Below is a list of commonly recognised prohibitedand restricted items. This list is not exhaustive and may change without notice, Eg- requirements from different countries may vary. It is the responsibility of the sender to confirm if an item may be prohibited or restricted in the country of destination.
Type of Item | Description / Explanation |
Aerosols | Of any type |
Alcoholic beverages | Of any type |
Ammunition | Excluding lead pellets and other airgunand airsoft projectiles |
Asbestos | Asbestos materials |
Balance Boards | Including hover boards, electric scooters, electric bicycles and all battery powered vehicles and equipment |
Batteries | Lithium batteries which are not sent with or connected to equipment and any batteries not in their final retail packaging. Including power banks, lead acid/lead alkaline batteries. Batteries that are classified as dangerous goods and used or damaged batteries |
Biological substances | Of any type |
Clinical and Medical Waste | All such classified waste |
Controlled drugs and narcotics | Such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, LSD, opium and any nitrate |
Corrosives | Eg- Dyes, Sulphuric Acid |
Counterfeit and pirated merchandise | Of any type |
Counterfeit Currency & Postage Stamps | Counterfeit bank notes, coinage, postage or other counterfeit material with a monetary face value and intended to defraud |
Electronic devices sent with lithium batteries | Including mobile phones, digital cameras etc where the battery is not connected to the device |
Environmentally hazardous substances | Of any type |
Environmental Waste | Including used batteries and used engine oil |
Explosives | Including fireworks, flares, blasting caps, party poppers, christmas cracker snaps |
Filth | E.g. dirt, waste or refuse |
Flammable Liquids | Including petrolium, lighter fluid, certain adhesives, solvent based paints, wood varnish, enamels, acetone and all nail varnish removers |
Flamable solids | Including magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, zinc powder and fire lighters |
Gases | 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 ( culinary foaming devices and soda stream) |
Guns for sporting use | Including Section 1 and Section 2 firearms, low powered air weapons and their component parts may be sent in compliance with UK law subject to any applicable controls on the possession or export of firearms |
Human or animal ashes | Of any type |
Human or animal samples | Of any type |
Infectious substances and pathogens | Of any type |
Lighters and Refills | Containing flamable liquid or gas including used butane, petrol, cigar and cigarette lighters |
Lighters new and unused empty lighters | Of any type |
Live animals and reptiles | Of any type |
Live creatures, insects and invertebrates | Of any type |
Lottery tickets | Of any type |
Magnetised material | Except credit cards, audio and video cassettes, floppy discs and loud speakers |
Matches | Including safety matches and windproof matches |
Nail varnish, polish or gel | Volume per tiem must not exceed 30ml, no more than 8 bottles of nail varnish can be sent in one packet |
Obscene publications and unlawful indecent images | Of any type |
Oxidising materials or organic peroxides | Including disinfectants, nitrates and hair dyes containing peroxide |
Patient specimens | Of any type |
Perfume and Aftershaves | Includes eau de parfum, and eau de toilette but excludes non flamable perfumed creams, gels, oils or lotions |
Perishable items | Including flowers, fresh fruit, vegetables and frozen or chilled foodstuffs |
Pesticides | Including weed killer and any chemical used to kill pests and insects such as fly sprays |
Poisons, toxic liquids, solids and gases | Including substances that are liable to cause death or injury if swallowed or inhaled or by skin contact |
Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes | Includes toxic, flammable or toxic and inflamable but excludes non toxic and non flammable and asthma inhalers |
Radioactive materials and samles | Of any type |
Solvent based paints, wood varnishes an enamels | Of any type |
Tobacco | Including cigrattes, cigars, cigarelos, snuff and any type of tobacco |
Waste, dirt, filth or refuse | Of any type |
Weapons | Including Section 5 firearms, C5 gas and pepper sprays, flick knives, and other knives that are banned under UK and Gibraltar laws, tasers and stun guns |
Prohibitions / restrictions may change without notice.
It is the responsibility of the sender to determine if an item is prohibited or restricted.
The o2o-logistics is duty bound to respect the prohibitions and restrictions of other countries as well as those of other stakeholders eg- staff, airlines, transportation companies, etc.
The sender is the declarant of the contents.
The sender is the declarant of the contents.