Send Cosmetics (Commercial) → 🇧🇭 Bahrain
Can I post Cosmetics (Commercial) to Bahrain?
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Bahrain; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Required at the destination customs authority
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Posting cosmetics to Bahrain in personal quantities is permitted — registration and notification regimes govern marketing cosmetics, not personal parcels. Bahrain Customs Affairs applies the ordinary parcel framework to an accurate CN22/CN23 declaration: import VAT/GST at 10% applies above the exemption threshold, plus duty on above-threshold consignments. Bahrain applies the 5% GCC Common External Tariff on all commercial parcels. 10% VAT applies on top of customs duty (raised from 5% in January 2022). Aerosols and nail varnish are dangerous-goods limited quantities for air mail; bulk or repeated identical parcels are treated as unregistered commercial imports.
Keep parcels to personal quantities and declare contents specifically ('face cream', not 'gift'). Check carrier rules for aerosols and nail varnish — they are the commonly refused items in this class.
Personal-use quantities; bulk or repeated identical shipments are treated as commercial imports
- —Commercial invoice or proof of purchase showing the transaction value
Bahrain Post and Customs Affairs handle inbound parcels at Bahrain International. 5% GCC CET + 10% VAT on commercial parcels. Categorically prohibited mail: pork products (without licence), narcotics, materials offensive to Islamic values, counterfeit goods, pornographic content. Pharmaceutical mail orders need NHRA pre-approval.
Sending Cosmetics (Commercial) to other countries
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇺🇸 United States
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United States; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to United Kingdom; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
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🇨🇦 Canada
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Canada; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇦🇺 Australia
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Australia; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to New Zealand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.
Cosmetics (Commercial)
🇹🇭 Thailand
Personal-quantity cosmetics can be posted to Thailand; product registration applies to selling, not to personal parcels.