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