List Of Prohibited Items For International Shipping
There are certain prohibited items we won’t ship due to laws or regulations.
Prohibited Items
- Live Animals
- Hunting (Animal) trophies, animal parts such as ivory and sharks fin, animal remains, or Animal-by-Products and derived products not intended for human consumption, prohibited for movement by the CITES Convention and/or local law.
- Human remains or ashes
- Bullion (of any precious metal)
- Cash (current legal tender)
- Loose precious and semi-precious stones
- Complete firearms, ammunition, explosives / explosive devices
- Illegal goods, such as counterfeit goods and narcotics
Restricted Items
- Class 3 Flammable Liquids
- Explosives (e.g., airbags, small arms ammunition, and model rocket motors)
- Non-Flammable, Non-Toxic Gas
- Flammable Solids
- Any transaction involving International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or other commodities subject to import licenses
- Artwork, archeological artifacts, and antiquities
- Biological agents, etiological agents, and hosts and vectors of human disease
- Class 8 Corrosives
- Class 9 Miscellaneous (e.g., self-inflating life rafts, lithium batteries, and dry ice)
- Flammable Gas
- Spontaneously Combustible Flammable Solids
- Dangerous When Wet Flammable Solids
- Oxidizers
- Organic Peroxides
- Toxic Substances (solid or liquid)
- Gems, cut or uncut
Dangerous Goods
- Any aerosols, including hairspray and deodorants
- Airbag inflators and modules or seat-belt pretensioners
- Alcoholic beverages containing > 24% alcohol by volume
- Batteries classified as dangerous such as wet spillable/non-spillable lead-acid/alkaline batteries
- Batteries/cells including lithium-ion/polymer/metal – alone and in or with electronic devices
- Carbon dioxide, solid (Dry Ice)
- Corrosives such as acids, corrosive paint, and dyes, rust removers
- Environmental waste including used engine oil and used or damaged batteries
- Explosives or ammunition such as fireworks, flares, and sparklers
- Flammable liquids such as acetone, lighter fluid, solvent-based paints
- Flammable solids including magnesium and potassium
- Gases including flammable, non-flammable, compressed and toxic gases such as fire extinguishers and scuba tanks
- Pesticides, toxic herbicides, and insecticides or poisons toxic substances