Prohibited – not acceptable

• All Classes of Dangerous Goods (DG) including Battery e.g. Explosives, Gases, Flammable liquids/solids, Oxidizing agents and organic peroxides, Toxic and infectious substances, Radioactive substances, Corrosive substances
• Antiques, Cultural artifacts
• All liquor & alcoholic beverages
• All products in powder or liquid form
• Animal products e.g. Animal oil & fats, Antibody, Bacillus, Bacon, Bacteria, Biological substance, Blood, Bone, Cell, Coliform, Feathers, Feed, Guts, Horns, Jerky, Petfood, Protein, Raw wool & leather, Sausage, Semen, Serum
• Animal skins, Fur skin
• ATA CARNET shipment
• Cash (coins, currency,bank notes) and cash-like negotiable instruments such as endorsed stocks, bonds, postage stamp and cash letters.
• Coal and firewood, raw material of woods, unprocessed woods
• Counterfeit products
• Drug – non-prescription, Drug – Prescription, Drug- samples
• Firearms, weaponry, ammunition and their parts, Military equipment, Imitation (replica) firearms, weaponry, ammunition and their parts, Toy gun, toy pistols, toy revolvers
• Fuel samples (for analytical purposes)
• Gambling devices, including lottery tickets
• Hazardous wastes
• Hazardous waste – Biological and Chemical waste
• Hazardous waste, e.g. used syringes, hypodermic needles, and other medical waste
• Live animals, insects, fish and birds
• Luggage containing item(s)
• Medical equipments
• Perishable food (decays quickly, needs refrigeration) e.g. fruits, vegetables
• Perishable products and other goods that required refrigeration or other environmental control
• Petroleum products
• Plants, Seeds, Cotton seeds, Grain samples, Soil samples
• Plant products e.g. Barley, Beans, Clay, Flour, Green coffee, Potpourri, Hay, Fresh / Dried fruits, Grain, Herb, Leaf, Malt, Nuts, Flowers, Rice, Seeds,
• Pornographic and/or obscene materials
• Precious metal – Bullion, Precious stones
• Product made from endangered species including Ivory, Product made from wildlife
• Radar equipment
• Religious items
• Soil, Spices, Tea (excluding tea bag), tobacco, Walnut, Wheat, Wood, Vegetable
• Tissue of livestock, Corpse (dead animals), human remains and ashes
• Tobacco (including chewing tobacco, imitation tobacco, smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes)
• Covid-19 Self Test Kit
• Facemask
• Any product related to illegal activities or which is prohibited by law in the place of origin, the destination, or any sites through which such product travels.

Restricted

• Artworks – fine, for commercial, for personal Restricted
• Cheque – for business, for personal, for travellers
• Credit card
• Cell phones / Mobile phones
• Computer, desktop computer, notebook computer, laptop computer
• Film: copies, for commercial, for entertainment, publicity and training Microfilm, Negative, Slides
• General cosmetics – for commercial & for personal
• Jewellery including imitation jewellery
• Watch

Prohibited- Not Acceptable

• Counterfeit goods
• Arms and weapons
• Illegal drugs and narcotics
• Food or perishable items
• Liquid
• Luggage containing item(s)
• Religious items
• Covid-19 Self Test Kit
• Facemask
• Used Items/Repair Items
• Tobacco and e-cigarettes
• Any product related to illegal activities or which is prohibited by law in the place of origin, the destination, or any sites through which such product travels.

Restricted – may be acceptable

Prohibited- Not Acceptable

• Animals – live or dead animals, insects, reptiles of any kind, animal including hair products, animal skins, meat and fur.
• Drugs – cocaine, cannabis resin, LSD, narcotics, morphine, opium, psychotropic substances, etc.
• Gambling – lottery tickets and gambling devices tickets and related advertisements for illegal lotteries.
• Liquid
• Luggage containing item(s)
• Miscellaneous – asbestos, dry ice (solid carbon dioxide), magnetized material, toner (photocopier), etc.
• Negotiable currency – bullion, money, fake/dummy/collectable cash, payment cards, traveler cheques, passports, IDs, stamps.
• Offensive – indecent, obscene or offensive communications, prints, photographs, books or other articles, and packets bearing grossly offensive, indecent or obscene words, marks or designs. Those discovered in transit will be stopped, and handed to customs or the police, who may take legal action against the sender and/or recipient.
• Packaging – parcels that are wet, leaking or emit an odor of any kind.
• Pornography – foul or disgusting material, pornography and/or obscene material, and any unsolicited indecent item or representation of any kind.
• Prohibited shipments – the transportation, exportation or importation of which is prohibited by any law, statute or regulation.
• Religious items
• Remains – human and animal remains, including ashes.
• Safety – packages which would be likely to cause damage to other packages, equipment, staff, or the general public goods which are insufficiently packed.
• Tobacco products – cigarettes, cigars, electronic cigarettes, tobacco.
• Covid-19 Self Test Kit
• Facemask
• Used Items/Repair Items
• Any product related to illegal activities or which is prohibited by law in the place of origin, the destination, or any sites through which such product travels.

Dangerous goods

• Explosives – ammunition, firearms (including parts), blasting caps, christmas cracker snaps, party poppers, theatrical flares, fireworks (skyrockets, sparklers, crackers), flares, fuses, ignites, nitro-glycerin, etc.
• Gases compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure – all flammable compressed gases are prohibited (blowlamps, butane, cigarette lighters, ethane, gas cylinders (camping gas cylinders full or empty), ammonia products, hydrogen, methane, propane, etc. All toxic compressed gases are prohibited (chlorine, fluorine, etc.) All non-flammable compressed gases are prohibited (carbon dioxide, neon, helium, nitrogen, fire extinguishers, etc.).
• Flammable liquids – all aerosols are prohibited (hair spray, deodorant, etc.) Alcohol, perfume, acetone, benzene, kerosene, motor fuels, battery fluid, gasoline, lighter fuel, cleaning compounds (bleach, disinfectants, laundry detergents, oven cleaners, etc.), paint thinners and removers, petroleum, adhesive products (glue, silicone, etc.), turpentine, solvents, etc.
• Flammable solids – batteries (alkaline), calcium carbide, cellulose nitrate products, matches (any type including safety), metallic magnesium, nitro-cellulose based film, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, charcoal, flint lighters, hydride, zinc powder, zirconium hydride, etc.
• Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides solids – dyes (hair, textile, etc.), bromates, chlorates, components of fiberglass repair kits, nitrates, perchlorates, permanganates, peroxides, fertilizers, weed killers, insecticides, etc.
• Toxic and infectious substances – arsenic, beryllium, cyanide, fluorine, hydrogen solenoid, mercury, mercury salts, mustard gas, nitrobenzene, nitrogen dioxide, pesticides, poisons, rat poison, ebola, foot and mouth disease, environmental, clinical and medical waste.
• Radioactive material – Fissile material (Uranium 235, etc.), radioactive waste material, thorium or uranium ores, etc.
• Corrosives – aluminum chloride, caustic soda, corrosive cleaning fluid, corrosive rust remover/preventative, corrosive paint remover (nail polish), acid (hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, etc.).
• Miscellaneous – asbestos, dry ice (solid carbon dioxide), magnetized material, toner (photocopier), etc.

Restricted – may be acceptable

• Antiques – antiques (objects over 100 years old).
• Artwork – any collectible painting, sculpture or other work of art.
• Negotiable currency – 1. Postage stamps are prohibited unless franked or no longer usable for postage purposes. 2. Money – bankers drafts, current bank notes, currency notes or coins, credit cards, debit cards, uncrossed postal orders which do not state to whom they are to be paid, cheques or dividend warrants which are uncrossed and made payable to the bearer; bearer securities including share warrants, or subscription certificates, bonds or relative coupons, un-franked postage stamps, coupons, vouchers, tokens, lottery tickets, scratch cards or similar documents which can be exchanged themselves or with any other document for money, goods or services.
• Declared value – consignments with a declared value for customs in excess of that permitted.
• Diagnostic specimens – unless classified as Dangerous Goods.
• Documentation – consignment which requires Aramex to have a license or their transportation will not be accepted if Aramex has elected not to obtain such license.
• Drugs – prescription drugs sent for medical or scientific purposes, should not meet any of the criteria of the 9 UN hazard classes when classified by the sender. Drugs in prescription quantities may be sent by private individuals in the case of emergencies.
• Electronics – electronic/electric appliances and devices (batteries must be removed and wrapped separately).
• Fake/dummy games – toy weapons, paint ball guns, BB guns, antique weapons, swords, knives etc.
• Fragile – 1. goods which require special handling or careful treatment because they are particularly fragile or can only be transported upright or only lying on a certain side. 2. Ceramics or composites wholly or partially made of china and/or porcelain. 3. Glassware – items partially or wholly made of glass, or containing glass, (example: picture frames that contain glass) 4. Lighting – containing fluorescent tubes, neon lighting, x-ray tubes, light bulbs etc. 5.Musical instrument 6. Plaster items – including plaster of Paris, fibre clay.
• Import/export controls – goods being processed under a temporary import/export requiring duty and/or tax exemption or reclaim.
• Minerals – 1. Fossils, stones or stoneware. 2.Marble or any stone derivative.
• Other – goods the damage or loss of which would result in high consequential damages.
• Perishables – Foodstuffs and perishable food articles and beverages requiring refrigeration or other environmental control. 2. Any item that is classed as ‘high risk’ under our terms and conditions (unless we have specifically agreed in writing to carry these items and you have complied with any other conditions for the carriage of these items).
• Plants – plants and plant material, including seeds and cut flowers (cut flowers are acceptable to certain destinations only).
• Prohibited origins – origin of goods not allowed for imports as per destination country local laws and regulations.
• Valuables – 1.Valuable goods – precious metals and stones, jewellery and genuine pearls. Articles made largely or wholly of gold, silver or other precious metals 2. Any item that is classed as ‘high risk’ under our terms and conditions (unless we have specifically agreed in writing to carry these items and you have complied with any other conditions for the carriage of these items).

Prohibited- Not Acceptable

• All size/form of lithium ion batteries (including in devices/toys) – powerbank, laptop, lithium power watches
• Live animals
  • Any poisonous, venomous or threatening animal
  • Any threatened or endangered species
  • Arachnids(All): example: mites, scorpions, spiders, ticks
  • Birds(All)
  • Crocodiles(All): example: alligators, caimans, gavials
  • Mammals(All)
  • Obnoxious Insects: example: flies, locusts, mosquitoes, roaches, termites, weevils
  • Snakes (All): examples venomous and non-venomous
  • Reptiles
  • Insects
  • Amphibians
• Illegal goods by law – turtle eggs, daggers, flick knives, indecent printings/paintings
• Any items which could be used as weapon – firearms/firearms parts/weapons/explosive devices or ammunition (parts thereof including paintball, pallet guns, air riffles, etc.)
• Aerosol – spray paint, canned air
• Illegal drugs(except pharmaceutical drugs) – morphine, weeds, methamphetamine, sexual enhancement drugs
• Powder (except non-flammable/toxic powder) – flammable or toxic : carbide powder, mercury, cyanide
• Counterfeit or pirated goods and materials – pirated software in DVD form, counterfeit products.
• Human parts, remains – cremated ashes, human organs
• Bullion (of any previous metal), jewellery and objects construed of previous metals and/or stones, loose previous stones – gold, industrial diamonds, precious stones
• Any article bearing the imprint or reproduction of any currency note, bank note, or coin which are current or have at any time been issued or current in any country – currency note, bank note, coin
• Original official documents – identity cards, passport, birth certificate
• Any medical samples – biological/diagnostic specimens, blood, urine, bodily fluids, tissue sample, etc.
• Furs and ivory – snimals/animal skins/furs/any animal parts/Ivory and ivory products
• Negotiable item-bearer form – cash, cheques, activated credit cards, telephone SIM (both activated or non-activated), Telephone prepaid card (activated)
• Negotiable item- non bearer form – banker’s draft, bonds, shares, stock certificates, non-activated credit cards, tickets (blank stock), cheques (blank stock), delivery order
• Mobile telephones – mobile phone
• Pornography – porn CDs, magazines, adult toys
• Religious Items
• Luggage containing item(s)
• Covid-19 Self Test Kit
• Facemask
• Used Items/Repair Items
• Tobacco and e-cigarettes
• Any product related to illegal activities or which is prohibited by law in the place of origin, the destination, or any sites through which such product travels.

Restricted – may be acceptable

Dangerous Goods

• Explosive – a substance which under defined test conditioned when dry or under the effect of flame or heat may explode. Example: fuse, air bag inflectors, fireworks
• Flammable/toxic gas – may readily catch fire in contact with air/without any application of energy. Example: oxygen, lighters, aerosol
• Flammable liquid – flammable liquids with flash points no more than 60 Celsius degrees. Example: paints, gasoline, petrol, perfumes
• Flammable solid – substances liable to spontaneous combustion and substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases. Example: matches, sulphur, metal powders
• Oxidising – may cause explosion, fire or damage to living tissue in chemical burns. Reacts with other substances to produce highly exothermic reaction. Example: matches, sulphur, metal powders
• Toxic/very toxic – may cause a secere health risk or even death if ingested. Inhale or penetration of the skin occurs even in low volumes or quantities. Example: cyanide, clinical wastes, biological samples
• Radioactive – substances that emit radioactive waves. Example: uranium, medical equiment, isotopes
• Corrosive – may cause burns or destruction of living tissue on contact with skin. Example: acids or alkalis, thermometers with mercury, wet cell batteries
• Miscellaneous – substances which during transport present a danger or hazard not covered by other 8 classes. Example: lithium ion batteries, motor engines, marine pollutant, battery, dry ice