Shipping-prohibited goods vs restricted
Introduction
This article talks about the difference between shipping-prohibited goods and shipping-restricted commodities. The commodities are either; shipped or bought in person. An individual who imports, ship, carry goods; either personally or through a purchase via the Internet, must verify the type of commodity to ensure that it is not restricted or prohibited. So, what does it mean restricted items and prohibited goods or parcels?!
Shipping-restricted goods:
These are the goods whose import or export is restricted under the provisions of the Common Customs Law for every country. Since these types of goods require prior permission from the competent authorities before importing them, the importer should consult these competent government agencies to obtain the necessary permits for the goods to be imported.
in the bottom of this page, there are links for courier webpages. In those webpages you can search your country particular information of the prohibited and restricted items.
Shipping-prohibited Goods:
The following goods, that are prohibited from imported or exported in general, based on the provisions of the Common Customs Law for the GCC States or any other law, such as:
- Immoral items in all their forms (books / magazines / films / floppy disks and the like).
- Drugs of all kinds and types.
- Weapons, ammunition and explosives of all kinds.
- Devices and materials considered to be radioactive sources.
- Goods which manufacturing or its supply includes a component or part of Israeli products, whatever its percentage.
- Alcoholic drinks.
Conclusion
Everyone is encouraged, for further information, to refer to their country’s customs department. Also, you can press on the links of both Fedex and USPS and you will be directed to webpage’s. You can know what is prohibited and restricted for your country from those links.
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