Unacceptable Items for Carriage in
Express Shipments
Aramex will not ship any item that is prohibited by any law,
regulation, state, or local government. Below is a general list of materials
that are strictly prohibited.
Summary List
Material classified as dangerous/hazardous
Explosives including fireworks
Firearms and firearm
accessories:
including but not limited to ammunition, dismantled firearms, vision
enhancement/zooming equipment, precision and aiming equipment and distance
measurement equipment
Gases: aerosol cans, cigarette lighters,
camping gas cylinders - full or empty, fire extinguishers, etc.
Flammable liquids
and solids: paint, alcohol, perfume, matches,
petrol, kerosene, cleaning fluids, etc.
Combustible substances: matches, etc.
Toxic, poisonous,
and infectious
substances: pesticides, infected blood, etc.
Irritating substances
Corrosives: mercury
- including thermometers, bleach, nail polish and remover, nitric acids,
battery fluids, etc.
Oxidizing substances: hair
dye, disinfectants, fertilizers, etc.
Radioactive substances
Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles
like: dry ice, strong magnetized material, etc.
Others
Fake/dummy/replica/game/toy
weapons, paint ball guns, BB guns, antique weapons, swords, knives, etc.
Live or dead animals
Narcotics
Tobacco (certain
destinations)
Intl passports
(certain destinations)
Foodstuff,
plants/seeds (certain destinations)
Medicine Drugs,
prescription (certain destinations)
Hazardous cosmetics
and creams
All Liquids (also oils
included in machine parts, etc.)
Batteries (Lithium,
consumer batteries, car-boat-machine batteries)
Perishable goods
Indecent and pornographic
materials
Items and substances, the possession or use of which is
prohibited by law
Money, payment cards, money orders, traveler cheques, etc.
Articles of exceptional value: like jewelry, precious metals and stones, diamonds,
works of art, antiques, etc.
Unacceptable Items for Carriage in
Express Shipments
Prohibited Items
Live or dead animals
Prescription drugs
Illegal narcotic substances
Firearms (including parts) and Ammunition
Fake/dummy/game/toy weapons, paint
ball
guns, BB guns, antique weapons, swords,
knives, etc
Items that could be used as weapons
(these include but are not limited to
decorative swords, kitchen knives etc.)
Human remains (including ashes)
Furs and skins (untreated)
Indecent goods & pornography
Any noxious substance
Plants/Seeds
Any unsolicited indecent item
Foodstuff
Perishable
goods
Any inadequately packaged item
Valuable Items
Bullion
Cash or currency
Payment cards, traveler cheques,
etc.
Jewelry
Precious metals & stones
Works of Art
Antiques
Items of a fragile nature
Packages that are wet, leaking or
emit any
odor of any kind
Detailed List
Dangerous Goods
All items, irrespective of packaging,
listed in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations are not to be sent by courier.
These include:
Acid
Adhesive products (containing
flammable liquid)
Aerosol cans (e.g. Hair spray)
Alarm devices (gas or battery
powered)
Alcohol (more than 5 liters)
Alcohol (more than 70% by volume)
Alkaline
Aluminum powder
Ammonial products
Ammunition
Anti-freeze
Appliances (containing batteries)
Asbestos
Batteries (contained in any
appliance)
Batteries (made from lithium)
Batteries (car or wet cell)
Blasting caps
Bleach
Brake fluid
Bullets
Butane
Camphor
Caps for starting guns
Caps for toy guns
Caustic soda
Charcoal
Chemicals
Chlorates
Chlorine
Christmas crackers
Cigarette lighters
Corrosives (e.g. nail polish)
Deodorant (aerosols)
Disinfectants
Drugs (unless in prescription
quantities)
Dyes
Explosives
Electronic items (containing
batteries)
Essential oils (e.g. Eucalyptus, tea tree)
Fertilizers
Fire extinguishers
Fire lighters
Firearms
Fireworks (e.g. Skyrockets, sparklers,
crackers)
Flammable liquids and flammable solids
(e.g. perfume)
Flares
Gas (e.g. Propane, butane, hydrogen, helium)
Gas cylinders (e.g. Camping gas cylinders
full or empty)
Glue (e.g. Flammable, quick drying)
Grenades
Hair coloring/bleaches
Hairspray (aerosol)
Highly magnetic, polymerizable goods
Igniters
Insecticides
Kerosene
Laundry detergents
Lighter fluid
Liquid nitrogen
Lithium batteries
Magnetic material
Magnets
Matches
Mercury
Mobile phones (unless battery separately
wrapped)
Motor fuels
Nail polish
Nail polish remover
Narcotics
Oven cleaners (which include caustic
soda)
Oxidizing substances and organic
peroxides (e.g. hair dye)
Oxygen cylinders
Paint (oil based)
Party poppers
Perfume
Perfumery products
Peroxides
Petrol
Phosphorus
Plastic solvent
Poisons (e.g. Cyanide, lead, arsenic)
Propane
Radioactive materials
Shock absorbers (gas or compressed air)
Signals, distress
Signals, smoke
Sodium
Solvents
Sparklers
Sulphuric acid
Swimming pool chemicals
Tea tree oil
Textile dyes
Theatrical flares
Thermometers (mercury)
Toner (e.g. Photocopier)
Toxic (poisonous) and infectious substances.
Toy caps
Toys (containing batteries)
Turpentine
Varnish (e.g. Removers, thinners)
Weed killers
Zinc powder