Shipping-prohibited goods
Introduction
Summer vacations are starting, with enjoyment and a lot of excitement. Families now are preparing their needs to execute their summer plans. There are a lot of families and travelers like to come to USA for touring, shopping and spending a lot of quality time. Subsequently, those travelers ship most of what they shop, hence, they need to be aware of the items they shop if its generally shipping-prohibited.
There are a lot if commodities, you need to check, when you buy it personally or online, either you are home or traveling, . Why?, because there are alot of shipping-prohibited commodities. In addition, those commodities are prohibited from shipping with couriers, and consequently. Those commodities are prohibited by US authorities even in personal luggages, and with us as will. As a result no parcel, box or even personal luggage are acceptable to be shipped.
Those items may include a wide range of products, such as hazardous materials, live animals, and illegal substances. Henceforth, It’s important to be aware of what items are classified as prohibited goods. From a point of avoiding the pain of returning those good, or it may delay you in the airport. In addition we are not going in anyway to be able to ship those items.
General shipping-prohibited goods
Classes of shipping-prohibited items
We refer to IATA list of Dangerous good (HAZMAT). The following list contains examples of prohibited- shipping items.
Such as ammunition, explosives etc.
Such as:
- mace, pepper sprays and tear gas
- Spray cans
- Butane
- Oxygen Refrigerated Liquid
- Fire Extinguishers
Examples can be:
- Camping equipment that contains fuel
- Bleach
- Spray starch
- Insecticides
- Drain cleaners
- Solvents
- Aerosols
- Gas torches (including micro-torches and torch lighters)
Items in this class such as:
- Fuel
- Paints
- Flammable glues/epoxies
A wide range of items found in this class:
- Chlorine dioxide hydrate, frozen.
- Hydrogen peroxide solution (more than 20 percent).
- Perchloric acid.
- Potassium peroxide.
- Sodium chlorite.
- Tetranitromethane
- Zinc ammonium nitrate.
- bromobenzyl cyanide
- methyl bromide
- motor fuel anti-knock mixtures
- biological products
Any item; marked or in its specifications, contains radioactive ingredient.
- Liquid batteries
- Nitric Acid
- Mercury or any device contains metallic mercury, such as Mercury-type thermometers.
- Lithium-ion batteries (Not part of a device)
- Magnetised material
- Defective or damaged electronic devices
List of know items
Reference to UPS, the following list contains some of the general shipping-prohibited commodities:
- Ammunition
- Bank bills, notes or currency (other than coin)
- Corpses, cremated or disinterred remains
- Fireworks
- Hazardous waste
- Ivory
- Letters of credit shipments
- Marijuana, including marijuana intended for medicinal use
- Postage stamps
Conclusion
It’s important to check always with your shipping carrier to confirm what items are prohibited before attempting to buy it. Hence, you can ensure that your items are being shipped safely and legally. Also, You can check with our customer care any time you want and be sure we are here to help.
We encourage our customers to refer to USPS hazard material; Section 3 for more information. Kindly, share this post, if you feel so, (using the top headline links). and follow us on social media link in footer below for updated information