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Information on sending a shipment to Greece

Prohibited commodities
Standard DHL prohibitions plus: Imitation and pirated products
    Asbestos

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.

Annual reports
Blueprints
Cash letters (NI)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Manuscripts
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Visa applications
Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Animal products
Antiques
Biological Substance Cat B, UN3373
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Calendars
Catalogues
Computer software
Cosmetics
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Diaries
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Foodstuffs
Furs
Grain samples
Jewellery
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Maps
Medical samples
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Photographs
Precious metals & stones
Publication not for public resale
Seeds
Ship spares
Textile articles
Tobacco
Toys

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 80 cm (31 ins), Height 120 cm (47 ins)
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 1,000.0 kg (2,204.5 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 600.0 kg (1,323.0 lbs)
Value : USD28,300.00