Prohibited Items

Non-compliance to security standards can have an impact on the end-to­ end shipment flow, your safety and the safety of our staff.

The following items will NOT be accepted for carriage by DHL. This list includes items which are prohibited for carriage by any law, regulation or statute of any federal, state or local government of any country from, to or through which the items may be carried. For international carriage there may be additional prohibited items specified by the country of destination. DHL may at its sole discretion refuse to carry other items not listed below.

List of Items

• All Samsung Galaxy Note7 and Samsung Note7 device
• Bullion (of any precious metal)
• Cash (legal tender - bank notes, currency notes and coins)
• Complete firearms, ammunition, explosives/explosive devices including inert explosives and test pieces, air guns, replica and imitation firearms
  
• Human remains or ashes in any form
  
• Hunting (animal) trophies, animal parts such as ivory and shark's fin, animal remains or ashes, or animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption, prohibited for movement by the CITES Convention and/or local law
• Illegal goods, such as counterfeit goods and narcotics
• Live animals (including but not limited to mammals, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, amphibians, birds, insects, larvae and pupae)
• Loose lithium metal batteries under IATA P1968 section II
• Loose precious and semi-precious stones (cut or un-cut, polished or un-polished)