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