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Information on sending a shipment to United Kingdom

Prohibited commodities
For TDI & DDI: All items violating British trademarks/copyrights are prohibited. Standard DHL prohibitions plus: Imitation and pirated products.
    Asbestos
    Cash letters (NI)
    Credit card blanks (NI)
    Credit cards (NI)
    Deeds
    Pornography
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
Annual reports
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Computer printouts
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Manuscripts
Music, printed or manuscript
Pamphlets
Personal mail
Price lists
Ship manifest-computer generated
Visa applications
 		Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Cheques, blank (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Communications equipment
Computer components & parts
Diplomatic mail
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Firearms, parts of
Foodstuffs
Manuals, technical
Medical samples
Money orders (NI)
Passports
Personal effects
Photos as part of business reports
Plant products
Plants
Precious metals & stones
Ship spares
Shipping schedules
Soil samples
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunication equipment
Textile articles
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)