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Information on sending a shipment to South Africa

Prohibited commodities
Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
    Antiques
    Asbestos
    Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
    Firearms, parts of
    Furs
    Ivory
    Jewellery
    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.

Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, blank (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Deeds
Diskettes
Invoices, not blank
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photos as part of business reports
Precious metals & stones
Price lists
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Visa applications
 		Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Calendars
Coffee
Coffee samples
Computer software
Cotton seed
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Grain samples
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Personal effects
Photographs
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Plant products
Plants
Price tickets for garments
Seeds
Ship spares
Shoes
Slides
Tea
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 120 cm (47 ins), Width 100 cm (39 ins), Height 160 cm (63 ins)
Weight : Max. weight per shipment : 1,000.0 kg (2,204.5 lbs),
Max. weight per piece : 70.0 kg (154.5 lbs)
Value : USD25,000.00