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Information on sending a shipment to Bahrain

Prohibited commodities
All items offensive to the Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include pork products, religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Worldmail which has sender's address visible is prohibited from posting from Bahrain and will be RTO. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Cash letters (NI)
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Furs
    Gambling devices
    Isopropanol
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Pornography
    Precious metals & stones
    Tobacco
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.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Calendars
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
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
Transparencies
Visa applications
 		Alcoholic beverages
Bunker oil sample (for analysis)
Communications equipment
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Eye glasses and contacts
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Laser disc
Maps
Mobile phones,accessories&component
Phones/modems
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunications equipment

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 omitted, Width omitted, Height omitted
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 10,000.0 kgs (22,046.0 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 10,000.0 kgs (22,046.0 lbs)