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Information on sending a shipment to United Arab Emirates

Prohibited commodities
All items offensive to the Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Standard DHL prohibitions plus :
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Furs
    Gambling devices
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Plant products
    Plants
    Pornography
    Precious metals & stones
Certain 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 Airwaybill to be completed. The following list explains what you need to do in order to ship various commodities.
Document Commodities
(Require a DHL Airwaybill) 		Commodities where you should contact your local customer service Department to clarify shipping requirements.

Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Business cards
Calendars
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, blank (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Computer printouts
Deeds
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Invoices, blank
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Playing cards
Postal envelopes
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa applications
 		Alcoholic beverages
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Coal & firewood
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Cotton
Cotton seed
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: entertainment
Films: promotional, training
Foodstuffs
Isopropanol
Laser disc
Liquids, non-hazardous
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Medical samples
Military equipment
Mobile phones,accessories&component
Perishables
Phones/modems
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Radios, radio equipment or parts
Seeds
Tapes: computer
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunications equipment
Tobacco

All other commodities should be shipped via DHL Parcel Express and should be accompanied by an Airwaybill and Invoice.
Restrictions

If your shipment exceeds any of the following limits, it may require special handling, please contact your local country customer service department.

Size : Length 1,360 cms (535 ins), Width 240 cms (94 ins), Height 255 cms (100 ins)
Weight : Max. weight per piece : 5,000.0 kgs (11,023.0 lbs)