The following items and any similar items to the ones listed are prohibited from shipping internationally to foreign countries. In case of shipping any of these can result in prosecution, heavy fines or imprisonment. All dangerous goods as defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are prohibited from exporting, unless received special allowance in advance.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive and has been compiled as per updates from our carrier partners, but the regulations regarding cross-border restrictions are always subject to changes.
Last Updated: 25 July 2022
Spray paints, air fresheners, etc
containing more than 70% alcohol by volume (ABV)
Excluding lead pellets and other airgun and airsoft projectiles
Including wet spillable lead acid/lead alkaline batteries (such as car batteries)
Diagnostic specimens including urine, blood, faeces and animal remains
E.g. contaminated dressings, bandages and needles
Such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, LSD, opium and amyl nitrate
Including dyes, acids, corrosive paint and rust removers, caustic soda, mercury and gallium metal
Including used batteries and used engine oil
Including fireworks, flares, blasting caps, party poppers
Including petroleum, lighter fluid, certain adhesives, solvent based paints, wood varnish, enamels, acetone & all nail varnish removers
Including magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, zinc powder and firelighters
Including new, used and empty gas cylinders, ethane, butane, refills for lighters, fire extinguishers and scuba tanks, life jackets, nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide canisters including culinary foaming devices and soda stream
Including any type of rechargeable battery-powered: self-balancing scooter, mono-wheel, stand-up unicycle or electric skateboard
As classified in latest edition of the Technical Instructions for Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air published by the International Civil Aviation Organization
Containing flammable liquid or gas (Including used butane, petrol cigar and cigarette lighters)
With a field strength of 0.418A/metre or more at a distance of 4.6 metres from the outside of the package
Including disinfectants, nitrates and hair dyes or colourants containing peroxide
E.g. weedkiller and any chemical used to kill pests and insects including fly sprays
Food & beverages requiring refrigeration and other environmental control.
Lottery tickets and gambling devices where prohibited by national, provincial, state or local law
Corpses, cremated or disinterred remains
Including eau de parfum and eau de toilette
In any digital or analog form (CD, Cassettes, magazines and USBs)
Classified as dangerous goods such as luminous dials from aircraft
Including Section 5 firearms, CS gas and pepper sprays, flick knives and other knives that are banned under UK laws, tasers and stun guns
Paints, wood varnishes and enamels
Toxic liquids, solids and gases including substances that are liable to cause death or injury if swallowed or inhaled or by skin contact, including arsenic, cyanide, fluorine, rat poison