or a pickup point needs to route it.
Straight answers · Malta
What this does, and what it does not
Is this an official postal label for Malta?
No, and no website can produce one. An official label from MaltaPost or from a courier carries a tracking number issued against your account with them. This is an address and handling label: it puts the recipient in the right format, states the weight and pieces, and carries your own order reference as a barcode. Print it, tape it to the box, and add the carrier’s tracking label beside it at drop-off.
Which address format does Malta use?
The locality line reads: City on its own line, postal code on the line below it. Labelbench applies that automatically the moment you pick Malta as the destination, so you do not have to remember whether the postal code comes before or after the city.
Do I need a customs form for Malta?
Only if the parcel starts in a different country. Domestic shipments inside Malta need no customs paperwork. For inbound international parcels, a CN22 is required below roughly 300 SDR and is added to the label automatically; heavier or more valuable consignments need a CN23 on a separate sheet.
Does a parcel from another EU country to Malta need a customs form?
Malta is in the EU customs union. A parcel arriving from another member state is in free circulation: no CN22, no declaration, no duty. The generator drops the customs block automatically on those routes and prints it on everything else, so France to Malta shows no form while the United Kingdom to Malta does.
Can I write the address in Latin alphabet?
Addresses in Malta are written in the Latin alphabet, so nothing needs transliterating. Write the street line exactly as the recipient gave it to you.