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Information on sending a shipment to The Netherlands

Prohibited commodities
For TDI & DDI: Standard DHL prohibitions plus: Medicines for private persons/ Imitation and pirated products.
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Furs
    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
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Business cards
Charts/graphs
Deeds
Documents, general business
Invoices, blank
Labels
Maps
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Ship manifest-computer generated
Visa applications
 		Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Animal products
Animal skins
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Bunker oil sample (for analysis)
Calendars
Catalogues
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Coffee
Credit cards (NI)
Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Fabrics & fabric samples
Firearms, parts of
Foodstuffs
Invoices, not blank
Jewellery
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Medical samples
Microfiche & microfilm
Music, printed or manuscript
Passports
Perishables
Personal effects
Plant products
Plants
Precious metals & stones
Seeds
Shipping schedules
Soil samples
Tapes: computer
Textile articles

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)