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Information on sending a shipment to Nicaragua

Prohibited commodities
Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Isopropanol
    Ivory
    Military equipment
    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.

Cash letters (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Deeds
Documents, general business
Personal mail
Postal envelopes
Shipping schedules
Visa applications
 		Airline tickets, issued/validated
Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Annual reports
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Coffee
Coffee samples
Cologne and perfume
Communications equipment
Computer printouts
Cosmetics
Cotton
Cotton seed
Diplomatic mail
Drugs: non-prescription
Fire extinguishers
Foodstuffs
Grain samples
Medical samples
Mobile phones,accessories&component
Passports
Perishables
Phones/modems
Plant products
Plants
Price lists
Publication not for public resale
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Radios, radio equipment or parts
Seeds
Ship manifest-computer generated
Telecommunication equipment
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 : 300.0 kg (661.5 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 70.0 kg (154.5 lbs)