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Information on sending a shipment to Oman

Prohibited commodities
All items offensive to the Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include pork products, religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    Alcoholic beverages
    Animal products
    Animal skins
    Antiques
    Furs
    Gambling devices
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Perishables
    Plants
    Playing cards
    Precious metals & stones
    Tobacco
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, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Calendars
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Visa applications
 		Clocks/watches
Coffee
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Electronic games
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: promotional, training
Foodstuffs
Laser disc
Medical samples
Newspapers
Parts, machine & electronic
Phones/modems
Publication not for public resale
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Radio equipment
Radios or parts thereof
Seeds
Tapes: audio cassettes
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunications equipment
Toys
Transparencies

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 omitted, Width omitted, Height omitted
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 1,000.0 kgs (2,204.5 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 50.0 kgs (110.0 lbs)