Prohibited Items

Last Updated on 30 Jan 2023

LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING

  • Live Stock and its Articles
  • Activated SIM cards
  • Air guns, replica, and imitation firearms
  • Alcohol/tobacco/drugs/poisonous goods
  • Animal Raw Skins/Furs
  • Antiques (objects over 100 years old)
  • APO (Army Post Office) / FPO (Fleet Post Office)/DPO (Diplomatic Post Office) Addresses
  • Arms & Ammunitions
  • Asbestos
  • Biological Substance, Category B
  • Bullion (of any precious metal)
  • Contraband including, but not limited to, illicit drugs and counterfeit goods
  • Corrosive items (acids, chemicals)
    • Aluminum chloride
    • Caustic soda
    • Corrosive cleaning fluid
    • Corrosive rust remover/preventative
    • Corrosive paint remover (Nail Polish)
    • Acid (Hydrochloric acid, Nitric acid, Sulphuric acid, etc.)
  • Cremated or Disintegrated Human Remains
  • Currency, Cheques, Bullion, Payment Cards, Traveler Cheques, Stamps
  • Dangerous goods and Hazardous material prohibited or restricted by IATA /ICAO and other Government or Regulatory Agencies
  • Dry Ice
  • Drugs
    • Cocaine
    • Cannabis resin
    • LSD
    • Narcotics
    • Morphine
    • Opium
    • Psychotropic substances, etc.
  • Edible Oils
  • De-oiled groundnut cakes, Fodder, and Rice bran
  • Electronic cigarettes
  • Endangered species/plants and its parts under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
  • Explosives (arms, ammunition, fireworks, flares, gunpowder, airbag inflators)
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fireworks and Other items of an incendiary or Flammable nature
  • Flammable items (firecrackers, oil cans, adhesives, paint cans)
  • Gambling devices, lottery tickets
  • Gold, Silver, Platinum, Articles of Gem & Jewelry
  • Gases compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure
  • Hazardous Waste, including but not limited to Used Hypodermic Needles and/or Syringes or Medical waste
  • High capacity batteries such as car batteries, generator batteries
  • Human and Animal Embryos
  • Human and animal remains, including ashes
  • Human Corpses, Organs, or Body Parts
  • Hunting (animal) trophies
  • Indian Postal Articles
  • Industrial Diamonds
  • Ivory and ivory products
  • Ketamine and other Drugs of Illegal Narcotics (contraband) and Psychotropic substances
  • Knives
  • LEDs, LCDs, plasma, OLED, and any kind of television screens
  • Letter of Credit/Bill of Lading
  • Liquid Chemicals and other liquid products
  • Lottery tickets and gambling devices where prohibited by law
  • Machinery parts containing oil, grease, fuel, or batteries
  • Magnetized material
  • Marijuana, including Marijuana intended for medical use
  • Meat and Edible Meat of all kinds
  • Narcotic drugs and Psychotropic substances
  • Negotiable Items or documents
  • Negotiable Currency - Bullion, Money, Fake/Dummy/Collectable Cash, Payment Cards, Traveler Cheques, Passports, IDs, Stamps
  • Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides
    • Solids such as Fertilizers, Dyes, Bromates, Chlorates, Nitrates, Perchlorates, Permanganates, Peroxides, Weed killers, Insecticides
  • Plants and plant material including Seeds and Cut Flowers
  • Pornographic material
  • Precious, semi-precious metals or stones in any form including bricks
  • Radioactive material
    • Fissile material (Uranium 235, etc.)
    • Radioactive waste material
    • Thorium or Uranium ores, etc.
  • Sand/Soil and Ores
  • Sandalwood and its oils
  • Sea shells, including polished sea shells and handicrafts
  • Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipments & Technologies (SCOMET) items
  • Sword
  • Toner (Photocopier)
  • Toxic and infectious substances
    • Arsenic, Beryllium, Cyanide, Fluorine, Hydrogen Solenoid, Mercury, Mercury salts, Mustard gas, Nitrobenzene, Nitrogen dioxide, Pesticides, Poisons, Rat poison, Ebola, Foot and mouth disease
  • Environmental, clinical and medical waste
  • Wet Ice (Frozen Water)
  • Wood and wood pulp/products.

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