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Information on sending a shipment to Australia

Prohibited commodities
Commercial importation of Kava into Australia is illegal except for medical or scientific purposes. - Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    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, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Business cards
Cash letters (NI)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Films: promotional, training
Invoices, blank
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Manuals, technical
Maps
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Slides
Transparencies
Visa applications
 		Animal products
Animal skins
Calendars
Catalogues
Coal & firewood
Coffee
Coffee samples
Cosmetics
Cotton
Cotton seed
Diaries
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Grain samples
Leather goods
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuscripts
Marble products
Medical samples
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Perishables
Personal effects
Plant products
Plants
Publications for public resale
Seeds
Soil samples
Stone/mineral samples for analysis
Tea
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 120 cm (47 ins), Width 100 cm (39 ins), Height 160 cm (63 ins)
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 300.0 kg (661.5 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 70.0 kg (154.5 lbs)