Import Guidelines
United Kingdom
Information on sending a shipment to and from United Kingdom
Prohibited Commodities
View DHL's Prohibited and Restricted Commodities ListCertain commodities need to be accompanied by an invoice and, in some cases, additional customs documentation. Other commodities are considered as 'Documents' and only require a DHL Air Waybill to be completed. The following list explains what you need to do in order to ship various commodities.
| Document Commodities (Require a DHL Air Waybill) | Commodities where you should contact your local customer service Department to clarify shipping requirements. |
| Airline tickets, issued/validated | Alcoholic beverages |
| Annual reports | Animal skins |
| Cash letters (NI) | Antiques |
| Charts / graphs | Bunker oil sample (for analysis) |
| Cheques, cancelled (NI) | Computer software |
| Cheques, cashier (NI) | Diskettes |
| Computer printouts | Drugs: non-prescription |
| Documents, general business | Drugs: prescription |
| Invoices, not blank | Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm |
| Manuals, technical | Films: promotional, training |
| Manuscripts | Foodstuffs |
| Money orders (NI) | Furs |
| Music, printed or manuscript | Grain samples |
| Pamphlets | Ivory |
| Passports | Medical samples |
| Photos as part of business reports | Personal effects |
| Price lists | Plant products |
| Ship manifest-computer generated | Plants |
| Shipping schedules | Precious metals & stones |
| Visa applications | Ship spares |
| Tapes: audio cassettes | |
| Tapes: computer | |
| Tapes: video cassettes | |
| Textile articles | |
| Tobacco |
All other commodities should be accompanied by an Air Waybill and Invoice.
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