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Information on sending a shipment to Saudi Arabia

Prohibited commodities
All prohibited items received are subject to CUSTOMS FINE AND CONFISCATION. - All items offensive to the Muslim and Saudi culture, or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include pork products, religious publications / figures, imitation firearms / paraphernalia, military uniform, goods carrying the Saudi coat of arms, pictures of Mecca or Medina, Koranic verses or pictures of the Saudi Royal Family. All prohibited items received will be subj to Customs fines. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    Alcoholic beverages
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Furs
    Gambling devices
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Pornography
    Postal envelopes
    Precious metals & stones
    Soil samples
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, 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
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Photographs
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Shipping schedules
Slides
Transparencies
Visa applications
 		Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Cosmetics
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: entertainment
Films: promotional, training
Foodstuffs
Grain samples
Medical samples
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Microfiche & microfilm
Mobile phones,accessories&component
Passports
Phones/modems
Photos as part of business reports
Plant products
Plants
Radios, radio equipment or parts
Seeds
Tapes: audio cassettes
Tapes: computer
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunications equipment
Televisions, television equipment
Tobacco

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.

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