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Information on sending a shipment to France

Prohibited commodities
Standard DHL prohibitions plus : Imitation and pirated products, melatonin, vitamins and other nutritional products
    Antiques
    Furs
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Perishables
    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.

Airline tickets, issued/validated
Blueprints
Cash letters (NI)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Postal envelopes
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Visa applications
 		Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Alcoholic beverages
Animal skins
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Business cards
Catalogues
Clocks/watches
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer software
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic games
Fabrics & fabric samples
Foodstuffs
Gambling devices
Grain samples
Jewellery, costume
Leather goods
Maps
Measuring apparatus
Newspapers
Personal effects
Phones/modems
Photographs
Plant products
Plants
Playing cards
Publication not for public resale
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Samples, textile
Ship spares
Shoes
Soil samples
Sports equipment
Tapes: computer
Telecommunications equipment
Televisions, television equipment
Textile articles
Toys
Works of art

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 cms (47 ins), Width 80 cms (31 ins), Height 120 cms (47 ins)