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Information on sending a shipment to Peoples Republic of China

Prohibited commodities
Personal mail is acceptable as WPX only for foreign student, foreign tourist or chief representative who can provide non-Chinese passport. - Standard DHL prohibitions plus: 1. Imitations of weapons, explosives;2.Counterfeit money and securities;3.Strong poisons;4.Food, medicine or other commodities from epidemic area;5.CFC-113;6.Used machinery and electrical products;7.Medical Waste;8.Chemical waste;9.Used tyre;10.Used clothing;11.Animal dairy products;12.Eggs,blood(and products),honey;13,Endangerous species(products);14,Knives (unless it's handicraft as a gift or for collection purpose)
    Animal skins
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Biological Substance Cat B, UN3373
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Furs
    Gambling devices
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Military equipment
    Perishables
    Personal mail
    Pornography
    Precious metals & stones
    Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
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
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Deeds
Invoices, not blank
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Pamphlets
Passports
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Visa applications
 		Alcoholic beverages
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Cosmetics
Diplomatic mail
Diskettes
Documents, general business
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Foodstuffs
Grain samples
Mobile phones,accessories&component
Parts, machine & electronic
Personal effects
Plants
Seeds
Ship spares
Tapes: computer
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunication 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 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)