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Information on sending a shipment to United States Of America

Prohibited commodities
Standard DHL prohibitions plus: WPX from/to Cuba, Iran, Myanmar,Sudan, WPX to N.Korea & Syria. Goods made in Myanmar may not be imported into the US, either directly or through 3rd countries. Goods of N.Korean origin may not be imported into the US either directly or through 3rd countries w/out prior notification to & approval of OFAC. For details, the US recipient must ctc OFAC directly at Office of Foreign Asset Control, N Korea Unit, US Dept of Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania - Ave NW Annex, Washington DC. After the info submitted is reviewed, OFAC will issue a letter with results. DHL does not accept ITAR-controlled shpt for import into US, withouth prior approval. Contact tradecompliance.usa@dhl.com. CIGARETTE shpts consigned to unlicensed individuals are prohibited and will be automatically Returned to Origin.
    Asbestos
    Firearms, parts of
    Gambling devices
    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
Blueprints
Business cards
Charts/graphs
Computer printouts
Deeds
Diaries
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Invoices, not blank
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Money orders (NI)
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Slides
Transparencies
Visa applications
 		Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Biological Substance Cat B, UN3373
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Cheques, blank (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Cosmetics
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
Diskettes
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Eye glasses and contacts
Fabrics & fabric samples
Foodstuffs
Medical samples
Microfiche & microfilm
Passports
Personal effects
Photographs
Plant products
Plants
Samples, textile
Ship spares
Shoes
Tapes: computer
Textile articles
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 118 cms (46 ins), Width 88 cms (35 ins), Height 120 cms (47 ins)
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 250.0 kgs (551.0 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 68.0 kgs (150.0 lbs)