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Information on sending a shipment to Mauritania

Prohibited commodities
All items offensive to Muslim culture are prohibited. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    Alcoholic beverages
    Microfiche & microfilm
    Military equipment
    Precious metals & stones
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.

Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Playing cards
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publications for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Slides
Transparencies
Visa applications
 		Blank forms
Business cards
Calendars
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Newspapers
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Tapes: audio cassettes
Tapes: computer

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 118 cms (46 ins), Width 88 cms (35 ins), Height 120 cms (47 ins)
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 250.0 kgs (551.0 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 50.0 kgs (110.0 lbs)
Value : USD25,000.00