Prohibited and Restricted Items

All items listed below (or any item similar in content or description) cannot be carried under any circumstances (unless exceptions are specifically noted). Any person sending such an item may have their order cancelled without notice or refund.

Items specified as "carried on a no-compensation basis" can be carried at your own risk, but will not be compensated whatsoever in the event of loss or damage.

Items specified as "restricted for international shipments only" cannot be shipped internationally under any circumstances, but are not restricted for GR domestic shipments.

IMPORTANT: This list is not exhaustive, it exists as a rough guide only. Please check our terms and conditions for more accuracy.

Please also check with your carrier for more detailed information:

UPS - Prohibited items 

DHL - Dangerous goods and prohibited items

  1. Power Banks
  2. Anything with batteries inside (except smartphones/tablets/laptops)
  3. Aerosols
  4. After Shave
  5. Aftershave
  6. Air Bags
  7. Airbags
  8. Airtag
  9. Alcohol
  10. Ammunition
  11. Amp (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  12. Amplifier (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  13. Animals
  14. Antiques (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  15. Any Item Containing Liquids
  16. Any Item With Glass Components (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  17. Any Items Containing Batteries
  18. Archery Equipment
  19. Arms And Ammunition
  20. Arrows
  21. Artworks (Inc Both The Canvas And Frame) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  22. Batteries (Not carried via any air service provided)
  23. Beer
  24. Bidets (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  25. Birds
  26. Boat Engines
  27. Bodily Fluids
  28. Boiler
  29. Bomb
  30. Bonds
  31. Books (Not allowed to China)
  32. Bottled Liquids
  33. Bouquets
  34. Bow And Arrow
  35. Bullion
  36. CRT Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  37. Camera (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  38. Camera Lenses (SLR) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  39. Canned Liquids
  40. Carbon Fibre Products (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  41. Cash
  42. Ceramics (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  43. Champagne
  44. Charcoal
  45. Cheques
  46. China (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  47. Chocolate
  48. Christmas Crackers
  49. Clay (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  50. Coal
  51. Coffee
  52. Coke (coal)
  53. Cologne
  54. Compressed Gas
  55. Computer Server (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  56. Computer Servers (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  57. Corrosive Materials
  58. Cosmetics (prohibited for international shipments only)
  59. Counterfeit Items
  60. Credit/Debit/Cash Cards
  61. Crossbow
  62. Cupboards (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  63. Currency (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  64. Damaged Goods (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  65. Dangerous Goods
  66. Deceased Animals
  67. Deodorant
  68. Diesel
  69. Dog Food
  70. Doll House (Only Carried If Flat Packed)
  71. Drawers (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  72. Driving License (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  73. Drones (prohibited for international shipments only)
  74. Drugs
  75. Drums (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  76. Dry Ice
  77. E-cigarette
  78. E-liquids
  79. Electronic Cigarettes
  80. Empty Aerosols
  81. Empty Gas Cylinders
  82. Empty Pressure Cylinders
  83. Explosive Materials
  84. Fax Machines (prohibited for international shipments only)
  85. Firearms (including Replica)
  86. Fireworks
  87. Fish
  88. Flammable Materials
  89. Flowers
  90. Fluid
  91. Food
  92. Foreign Currency (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  93. Fossils (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  94. Freestanding Furniture (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  95. Fur Coats Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  96. Fur Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  97. Furniture (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  98. Gas Cylinders
  99. Gasses
  100. Glass (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  101. Glass Substitute (such As Perspex Or Acrylic) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  102. Granite (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  103. Guitar Amp (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  104. Guitar Amplifier (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  105. Guitars (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  106. Guns
  107. Hazardous Goods
  108. Hover Board
  109. Hoverboard
  110. Illegal Substances
  111. Imitation Firearms
  112. Individual Magnets (prohibited for international shipments only)
  113. Jewellery Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  114. Juice
  115. Keyboards (musical Instrument) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  116. Knives
  117. LCD Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  118. LCD TVs (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  119. Laminate Flooring (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  120. Lenses (glass)
  121. License (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  122. Lighter
  123. Liquid
  124. Liquids
  125. Live Animals
  126. Livestock
  127. Lottery Tickets
  128. Magnum
  129. Make Up (prohibited for international shipments only)
  130. Marble (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  131. Medical Samples
  132. Memorabilia Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  133. Milk Powder
  134. Mirrors (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  135. Model
  136. Monitors (LCD/CRT/TFT/LED) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  137. Munitions
  138. Musical Instruments (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  139. Nail Polish
  140. Nail Varnish
  141. Netbooks (carried on a no-compensation basis) (Not carried via any air service provided)
  142. Notebook Computers (carried on a no-compensation basis) (Not carried via any air service provided)
  143. Oil
  144. Outboard Motors
  145. Oxidising Materials
  146. PC Tower/Desktop (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  147. Paint
  148. Paintings (Inc Both The Canvas And Frame) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  149. Passports (Only allowed via DX)
  150. Perfume
  151. Perishable Goods
  152. Personal Effects (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  153. Personal Protection Equipment (only export if you have a valid license for export)’
  154. Perspex (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  155. Pet Food
  156. Petrol
  157. Pharmaceutical Products
  158. Photocopiers (prohibited for international shipments only)
  159. Pianos (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  160. Pills
  161. Pistols
  162. Plants
  163. Plasma Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  164. Plasma TVs (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  165. Plastic Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  166. Poorly Packaged Goods
  167. Porcelain (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  168. Posters (Inc Framed Or Canvas)(carried on a no-compensation basis)
  169. Pots (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  170. Pottery (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  171. Precious Metals Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  172. Precious Stones Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  173. Pressurised Containers
  174. Pressurised Cylinders
  175. Printer Cartridges (prohibited for international shipments only)
  176. Printers (prohibited for international shipments only)
  177. Pyrotechnics
  178. Radioactive Materials
  179. Replica Guns
  180. Replica Items
  181. Replica Weapons
  182. Samsung Galaxy Note 7
  183. Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  184. Segway
  185. Server (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  186. Servers (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  187. Settees
  188. Sheet Metals (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  189. Sheet Plastics (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  190. Shoe Polish (prohibited for international shipments only)
  191. Shrubs
  192. Sofas
  193. Solar Panels
  194. Spray Cans
  195. Stamps (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  196. Stolen Goods
  197. Sunglasses (Not Allowed Via ETrak )
  198. Synthesizer
  199. TFT Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  200. TVs (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  201. Tables (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  202. Tablets (pills)
  203. Televisions (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  204. Terracotta (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  205. Tiles (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  206. Tissue Samples
  207. Toiletries (please contact the customer support team for specifics)
  208. Toilets (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  209. Toner Cartridges (prohibited for international shipments only)
  210. Toxic Materials
  211. Toy Guns
  212. Trading Cards Valued Over £50 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  213. Trees
  214. Trumpets (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  215. Tyres
  216. Un-boxed Furniture
  217. Un-packaged Goods
  218. Unboxed Bicycles
  219. Vape
  220. Vape Pens
  221. Vases (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  222. Vodka
  223. Vouchers (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  224. Wardrobes (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  225. Watches Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis)
  226. Water
  227. Weapons
  228. Wheels
  229. Whiskey
  230. Wine
  231. Wood (Not to be sent via DPD international services)