Egypt
Information on sending a shipment to Egypt Prohibited commodities All items offensive to the Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include milk or sub products, pork products, honey, religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
Asbestos Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats Firearms, parts of Ivory Jewellery Pornography Precious metals & stones Works of art 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. |
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Document Commodities (Require a DHL Airwaybill) |
Commodities where you should contact your local customer service Department to clarify shipping
requirements.
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Advertising brochures/pamphlets 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 Cash letters (NI) Catalogues Charts/graphs Cheques, cancelled (NI) Cheques, cashier (NI) Credit cards (NI) Deeds Diaries Diplomatic mail Documents, general business Drawings, technical/architect/eng. Invoices, blank Invoices, not blank Magazines, periodicals, journals Manuscripts Maps Money orders (NI) Music, printed or manuscript Newspapers Pamphlets Paper patterns for wearing apparel Personal mail Photographs Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur Price lists Price tickets for garments Publications for public resale Ship manifest-computer generated Shipping schedules Stationery Transparencies Visa applications |
Alcoholic beverages Animal products Chemicals, non-hazardous Coffee Coffee samples Communications equipment Compact disc Computer components & parts Computer printouts Computer software Cosmetics Cotton Cotton seed Drugs: non-prescription Drugs: prescription Electronic games Eye glasses and contacts Fabrics & fabric samples Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm Films: entertainment Films: promotional, training Foodstuffs Grain samples Isopropanol Labels Laser disc Leather goods Liquids, non-hazardous Medical samples Medical/dental supplies & equipment Microfiche & microfilm Military equipment Mobile phones,accessories&component Oil products Passports Perishables Personal effects Phones/modems Plant products Plants Publication not for public resale Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers Radios, radio equipment or parts Samples, textile Seeds Soil samples Stone/mineral samples for analysis Subs. cont'g sodium/calc. cyclamate Tapes: computer Tapes: video cassettes Tea Telecommunications equipment Televisions, television equipment Textile articles Tobacco Yarn |
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All other commodities should be shipped via DHL Parcel Express
and should be accompanied by an Airwaybill and Invoice.
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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 |
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Max. weight per shipment : 10,000.0 kgs (22,046.0 lbs), Max. weight per piece : 10,000.0 kgs (22,046.0 lbs) |
| Value : | USD25,000.00 |