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Information on sending a shipment to Syria

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: mangos
    Alcoholic beverages
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Furs
    Gambling devices
    Grain samples
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    Jewellery, costume
    Money orders (NI)
    Perishables
    Pornography
    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, 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, blank (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Invoices, blank
Invoices, not blank
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Paper patterns for wearing apparel
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Postal envelopes
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa applications
 		Animal products
Bunker oil sample (for analysis)
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Coal & firewood
Coffee
Coffee samples
Cologne and perfume
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Cosmetics
Diplomatic mail
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Films: promotional, training
Fire extinguishers
Foodstuffs
Industrial equipment
Labels
Laser disc
Liquids, non-hazardous
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Microfiche & microfilm
Military equipment
Oil products
Plant products
Plants
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Radios, radio equipment or parts
Seeds
Slides
Soil samples
Sports equipment
Stone/mineral samples for analysis
Subs. cont'g sodium/calc. cyclamate
Tapes: audio cassettes
Tapes: computer
Tapes: video cassettes
Telecommunications equipment
Televisions, television equipment
Textile articles
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.

Size : Length omitted, Width omitted, Height omitted
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 9,999.0 kgs (22,044.0 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 9,999.0 kgs (22,044.0 lbs)
Value : USD500.00