What you can ship, country by country
Every country has its own list of things it will not accept. Find yours below.
This is what USPS publishes for each destination. FedEx and Meest have their own rules on top of these, so bring the package in before you tape it shut and we will check the current list for the carrier you end up using.
Banned everywhere, whatever the destination
These apply to every country, so they are not repeated in the list below.
- Cash, banknotes, currency, checks payable to bearer and traveler's checks
- Gold, silver and platinum, worked or unworked
- Precious stones, jewels and other valuables
- Radioactive material
- Perishable biological substances, infectious or not
- Aerosols, perfume containing alcohol, nail polish
- Alcohol, cigarettes, matches
- Dry ice
Lithium batteries can only travel installed in the device they power, up to two batteries or four cells, each under 100 watt-hours. Anything pre-owned, damaged or defective with a lithium battery in it cannot go at all. That rules out sending an old phone or laptop.
Find your country
A
Albania
Will not accept:
- Currency of the Albanian State Bank (Banknotes in lek)
- Extravagant clothes and other articles contrary to Albanians’ taste
- Items sent by political emigres
- Literature, publications, and other articles prejudicial to the State public order
- Photographic films, including plates and paper intended for photography
- Publications containing obscene or indecent articles
- Used articles
Algeria
Will not accept:
- Articles made of tortoise-shell, mother of pearl, ivory, bone meerschaum and amber (succin), natural or reconstructed, worked jade and mineral substances similar to jade
- Canned vegetables, fish, plums and nuts
- Funeral urns
- Household articles made of tin
- Pictures and printed matter of pornographic or immoral nature, or which tend to incite crime or juvenile delinquency
- Saccharine in tablets or packets
- Used clothing, accessories, blankets, linen, textile furnishings, footwear and headwear
Andorra
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
Angola
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunition
- Books, printed matter, films and drawings prejudicial to the law of the country
- Roulette and other apparatus for games
- Tobacco
Anguilla
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Antigua and Barbuda
Will not accept:
- Coins except when sent in insured Priority Mail International parcels
Argentina
Will not accept:
- Furs and skins of chinchillas and vicunas
- Radio and television receivers, phonographs and combinations
- Ready-made clothes and fabrics unless they are typical family presents and have no commercial value
Armenia
Will not accept:
- Explosive, combustible, or toxic materials
- Food that spoils easily
- Narcotics and other dangerous substances
- Photosensitive materials
- Printed and typographic materials and reproductions of paintings harmful to the interest of the State and to the rights of its citizens; immoral articles
- The dram (AMD) of the Republic of Armenia and foreign currencies
- Weapons of all kinds, military ammunition, combat material, and uniforms
Aruba
Will not accept:
- unless they are sent by First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service
- Copper, bronze, or nickel coins
Ascension Island
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Australia
Will not accept:
- Antiquities, art fossils, historical documents, numismatic material, specimens of flora and fauna, and similar cultural heritage objects that are significant to a nation’s identity
- Dog collars with protrusions designed to puncture or bruise an animal’s skin
- Drugs. Additional information is available at
- www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/prohibited-goods/list-of-items
- Fruit cartons (used or new)
- Fur, including raw, tanned, or processed furs or pelts, and goods that may contain such fur that are derived from domesticated cat and dog breeds
- Goods bearing the name “Anzac.”
Austria
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunition, and weapons, including parts and accessories thereof, and antique weapons that are more than 100 years old
- Certain books and printed matter which are prohibited by order of the courts in Austria
- Firearms including parts and accessories thereof, replica firearms, articles made to resemble firearms, and toy guns
- Foreign lottery tickets and publicity material relating thereto
- Human remains, including organs and tissues. However, cremated human remains are allowed providing that all of the following conditions are met:
- The remains are addressed to either a funeral director, mortician, or cemetery
- The sender obtains official approval from the Austrian embassy or consulate in the United States
Azerbaijan
Will not accept:
- Articles for smoking opium and hashish
- Explosives
- Films containing technology on the manufacture of narcotics, psychotropic or toxic substances, explosives, or arms or ammunitions
- Films promoting immorality, violence, or terror
- Firearms, ammunition, cutting and stabbing arms, and other articles designed for attack or defense (knuckledusters, stiletto blades, balls of paralyzing fluid, etc.), explosives, war materiel
- Narcotics and psychotropic substances; articles for their use
- Printed matter (books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts, and plans) promoting immorality, violence, or terror
B
Bahamas
Will not accept:
- Obscene or indecent articles, books, pictures, printed matter
- Skimmed milk in tins
Bahrain
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition
- Cultured, imitation, artificial, or bleached pearls
Bangladesh
Will not accept:
- American cotton
- Arms, ammunition
- Bearer cheques, bank drafts, credit cards, cash, and foreign currency
- Coffee plants, coffee seeds and coffee beans
- Hemp
- Obscene books, pamphlets, papers, drawings, paintings, figures, or articles
- Piece goods ordinarily sold by the yard or by the piece manufactured outside of Bangladesh and not stamped to indicate the length in meters, yards, or fractions thereof
Barbados
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Belarus
Will not accept:
- Alcohol products, including ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverages
- All weapons, arms and ammunition, and parts and accessories thereof, or articles similar in construction to civilian or service weapons
- Articles of cultural value
- Currencies of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation
- Explosive or combustible substances or other dangerous matter
- Hazardous waste
- Metalized yarn made with or made of gold thread; ornamental trimming or woven fabric made with or made of gold thread
Belgium
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons, including parts and accessories thereof. Such items include both prohibited and controlled arms (subject to a license), over-the-counter weapons and their accessories, and ammunition. The relevant Harmonized System (HS) code range is 930100 to 930700. The designated postal operator of Belgium (bpost) will consider a postal item containing such items as wrongly admitted and will treat them in accordance with Belgium’s national legislation
- Bronze, copper, and nickel coins not legal tender in Belgium, unless imported for collections
- Commercial shipments containing any form of tobacco, including electronic or vapor cigarettes that contain nicotine
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
Benin
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition
- Gold and gold articles
- Gramophone records
- Medals and coins; machinery used for minting coins
- Mineral waters
- Saccharine
- Uncut diamonds
Bermuda
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Bhutan
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Bolivia
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition
- Articles that violate the Bolivian trademark laws
- Books, pamphlets or other printed matter, paintings and illustrations, figures and objects of an obscene or immoral nature
- Counterfeit or illegal currency; advertisements imitating currency or postage stamps, except for philatelic or numismatic catalogs
- Gambling devices
- Pocket lighters
- Tobacco in any form, cigarettes or cigarette papers or packaging
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Will not accept:
- unless they are sent by First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service
- Copper, bronze, or nickel coins
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Will not accept:
- The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina has instituted a temporary prohibition against mailing meats and meat products and milk and dairy products to Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Will not accept:
- Butane gas cigarette lighters
- Honey and preparations of honey including royal jelly, preserves sweetened with honey, and flypaper
- Prison-made goods
- Used clothing for sale; used boots and shoes
Brazil
Will not accept:
- Commercial samples that promote tobacco products or smoking-related merchandise
- Commercial shipments that contain cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, loose and packaged tobacco, pipes, and other smoking devices
- Items whose fragility (due either to nature or inadequate packing) could cause harm to individuals or equipment
- Medicines whose formulas are not listed in the official pharmacopeias or not licensed by the Brazilian Department of Public Health
- Playing cards
- Poniards, stilettos, poniard blades; canes, umbrellas, or any other articles containing swords, daggers, or guns; handcuffs, and blackjacks
- Primary educational books not written in Portuguese
British Virgin Islands
Will not accept:
- Currency is not admitted in registered items
Brunei
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Bulgaria
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition; explosive, flammable, or other hazardous materials
- Articles of food and foodstuffs in hermetically sealed containers unless the contents are visible
- Bulgarian currency except with the permission of the Ministry of Finance of Bulgaria
- Gift shipments mailed by commercial firms
- “Musical” cards (cards that play a sound recording when opened)
- Narcotics, psychotropic substances, anesthetics, or toxic materials
- Obscene or immoral articles
Burkina Faso
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Burundi
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
C
Cabo Verde
Will not accept:
- Medicines and pharmaceutical drugs unless authorized by the Ministry of Health
Cambodia
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Cameroon
Will not accept:
- Used clothing
Canada
Will not accept:
- An issue of a publication in which more than 5 percent of its total advertising space is primarily directed to a Canadian market and which indicates:
- Specifically where goods or services may be obtained in Canada, or
- Specific items or conditions relating to the sale or provision of goods or services in Canada
- All alcoholic beverages including wines, etc
- An issue of a publication that contains an advertisement primarily directed to a Canadian market is a prohibited import if that advertisement does not appear in identical form in all editions of the issue distributed in the country of origin
- Articles so marked as to create the false impression that they were made in Canada, the United Kingdom, or any other British country
- Commercial tags of metal
Central African Republic
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition
- Pamphlets and leaflets containing propaganda derogatory to the countries of Equatorial Africa
- Preserved fish, vegetables and plums not clearly marked with the country of origin or contained in tins of more than 1 kg
Chad
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition
- Pamphlets and leaflets containing propaganda derogatory to the countries of Equatorial Africa
- Preserved fish, vegetables and plums not bearing in large type the mark of origin or contained in tins weighing more than 1 kg
Chile
Will not accept:
- Beverages and foodstuffs containing saccharine and similar substances
China
Will not accept:
- Animal-derived fertilizer, animal carcasses, animal specimens, and animal-derived waste
- Animals (live), including mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and other invertebrates; and animal genetic materials
- Arms, ammunition, weapons. Firearms and firearm components (including replica firearms); prohibited knives and edged weapons; crossbows; defensive chemical dispensers (mace, pepper spray, tear gas, etc.); and electric stun guns
- Articles in hermetically sealed, nontransparent containers
- Biochemical products
- Chinese currency
- Cremated remains
Colombia
Will not accept:
- Coloring powders and similar
- Documents having the character of current and personal correspondence exchanged between persons other than the sender and the addressee or persons living with them
- Fats
- Live animals, and dead animals not stuffed
- Exemptions:
- Bees, leeches, and silkworms, as well as parasites and destroyers of noxious insects exchanged between officially recognized scientific institutions
- Colombia prohibits many types of goods, or subjects them to an import license; therefore, the sender should ascertain from the addressee before mailing whether the contents are permitted and whether the addressee holds the necessary documents
Comoros
Will not accept:
- Cigarettes and tobacco except when sent by private individuals and intended for personal use of the addressee
- Narcotics
- Newspapers, publications, and works that may jeopardize the Moslem religion or security of the state
- Weapons and ammunitions of war
Congo (Democratic Republic)
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Congo (Republic)
Will not accept:
- Pamphlets and leaflets containing propaganda derogatory to the countries of Equatorial Africa
Costa Rica
Will not accept:
- Blank invoices
- Dual-graduation feeding bottles
- Firearms (including parts and accessories) except those destined to a competent organization or entity that is officially authorized to handle them
- The mailer is responsible for determining whether the recipient organization or entity is authorized to handle such items
- Flammable or explosive substances
- Medical samples containing psychotropic substances
Croatia
Will not accept:
- The Croatian government has instituted a temporary ban against the importation of all meat, milk, and dairy products derived from cows, goats, sheep, pigs, hogs, or other animal species that are susceptible to foot and mouth disease
Cuba
Will not accept:
- Musical letters or cards that play a sound recording when opened
Curacao
Will not accept:
- unless they are sent by First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service
- Copper, bronze, or nickel coins
Cyprus
Will not accept:
- Books or other publications giving instructions regarding the construction, operation, maintenance, or care of any prohibited firearm, other than a harpoon gun used for fishing purposes, and excluding books and publications imported by the Cyprus Police Force or any Cyprus Department of Government
- Daggers
- Explosives and flammable substances
- Leeches and silkworms
- Postcards of private manufacture having illustrated designs not previously approved by the Cyprus Post Office
- Rifles and repeating firearms
- Seditious publications
Czechia
Will not accept:
- Chain letter items
- Playing cards
- Publications, drawings, photographs, records, sheets of music, etc., contrary to the State public order
Côte d'Ivoire
Will not accept:
- Articles bearing the Red Cross or Geneva Cross as a
- trademark
- Butane lighters
- Daggers, sword-canes, brass knuckles, blackjacks, and other secret weapons; firing caps; and loaded metal cartridges
- Foreign products, natural or manufactured, having markings, labels, or wrappings of any kind that may give the impression that they are of Ivory Coast origin
- Loose, uncleft or uncut diamonds
- Weights and measures not of the decimal system
D
Denmark
Will not accept:
- Almanacs (except for single copies) that do not bear the University almanac stamp
- Arms, weapons, and firearms, including air rifles, airsoft guns, gun barrels, breeches, cross bows; knives of any kind with blades of more than 12 cm (approximately 4.7 in.); switch-blade knives, push daggers, thrusting, or stabbing weapons regardless of blade length; knuckledusters, truncheons, clubs, and other similar articles
- Dried or powdered milk, and food mixtures containing it
- Fine-cut tobacco in small packages to which cigarette papers are attached
- Human remains
- Lighters utilizing a catalyst for ignition
- Live plants and animals
Djibouti
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Dominica
Will not accept:
- Aerosols
- Coins
- Lithium batteries mailed to or sent via Dominica, including those properly installed in the equipment they are intended to operate
Dominican Republic
Will not accept:
- Books addressed to bookshops in care of banking institutions
- Poniards, daggers, stilettos, sticks, or fans with concealed blades or firearms
- Roulette games and other gambling devices
E
Ecuador
Will not accept:
- All maps showing the territory of Ecuador with incorrect boundaries
- Bits and mouthpieces made of copper or any alloy containing copper
- Feeding bottles with rubber or glass tube
- Leaf or manufactured tobacco and cigarette paper except with the authorization of the Government
- Leather shoes in general; cloth and rubber shoes
- Mobile telephones
- Pharmaceutical products and compound medicines whose formula is not known
El Salvador
Will not accept:
- Gambling equipment
- Unstamped cigarette paper
Equatorial Guinea
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Eritrea
Will not accept:
- Matches of white phosphorus
Estonia
Will not accept:
- Arms, munitions, and parts and accessories thereof
- Explosive and pyrotechnics articles; combustible materials
Eswatini
Will not accept:
- Arms; ammunition, and fuses for firearms
- Butane gas cigarette lighters
- Cigarettes exceeding 2 kg per thousand pieces
- Diamonds or gems (mounted or not), metallic currency, and gold in powder or in nuggets
- Honey and preparations of honey including “royal jelly,” preserves sweetened with honey, and flypaper
- Prison-made goods
Ethiopia
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
F
Falkland Islands
Will not accept:
- Otherwise, same as for the United Kingdom
Faroe Islands
Will not accept:
- Same as for Denmark
Fiji
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition, flick knives
- Dyes and coloring materials
Finland
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons, including ammunition, firearm parts, barrels, bolts, breeches, clip magazines and silencers; active and deactivated firearms; live and deactivated ammunition; air, starter, and gas guns; replicas of firearms; explosive devices; and airsoft guns that imitate active firearms
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
France
Will not accept:
- Ammunition
- Arms, except antique firearms. Antique firearms must be declared as such on the Customs Declaration for control and clearance purposes through Saint Etienne customs office, Banc national d’épreuve de Saint Etienne
- Banknotes, coins that are current and legal tender in France, and precious metals
- Cigarette lighters using butane gas
- Feeding bottles
- Funeral urns
- Goods bearing false marks of French manufacture or origin
French Guiana
Will not accept:
- Otherwise, same as for France
French Polynesia
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
G
Gabon
Will not accept:
- All articles prohibited to France
- Pamphlets and leaflets containing propaganda derogatory to the countries of Equatorial Africa
- Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes
Gambia
Will not accept:
- Coins, West African paper money
- Firearms and firearm parts
Georgia
Will not accept:
- Articles and materials of an immoral nature
- Bees, leeches, silkworms, and parasites
- Explosives, inflammable substances, toxic substances, and other dangerous substances
- Narcotics, psychotropic substances, and hormone and blood preparations
- Tear gas, nerve gas, and weapons for their use
- Weapons of war and firearms, ammunition, and cartridges
Germany
Will not accept:
- Absinthe
- Arms and weapons, including firearms, parts of arms, ammunition, and imitation arms
- Articles bearing political or religious notations on the address side
- Human and cremated remains. According to Deutsche Post, the designated postal operator of Germany, human and cremated remains are prohibited in international mail to Germany; however, under certain conditions, an individual might be able to ship such remains by a private shipping courier — an individual has the responsibility of searching for such a courier
- Lithium cells and batteries — including items containing lithium cells and batteries under 135.6
- Live plants and animals
- Melatonin
Ghana
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition
- Fish and meat products that are not properly processed
- Liquids that are not properly packaged
- Live animals
- Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as defined by the International Narcotics Control Board
- Offensive weapons
- Pornographic materials
Greece
Will not accept:
- Aluminum foil for tobacco manufacturing
- Arms and weapons
- Firearms, swords, and any articles containing them
- Fresh meat, preserved meat, rawhides, wool, and other animal products must be accompanied by a certificate showing the place of origin and stating that it is free of disease
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
- Playing cards; saccharine; tobacco, cigars, cigarettes; and cigarette papers
Greenland
Will not accept:
- Same as for Denmark
Grenada
Will not accept:
- Ammunition, firing-caps, and charged metal cartridges
- Coins
Guadeloupe
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Guatemala
Will not accept:
- Arms in general, except certain arms for hunting; military supplies of all kinds
- Cremated remains
- Feeding bottles and feeding bottles with glass tubes
- Gardenia plants and seeds
- Police whistles
- Powder of all kinds
- Telegraphic apparatus
Guinea
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunition, daggers, sword-canes, brass knuckles, blackjacks, and other secret weapons
- Articles bearing the “Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross” as a trademark
- Foreign products, natural or manufactured, having markings, labels, or wrappings of any kind that may give the impression that they are of French origin
- Weights and measures not of the metric system
Guinea-Bissau
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Guyana
Will not accept:
- All kinds of linen
- Bees and silkworms
- Circulars, advertisement, or tickets relating to lotteries
- Clocks, watches, or other articles bearing any imitation of a British assay mark
- Furniture and fixtures
- Most foodstuffs including, meats, fish, vegetables, nuts, fruit, bakery products, and confectionery
- Newsprint paper
H
Haiti
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunition
- Articles, documents, pamphlets, posters, books, printed papers of a seditious, insulting, or immoral nature
- Jewelry
Honduras
Will not accept:
- Firearms, parts thereof, and war material
Hong Kong
Will not accept:
- Alternative smoking products, including but not limited to electronic smoking devices and associated substances and products, heated tobacco products, and herbal cigarettes. Additional information is available at
- www.customs.gov.hk/en/trade_facilitation/prohibited_articles/imports/alt_smoking_prod/index.html
- Lithium cells and batteries
Hungary
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
I
Iceland
Will not accept:
- Bees and silkworms
- Meat products including sausages
- Tobacco products
- Toys made of lead
- Wireless receivers and their accessories, parts, or batteries
India
Will not accept:
- Appliances (including pistols, pistol pencils, etc.) for discharging gas, except on behalf of the Government
- Arms and military equipment, except for the Indian Government
- Articles of gold or silver
- Coins or ingots exceeding 65 rupees in value, except coins obviously intended for ornament
- Pistol-shaped articles such as toy guns
Indonesia
Will not accept:
- Books and periodicals printed in any Indonesian language and published outside of Indonesia, except educational books approved by the Indonesian Department of Commerce
- Cloth and batik designs and sarongs
- Cocoa leaves, dried, undried, or powdered
- Indonesian national currency (rupiahs)
- Used goods (all commodities)
Iran
Will not accept:
- Alcoholic beverages
- Books, newspapers, printed matter, writing, records, pictures, emblems, and any other articles of a seditious or immoral nature or contrary to the principles of the Islamic religion or accepted customs
- Fashion newspapers
- Firearms of all kinds; weapons; and ammunition
- Flying robotic equipment, including all kinds of personal and commercial drones
- Games involving profit and loss (for example, dice or card games)
- Musical instruments
Iraq
Will not accept:
- Arms, including air guns; and parts of arms and munitions
- Binoculars
- Lighters containing butane gas
- Medicinal drugs
- Military equipment or electronic devices (e.g., drones) that pose a threat to the security of the country
- Non-preserved meats and soft fruits
- Tapes or cassettes
Ireland
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Articles bearing false trademarks or lacking the indication of origin required by the Irish regulations
- Coins minted in a foreign country, except gold and silver; false or counterfeit coins
- Hay, straw, including articles made of straw
- Human or animal remains (including cremated remains and ashes)
- Live plants and animals
- Peat moss litter except under license
Italy
Will not accept:
- Albums of any kind (of photographs, postcards, postage stamps, etc.)
- Arms and weapons
- Articles of platinum or gold; jewelry; and other valuable articles unless sent as insured Priority Mail International parcels
- Artificial flowers and fruits and accessories for them
- Bells and other musical instruments and parts thereof
- Cartridge caps; cartridges
- Clocks and supplies for clocks
J
Jamaica
Will not accept:
- Bees and materials used by beekeepers
- Citrus fruits and plants and parts thereof
- Cocoa; coffee; condensed milk; cornmeal; edible oils; honey and beeswax; paints; and sugar
- Cotton seed and plants and parts thereof
- Lighters containing butane gas
- Meats
- Switchblade knives
Japan
Will not accept:
- Ammunition
- Firearms, the components and accessories of firearms, and weapons. Firearms (including handguns, pistols, machine guns, and rifles), the components and accessories of firearms, and other types of weapons (including daggers, swords, spears, and switch blade knives) may not be imported into Japan unless addressed to an appropriate organization and unless the intended recipient has received prior permission from the competent authority (such as the Public Safety Commission) in the prefecture in which that recipient resides
- Hoverboards or gyroboards
- Infectious substances
- Items that infringe on patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, copyrights, neighboring rights, or layout design rights
- Narcotics, psychotropic substances, and other similar substances
Jordan
Will not accept:
- Advertisements concerning treatment of venereal diseases or medicinal preparations intended to serve as preventives against those diseases
- Arms
- Essences and oils for use in making adulterated or imitated beverages
K
Kazakhstan
Will not accept:
- Cultural artifacts
- Deer horns, hooves, and antlers
- Explosives and explosive or inflammable substances, pyrotechnic articles (fireworks, etc.)
- Firearms and bladed weapons or articles of similar construction for civilian service, ammunition, special dual purpose (civilian and military) technical devices, and parts and accessories thereof
- Foreign currency
- Human organs and/or substances, and blood and blood parts
- Implements for fishing aquatic biological resources
Kenya
Will not accept:
- Firearms and articles resembling deadly weapons
- Indecent or obscene material
- Used clothing, bedding and other similar items, textile and fabrics
Kiribati
Will not accept:
- Dyestuffs obtained from coal tar
Kosovo
Will not accept:
- Weapons and ammunition by private individuals
- Cigarette paper
- Lottery tickets and advertisements concerning lotteries
Kuwait
Will not accept:
- Lighters containing butane gas, and refills therefor
- Magazines or other printed matter containing illustrations of nude or partly nude human figures
Kyrgyzstan
Will not accept:
- Explosive, flammable, or dangerous substances
- Military-type firearms, and ammunitions therefor, other than hunting weapons, knives and blades, sheaths therefor, specially intended for attack (truncheons, stilettos)
- Narcotics, psychotropic and other substances that encourage drug addiction, and hashish
- Perishable goods
- Printed matter, plates, negatives, films for exposure, phonographs, tapes, video cassettes and video discs, information for electronic calculators, manuscripts, disks and other sound recordings, drawings and other printing and plastic arts products containing information that may prejudice the constitutional order of the State, public, political, or economic interests, or State sovereignty; in defense of war, terrorism, incitement to racial hatred such as Zionism, anti-Semitism, fascism, national exclusion, and religious provocation; and pornographic publications
L
Laos
Will not accept:
- Cameras
- Laptop computers
- Lithium batteries, including any items containing lithium batteries
- Mobile telephones
Latvia
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunition, parts and accessories
- Explosives and combustible materials
- Hyacinth bulb, carnation and chrysanthemum seedling and cuttings, seeds of leguminous plants and seeds in quarantine
- Live animals except bees and leeches
- Narcotics and psychotropic substances
- Publications harmful to young people; works contrary to public order; obscene or immoral articles
- Raw animal products
Lebanon
Will not accept:
- Artificial butters and adulterated or harmful products
- Automatic and electrical gambling devices
- Cigarette papers and machines for the manufacture or packing of cigarettes
- Essences, essential oils, and products derived therefrom for the use in the manufacture of imitated beverages, ices, and pastries
- False trade-marks, trade names, or indications of origin
- Lighters using butane gas
- Liquids, easily liquefiable elements, and glass or similarly fragile articles
Lesotho
Will not accept:
- Base or counterfeit coins
- Charged butane gas lighters and refills
- Eau de cologne
- Military uniforms and equipment
- Prison-made goods
- Printed matter relating to football pools
- Used clothing or used articles intended for resale
Liberia
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Libya
Will not accept:
- Arms (other than sporting guns)
- Tea, salt
- Tobacco in any form
Liechtenstein
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms, nonexplosive parts of artillery fuses, flammable films, or articles made of celluloid
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
- Lottery tickets and advertisements for lotteries
- Mini-spies (miniature wireless transmitters)
- Radar detectors
Lithuania
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunitions, and parts and accessories; all types of hunting and sporting guns, crossbows, pneumatic and fighting weapons, gas pistols, and gas bombs
- Articles whose nature and packaging may constitute a danger to postal employees or that may spoil or damage other postal items
- Articles with immoral inscriptions and pictures
- Explosive, combustible, and dangerous materials
- Narcotic, psychotropic, and toxic substances and equipment for using them
- Nonprecious metals, their alloys, wastes, and scrap
- Prepared foodstuffs and raw materials of animal origin if their industrial packaging is damaged, the use-by-date has expired, or the sensory features (i.e., smell, taste, and touch) have been altered
M
Macao
Will not accept:
- Arms, except under permit
- Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms
- Lithium cells and batteries, including those properly installed in the equipment they are intended to operate, mailed to or sent via Macao
Madagascar
Will not accept:
- Articles violating the copyright laws
- Boxes of preserved sardines weighing more than 1 kilogram
- Compound medicines not appearing in an official pharmacopoeia
- Playing cards
- Preserved fish, vegetables, and plums not bearing on each receptacle a stamp showing their origin
- Products bearing false indications of origin
- Saccharine
Malawi
Will not accept:
- Aphrodisiacs
- Arms, munitions, and similar articles
- Correspondence concerning fraudulent enterprises or fortune telling
- Used clothing
Malaysia
Will not accept:
- Butane gas lighters and refills
- Circulars or advertisements containing amulets, charms, or talismans
- Coins or ingots of a value higher than 50 Malaysian dollars, except coins for ornament
- Firearms, including gas guns, and any component parts of such weapons
- Harpoons and spear guns used for undersea fishing
- Lottery tickets and advertisements thereof
- Pornographic articles
Maldives
Will not accept:
- Any type of gunpowder; weapons of war; intoxicants; poisons; nitrates; pork; statues used for worship; pornographic material
Mali
Will not accept:
- Weights and measures not of the metric system
Malta
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms and ammunition
- Indecent or obscene articles
- Live plants and animals
- Lottery tickets and advertisements thereof
- Switchblade knives
Martinique
Will not accept:
- Otherwise, same as for France
Mauritania
Will not accept:
- Printed or written matter, including designs or emblems, capable of promoting crime or public disorder
- Rough diamonds
- Switchblade knives, blackjacks, daggers, and other concealable offensive weapons. Firearms, except for government use
- Watches
- Weighing and measuring instruments not calibrated in the metric system
Mauritius
Will not accept:
- All varieties of maize; tea
- Ammunition, charged metal firing caps, and cartridges for small arms
- Seditious printed matter, paintings, books, and publications
- Used clothing intended for sale
Mexico
Will not accept:
- Ammunition, firing caps, and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms
- Electronic cigarettes
- Heated tobacco products (conventional and herbal), and similar products
- Meat and products derived from pork
- Perishable confectionery, pastries, fruit, and vegetables
- Pharmaceutical products, including pills, troches, tablets, granules, capsules, and lozenges
- Pistols and other devices for emitting tear gas
Moldova
Will not accept:
- Bank notes; currency notes; and securities payable to bearer
- Explosives, pyrotechnic products, matches; materials regarded as combustible or dangerous
- Printed books, newspapers, pictures, publications, manuscripts, and other products of the printing industry that are contrary to public order; obscene or immoral articles
- Software or technical devices specifically developed, manufactured, programmed, or adapted to intercept information
Mongolia
Will not accept:
- Coins, bank notes, securities payable to bearer, and traveler’s checks
Montenegro
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Montserrat
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Morocco
Will not accept:
- Lottery tickets and printed matter relating to lotteries
- Weapons and parts thereof, except for the Ministry of War
Mozambique
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Myanmar
Will not accept:
- All goods manufactured outside Her Majesty’s dominions and bearing the British Royal Arms or imitations thereof; or bearing as a mark or label a portrait of any member of the Royal Family of England
- Imitation and toy pistols and revolvers
- Money, gold or silver (in bullion) exceeding L5 in value, except coins obviously intended as ornaments
N
Namibia
Will not accept:
- Articles relating to lotteries
- Charged butane gas lighters and refills
- Cigarettes exceeding 2 kg per thosand in weight
- Diamonds or precious stones except in First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service shipments
- Honey
- Prison-made articles
Nauru
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Nepal
Will not accept:
- Bearings of all kinds
- Cameras
- Cardamon
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Photographic paper
- Synthetic fibres (75 denier or less)
Netherlands
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Firearms and parts thereof, except under permit
- Human remains. Only cremated remains (human ashes) are permitted
- Live plants and animals
- Tickets and publicity for lotteries
New Caledonia
Will not accept:
- Tobacco leaves or manufactured tobacco
- Weights and measures not of the decimal system
New Zealand
Will not accept:
- Air guns, stun guns, tasers, and stun batons
- Ammunition, including bullets
- Antiques and collectibles, including numismatic (collector’s) coins
- Artwork including paintings, sculptures, and of other works of art
- Bank cards, including credit cards, debit cards, electronic-funds-transfer-at-point-of-sale cards (EFTPOS), and gift cards
- Firearms; and parts thereof
- First aid kits
Nicaragua
Will not accept:
- Ammunition
- Communist material or literature
- Foreign lottery tickets
- Lighters
- Pharmaceutical specialties not registered in Nicaragua: pharmaceutical preparations or secret remedies of unknown composition whose formulas have not been made public
- Police whistles
- Telegraph equipment
Niger
Will not accept:
- Daggers, knives, weapons
- Firing caps, and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms; ammunition
- Products using the Red Cross or Geneva Cross as a trademark
- Publications in Arabic
- Rough, uncut diamonds
- Tins of fish exceeding 1 kg in weight
- Weights and measures not of the metric system
Nigeria
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunition, caps and metal cartridges for firearms
- Hardware of all kinds
- Lottery circulars, advertisements
North Korea
Will not accept:
- All merchandise is prohibited
North Macedonia
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Norway
Will not accept:
- Firing caps, loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms, non-explosive elements of artillery fuses and matches
- Pharmaceutical products of any kind, whether of synthetic extraction or classified as naturopathic preparations
- Substances considered explosive; inflammable or dangerous
O
Oman
Will not accept:
- Arms; ammunition or parts thereof
P
Pakistan
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunition except when sent on behalf of the Government
- Lottery tickets or circulars relating to lotteries
- Obscene or immoral articles including adult toys and related items
Panama
Will not accept:
- Fatty, liquid, or easily liquefiable substances
- Lottery tickets and circulars
- Perishable fruits and plants
- Sweetmeats and pastries
Papua New Guinea
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Paraguay
Will not accept:
- Arms and munitions except under permit
- Batteries
- Most foodstuffs including butter and cheeses; sugar; peanuts; salt; fats of vegetable origin; rice; fruit; and tomato juices
- Plastic toys
- Soaps
- Stocking and socks except those made of jersey
- Suitcases; leather bags
Peru
Will not accept:
- Agricultural pesticides containing active ingredients (ethylene dichloride, ethylene oxide, monocrotophos)
- Drinks manufactured abroad under the brand name “Pisco.”
- Lithium batteries, liquids, and aerosols, including in misrouted items and transit mail items sent via Peru
- Organochlorinated pesticides and their derivatives and components
- Pyrotechnic products
- Used clothing and shoes
- Used tires
Philippines
Will not accept:
- Firearms and weapons and parts thereof including replicas of weapons; ammunition
- Gambling devices
- Liquids, easily liquefiable items, and glass or similarly fragile articles
- Lottery tickets, circulars, or advertisements relating to lotteries
- Narcotics, psychotropic substances, and other similar substances
Pitcairn Islands
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Poland
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition
- Articles, printed matter, written documents or other articles contrary to interests of Poland
Portugal
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Cigarette lighters and refills containing butane gas
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
- Lottery tickets and advertisements concerning lotteries
- Tobacco
Q
Qatar
Will not accept:
- Advertising articles for promoting cigarettes
- Alcoholic beverages of all kinds
- Ammunition
- Cigarettes and tobacco products
- Clothing bearing the name of Allah or verses from the Koran
- Counterfeit currency
- Fish and crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic invertebrates
R
Romania
Will not accept:
- Arms, ammunitions, and parts and accessories thereof, except that hunting guns or similar guns belonging to legal persons are admitted with agreement of the Romanian police department
- Explosives, pyrotechnic products; matches, pyrophoric alloys, and combustible preparations
- Indecent or obscene books, cards, photographs, manuscripts, typescripts, or other products of the printing industry
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Russia
Will not accept:
- Alcohol products and ethyl alcohol, beer
- Ammunition, and parts thereof
- Calls to extreme and terrorist activities or public justification of terrorism
- Currency of the Russian Federation; foreign currency
- Documents of current and personal correspondence and any correspondence exchanged by the persons not being the sender and recipient or a person residing therewith
- Electric fishing systems and equipment consisting of electric signal generators with connected conductors and accumulators (batteries), employed together to fish biological aquatic resources using electric current
- Equipment for fishing/catching the aqueous biological resources
Rwanda
Will not accept:
- Precious metals
Réunion
Will not accept:
- Otherwise, same as for France
S
Saint Helena
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Saint Lucia
Will not accept:
- Circulars and printed matter concerning lotteries; lottery tickets
- Currency
- Firearms and ammunition except under license from the Police Dept. (Saint Lucia)
- Shaving brushes made in Japan
- Used clothing
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Will not accept:
- Arms and ammunition except under license
- Currency
Samoa
Will not accept:
- Same as for New Zealand
San Marino
Will not accept:
- Albums of any kind (of photographs, postcards, postage stamps, etc.)
- Arms and weapons
- Articles of platinum or gold; jewelry; and other valuable articles unless sent as insured packages
- Artificial flowers and fruits and accessories for them
- Bells and other musical instruments and parts thereof
- Cartridge caps; cartridges
- Clocks and supplies for clocks
Saudi Arabia
Will not accept:
- Arms, munitions, and war material
- Books and prints contrary to the Islamic faith
- Mobile signal boosters and mobile repeaters, except when sent by a licensed mobile telecommunication service provider to a licensed mobile telecommunication service provider
- Narcotics and psychotropic or mind-altering substances, including marijuana in all its forms and derivatives, and any preparations containing such substances
- Obscene or immoral articles
Senegal
Will not accept:
- Articles with markings, labels, or wrappings indicating falsely that they are of French origin. Articles using the “Red Cross” or “Geneva Cross” as a trademark
- Weights and measures not of the metric system
Serbia
Will not accept:
- Weapons and ammunition by private individuals
- Cigarette paper
- Lottery tickets and advertisements concerning lotteries
- Yugoslav money
Seychelles
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons except under license
Sierra Leone
Will not accept:
- Banknotes, checks, and securities of any kind payable to bearer in ordinary and registered First-Class Mail International and First-Class Package International Service items
- Brushes of all kinds made in Japan other than nylon toothbrushes
- Distilling apparatus
- Postage stamps, whether used or not, except in First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service shipments
- West African paper currency
Singapore
Will not accept:
- Advertisements for charms, amulets and talismans
- Arms and firearms and parts thereof
- Bullion of a value higher than $50 Singapore dollars
- Butane gas lighters and refills therefor
- Lotteries and advertisements concerning lotteries
Sint Maarten
Will not accept:
- unless they are sent in First-Class Package International Service with Registered Mail service
- Copper, bronze, or nickel coins
Slovakia
Will not accept:
- Chain letter items
- Publications, drawings, photographs, records, sheets of music, etc., contrary to the State public order
- Playing cards
Slovenia
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Solomon Islands
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Somalia
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons except under license
- Lottery tickets and advertisements
- Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for small arms and artillery fuses
South Africa
Will not accept:
- Articles relating to lotteries
- Charged butane gas lighters and refills
- Cigarettes exceeding 2 kg per thousand in weight
- Diamonds or precious stones except in First-Class Package International Service shipments with Registered Mail service
- Honey
- Liquids of any type
- Lithium batteries
South Korea
Will not accept:
- Counterfeit postage stamps
- Documents, books, printed papers, engravings or other articles contrary to public security
- Firearms, sabres, and swords for military use
- Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms
- Fresh fruits, including apples, limes, mangoes, oranges, and papayas
- Fresh vegetables, including unripe beans, rice seeds, potatoes, and walnuts with shells
- Fruit trees, including seedlings and cuttings (scions)
South Sudan
Will not accept:
- Arms, including spare parts and ammunition
- Infectious substances, including exempt patient specimens (human or animal) and Category B infectious substances under 135.1
- Gambling items, such as playing cards, poker chips, and games of chance
- Narcotics, including those prescribed by a doctor
Spain
Will not accept:
- Arms; ammunition; weapons; parts and components of weapons; and other related equipment
- Foodstuffs containing saccharine in any amount
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
- Narcotics, psychotropic substances, and other similar products
- Playing cards
- Tobacco (admitted only to the Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla)
Sri Lanka
Will not accept:
- Coffee products
- Fish products—tinned or canned
- Leather goods (handbags, sports goods (volleyballs, footballs, etc.))
- Most foodstuffs and grains (sugar, flour, fruits, and oils)
- Paper and writing products (envelopes, ink, pencils, pens, erasers, chalk, etc.)
- Radios; tape recording machines and parts thereof
- Textile, apparel, haberdashery, perfume, and cosmetics
Sudan
Will not accept:
- Arms and their spare parts
- Liquids, easily liquefiable items, and glass or similarly fragile articles
- Playing cards
- Seditious literature
- Unginned cotton
Suriname
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Sweden
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Daggers and flick knives
- Firing caps and charged metal cartridges for small arms and artillery fuses
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
- Lottery tickets and advertisements concerning lotteries
Switzerland
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms, nonexplosive parts of artillery fuses, flammable films, or articles made of celluloid
- Human remains. Only cremated remains (human ashes) are permitted
- Live plants and animals
- Lottery tickets and advertisements for lotteries
- Mini-spies (miniature wireless transmitters)
- Radar detectors
Syria
Will not accept:
- Butane gas lighters and refills
- Cigarette paper and machines for manufacturing tobacco or cigarettes
- Dietary supplements
- Footwear of all kinds and parts thereof
- High-frequency radio receivers (above 100 megacycles)
- Margarine and other kinds of artificial butter and materials for its manufacture
- Psychotropic substances
São Tomé and Príncipe
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
T
Taiwan
Will not accept:
- Banknotes in “new Taiwan dollars.”
- Cigars, cigarettes, and prepared tobacco
- Coins over one hundred years old
- Extracts, essences, and concentrates of tea
- Sugar, molasses, saccharine, and other sweetening substances
Tajikistan
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Tanzania
Will not accept:
- Firearms and ammunition of all types except under license
- Japanese shaving brushes
- Lottery tickets and advertisements concerning lotteries
Thailand
Will not accept:
- Firing caps and charged metal cartridges for small arms and non-explosive parts of artillery fuses
- Lithium cells and batteries — including items containing properly installed lithium cells and batteries under IMM 135.6 — mailed to or sent via Thailand
- Narcotics and psychotropic substances
- Playing cards
Timor-Leste
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Togo
Will not accept:
- Arms, munitions, and war material
- Articles or advertisements relating to lotteries
- Foreign silver coins
- Poniards, sword-canes, loaded canes, brass knuckles, blackjacks, and all other arms for offense
- Saccharine and similar products
- Weights and measures other than those of the decimal metric system
Tonga
Will not accept:
- Firing caps and cartridges for small arms, components of non-explosive artillery fuses
- Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, and snuff packages over 11 lbs. or packed with other goods
Trinidad and Tobago
Will not accept:
- Charged metal caps and cartridges for portable firearms and non-explosive parts of artillery shells
- Coins exceeding L5 in value, except old coins intended as ornaments
- Firearms, switchblade knives, and sword-canes
- Honey
- Lottery tickets or articles relating to lotteries
Tristan da Cunha
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Tunisia
Will not accept:
- Arms of all kinds
- Aspirin, sulfa drugs, and vitamin compounds; chalk; pencils; soap; and detergents containing it; leather and articles of artificial leather; carpets, tapestries, and bed coverings; footwear of rubber or plastic; hosiery of cotton or synthetic fibers, except women’s stockings; jewelry made of precious metal or plated with it; household articles of galvanized iron, galvanized steel or aluminum; and nonelectric cooking and heating appliances for household use
- Copper coins and obsolete silver coins
- Lottery tickets and advertisements relating to lotteries
- Nursing bottles, nipples, and pacifiers that are not made of pure rubber and marked accordingly, and vulcanized by heat
- Playing cards
- Saccharine and similar products, except in very small amounts imported as remedies by pharmacies or physicians
Turkmenistan
Will not accept:
- All foodstuffs if the time left until the “use-by” date is less than 70 percent (calculated from the date of manufacture)
- Foodstuffs that are manufactured using genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- Products or alcoholic beverages that contain more than 18 percent ethyl alcohol (finished products, polystyrene, “Tetrapak” packaging)
- Firearms and ammunition, explosives, combat weapons
- Printed materials, plates, negatives, developed films, photographs, movies, video recordings, magnetic computer information storage media, manuscripts, records and other sound recordings, drawings and other printed materials, and forms of plastic art politically or economically damaging to Turkmenistan
- Pornographic, vulgar, and erotic materials
- Soviet and foreign currency, government securities and Soviet lottery tickets, Soviet Vnieshposyltorg and Vniesheconombanque checks
Turks and Caicos Islands
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Tuvalu
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Türkiye
Will not accept:
- Arms and munitions of war and their accessories
- Cosmetic products
- Fish items, canned animal products, cured spiced beef and sausage, edible fresh and dried fruits and vegetables, and other animal and vegetable products
- Liquids of any type
- Lottery tickets and advertisements relating to lotteries
- Narcotic substances of all kinds and products containing bonsai (JWH-018) as defined in the “World Drug Report 2011” from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Playing cards, other than children’s games
U
Uganda
Will not accept:
- Firearms and ammunition except under permit
- Japanese shaving brushes
- Lottery tickets and advertisements concerning lotteries
- Switchblade knives
Ukraine
Will not accept:
- Agricultural products
- Articles of cultural value (works of art, collectors’ pieces, and antiques)
- Medicines and medicinal products
- Passports and personal identity cards are prohibited entry in all classes of mail, including Priority Mail Express International shipments
- Prescription narcotics and psychotropic drugs which have potentially addictive or hallucinogenic effects
- Software and technical devices that have been specially developed, manufactured, programmed, or adjusted to intercept secret information and that are addressed to persons or entities other than the Ukrainian government
- Tobacco products and manufactured tobacco substitutes
United Arab Emirates
Will not accept:
- Aerosol products
- Butane gas lighters and refills
- Firearms, ammunition, and their components
- Gold, jewels, platinum, precious stones, and silver except in insured parcels
- Polished, whitened, artificial, or imitation pearls
- Pork products
- Printed matter offensive to Arabs and Muslims
United Kingdom
Will not accept:
- Aerosols
- Ammunition, except lead pellets
- Animals, live (including reptiles)
- Arms and parts of arms, or any component classified as munitions of war; imitations and antiques; paint-ball or toy guns; taser guns; air rifles, air pistols, components of firearms, and all other items similar to or resembling the foregoing
- Articles, goods infringing British trademarks or copyright laws
- Asbestos items of any kind
- Bladed articles (as defined by the Criminal Justice Act 1988) and bladed products (as defined by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019). Such items include, but are not limited to, knife blades, kitchen knives (regardless of size or design), bread knives, knives that can be used for hobbies and trades (regardless of whether they are marketed as knives, such as utility knives and snap-off cutters, also called box cutters), gardening and farming tools that have a blade, trade tools that could commonly be described as knives, butcher’s knives (including meat cleavers), cutlery knives, scissors with sharp edges, sporting equipment with blades, replica and antique knives (including those used for re-enactment purposes), handmade and bespoke knives, open razors (where the blade is exposed), axes, swords, survival knives, machetes, switchblade knives (also known as flick knives), and gravity knives
Uruguay
Will not accept:
- Eyeglasses, including lenses and frames
- Firearms
- Lithium batteries and cells, including those properly installed in the equipment they are intended to operate
- Lottery tickets
- Medicines or medical products (including vitamins, homeopathic medicines, nail polish, cosmetics, creams, and perfumes) unless authorized under the applicable legislation
Uzbekistan
Will not accept:
- Coins, bank notes in circulation, checks, postage stamps, currency, securities of any kind payable to bearer, or foreign currency. Uzbekistan will not accept liability in cases of loss or damage to such items if they are accepted
- Firearms and essential firearm components, flare guns, pneumatic weapons, gas weapons, munitions, bladed weapons, electroshock weapons, and stun guns
- Narcotics, as well as psychotropic items
- Press publications, manuscripts, cliches, drawings, films, negatives, cinematographic films, video recordings, audio recordings, gramophone records that are designed to undermine the State and social system and to violate the territorial integrity, the political independence and the foundations of the State, advocating war, terrorism, violence, nationalism and religious hate, fascism in all its forms, and materials with pornographic content
- The government of Uzbekistan has instituted a temporary prohibition against mailing meats and meat products, milk and dairy products, and seeds to Uzbekistan
V
Vanuatu
No country-specific list published. The rules above still apply.
Vatican City
Will not accept:
- Arms and weapons
- Human remains
- Live plants and animals
- Same as Italy
Venezuela
Will not accept:
- Advertisement and promotion of vapes (electronic cigarettes), including electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), electronic nonnicotine delivery systems (ENNDS), or similar products
- Bank account statements
- Cigarette papers
- Coffee, coffee extracts, and similar preparations containing coffee
- Credit cards and debit cards
- Heated tobacco products (conventional and herbal) and similar products
- Lottery and similar tickets
Vietnam
Will not accept:
- Arms of all kinds, electric stun guns, knives, munitions, war material, and accessories
- Cigarettes and cigars
- Cosmetics, with the exception of Harmonized Systems (HS) Code 3600 (oral and hygiene dental products in individual packaging) and HS Code 3700 (preshave, shaving, or aftershave preparations)
- Invisible ink, codes, cyphers, symbols or other types of secret correspondence, and shorthand notes
- Mobile (cellular) telephones
- Narcotics, psychotropic substances
- Products made from non-Vietnamese tobacco
W
Wallis and Futuna
Will not accept:
- Tobacco leaves or manufactured tobacco
- Weights and measures not of the decimal system
Y
Yemen
Will not accept:
- Circulars concerning lotteries
- Coin or bullion exceeding L5 in value
- Firing caps and loaded metal cartridges for portable firearms, non-explosive parts of artillery fuses
Z
Zambia
Will not accept:
- Lottery tickets or circulars relating to lotteries
- Prison-made goods
Zimbabwe
Will not accept:
- Articles made in prisons
- Firearms except under permit
- Honey
- Lottery tickets or circulars relating to lotteries
What the carriers will not take
The list above is what each country will not accept. FedEx and Meest each refuse some things regardless of where the package is going.
Meest
Meest applies the same list everywhere it ships:
- Weapons of any kind, including air guns, replica firearms, knives, pepper spray and electric shock devices
- Ammunition
- Fuel, paint, solvents, bleach, adhesives, aerosols and sprays
- Compressed gas cylinders and fire extinguishers
- Money, jewelry, watches, gold, credit cards, passports and ID cards
- Illegal drugs, radioactive material, infectious substances, insecticides and lab samples
- Alcohol without a licence
- Perishable food
- Live animals, plants and seeds
- Helium
- Lithium and large batteries
- Magnets and mercury thermometers
- Military goods, which need an export licence
A few things change depending on how the parcel travels. Sprays, aerosols, perfume and batteries are restricted by air but can sometimes go by sea. Ask us which applies to yours.
Jewelry, watches and electronics travel at your own risk with Meest and are not covered by insurance.
FedEx
FedEx publishes its own prohibited and restricted items for every destination, and it updates them without notice. Rather than copy a list here that could go out of date, check theirs directly:
FedEx global and country prohibited items
Or bring the package in and we will look it up with you before you pack it.
Do not see your country?
We ship almost everywhere. These countries are not in the list above and we will look them up with you at the counter:
- Afghanistan
- Belize
- Cayman Islands
- Cook Islands
- Egypt
- Gibraltar
- Guernsey
- Israel
- Jersey
- Luxembourg
- Mayotte
- Monaco
- Norfolk Island
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
Bring the package in before you pack it and we will check the current rules for wherever it is going.
Sources: USPS International Mail Manual (pe.usps.com) and the Meest prohibited items list (us.meest.com), both checked August 2026. FedEx rules are linked rather than reproduced because FedEx revises them without notice. Rules change. We check the current list when you bring the package in.
Tell us what you need and we'll sort it out
Not sure it's allowed? Bring it in before you pack it, or call 732-730-5230.
