DHL Express
INTERNATIONAL-COURIER
GERMANY
220+ COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
70KG
120 x 80 x 80
Generally Prohibited Items
These items cannot be shipped via DHL Express to any destination.
- ✗Currency (cash, coins, banknotes)
- ✗Dangerous goods without hazmat classification
- ✗Live animals (with limited exceptions)
- ✗Human remains or ashes
- ✗Counterfeit goods
- ✗Cannabis and derivatives (most destinations)
- ✗Firearms and ammunition
- ✗Ivory and CITES-listed wildlife products
- ✗Pornographic material (destination-dependent)
Restricted Items — Declaration Required
These items may be shipped but require special declaration, documentation, or approval.
- ⚠Lithium batteries (UN 3480 / UN 3481 — Class 9)
- ⚠Perfumes and alcohol-based products (limited UN 3082)
- ⚠Foodstuffs (perishables restrictions apply)
- ⚠Medical samples and diagnostic specimens
- ⚠Tobacco products (destination-dependent)
- ⚠Pharmaceutical products (requires documentation)
- ⚠Dual-use technology items
Destination-Specific Restrictions
Additional prohibitions that apply only when sending to specific countries.
- ✗Alcohol
- ✗Pork products
- ✗Non-Islamic religious materials
- ✗Playing cards
- ✗Vape devices
- ✗E-cigarette liquid
- ✗Kratom
- ✗Chewing gum
- ✗E-cigarettes
- ✗CBD products
- ✗Fresh food items
- ✗Soil or sand
- ✗Live plants without phytosanitary certificate
- ✗Raw meat / dairy from unapproved-origin countries
- ✗Fresh fruit + vegetables
- ✗Untreated wood / plant material
- ✗Bee products (honey) from non-approved origins
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗E-cigarettes + vape pods + e-liquid
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗E-cigarettes + vape pods + e-liquid
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Drone components without DGCA approval
- ✗E-cigarettes + vape pods + e-liquid
- ✗E-cigarettes + vape pods + e-liquid
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Alcohol of any kind
- ✗Pork products + pork derivatives (gelatine, lard)
- ✗Materials offensive to Islamic values
- ✗Israeli-origin products (residual boycott in some GCC + Iran/Iraq)
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Alcohol of any kind
- ✗Pork products + pork derivatives (gelatine, lard)
- ✗Materials offensive to Islamic values
- ✗Israeli-origin products (residual boycott in some GCC + Iran/Iraq)
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Alcohol of any kind
- ✗Pork products + pork derivatives (gelatine, lard)
- ✗Materials offensive to Islamic values
- ✗Israeli-origin products (residual boycott in some GCC + Iran/Iraq)
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Alcohol of any kind
- ✗Pork products + pork derivatives (gelatine, lard)
- ✗Materials offensive to Islamic values
- ✗Israeli-origin products (residual boycott in some GCC + Iran/Iraq)
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Alcohol of any kind
- ✗Pork products + pork derivatives (gelatine, lard)
- ✗Materials offensive to Islamic values
- ✗Israeli-origin products (residual boycott in some GCC + Iran/Iraq)
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Alcohol of any kind
- ✗Pork products + pork derivatives (gelatine, lard)
- ✗Materials offensive to Islamic values
- ✗Israeli-origin products (residual boycott in some GCC + Iran/Iraq)
- ✗Luxury goods over local threshold (sanctions context)
- ✗Dual-use electronics (EAR / Annex IV restricted)
- ✗Cannabis-derived products + CBD oil
- ✗Poppy seeds + papaver-derived products
- ✗Satellite receivers (effectively prohibited)
- ✗E-cigarettes + vape pods + e-liquid
- ✗E-cigarettes + vape pods + e-liquid
- ✗E-cigarettes + vape pods + e-liquid
- ✗Luxury goods over local threshold (sanctions context)
- ✗Dual-use electronics (EAR / Annex IV restricted)
VERIFIED · 2026-06-12Carrier tariff / prohibited items