National Flag India

Information on sending a shipment to India

Prohibited commodities
Standard DHL prohibitions, plus:
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Gambling devices
    Ivory
    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
Cash letters (NI)
Cheques, blank (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Money orders (NI)
Personal mail
Postal envelopes
Visa applications
 		Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Antiques
Blank forms
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Bunker oil sample (for analysis)
Business cards
Calendars
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Coal & firewood
Coffee
Computer software
Cotton seed
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Diplomatic mail
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Fabrics & fabric samples
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: entertainment
Films: promotional, training
Fire extinguishers
Foodstuffs
Furs
Grain samples
Industrial equipment
Invoices, blank
Jewellery
Labels
Leather goods
Liquids, non-hazardous
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Medical samples
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Military equipment
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Oil products
Pamphlets
Passports
Perishables
Personal effects
Photos as part of business reports
Plant products
Plants
Precious metals & stones
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Radios, radio equipment or parts
Seeds
Ship spares
Shipping schedules
Shoes
Sports equipment
Tapes: audio cassettes
Tapes: computer
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunication equipment
Textile articles
Tobacco
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 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)
Value : USD25,000.00