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