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Information on sending a shipment to Austria

Prohibited commodities
Standard DHL prohibitions plus: Imitation and pirated products
    Animal skins
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Furs
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    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.

Airline tickets, issued/validated
Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Annual reports
Blank forms
Cash letters (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Fabrics & fabric samples
Foodstuffs
Invoices, not blank
Manuscripts
Military equipment
Money orders (NI)
Pamphlets
Passports
Perishables
Plants
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Samples, textile
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Textile articles
Transparencies
Visa applications

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 120 cm (47 ins), Width 100 cm (39 ins), Height 160 cm (63 ins)
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 3,000.0 kg (6,614.0 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 1,000.0 kg (2,204.5 lbs)