Australia

What Are Prohibited Shipping Items?

Certain items cannot be received, stored, shipped, imported and/or exported due to regulatory, hazard, safety or other reasons. Transactions involving these commodities are strictly prohibited, regardless of origin or destination.

Please note: Prohibited items are forbidden to be exported from the origin country or territory or imported to the destination country or territory.

What are Restricted Shipping Items?

Certain items have regulatory, hazard, safety or other considerations and require approval from Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management and Legal departments prior to handling. Transactions involving these commodities are restricted, regardless of origin or destination.

Please note: Restricted items may require special permits or licenses prior to their sale, export from or import to your specified country or territory.

Flammable nightwear

Milk (c)

Viagra (commercial)

Paintball Guns

Beef and Meat products

Unpopped Popcorn

Pine Cones

Firearms

Ammunition

Paintball Bullets

Filament light globes

Honey

Assembly Order (a)

Personal Effect (b)

Health Supplements containing Hoodia, Yohimbe and DHEA.

Jewelry shipments are prohibited to Norfolk Island through Australia.

Logs and timber products from Liberia such as woodchips, poles, posts, fence pickets, sheets, flooring, molding, pallets, tool handles, barrels, crates, tableware/kitchenware, shutters, blinds, cases/boxes/chests for jewelry and silverware, clothes hangers, clothespins, toothpicks, etc.

Shipments (including mail) originating in or transiting through Syria and Yemen or Somalia entering Australia or its territories.

Shipments transiting Australia to New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands.

Certain commodities are prohibited to import in Australia. The shipper must research to see if their product is prohibited by checking the AU Customs website and the Australian Government Department of Agriculture (ICON) database. This MUST be done PRIOR to shipping. If this research is not done, the shipment will be returned to origin, seized or destroyed by local authorities.

Shipments originated from or transited through Egypt, except items that are currently exempt from screening under Australian Regulations, such as diplomatic bags and smaller items of international mail.

Shipment originated from or transited through Bangladesh unless security examination was approved prior to travelling to Australia or shipments exempt from examination under Australian regulations such as: mail items under 500 grams; cargo under 250 grams and length less than 5 mm, biological tissues; legitimately prepared dangerous goods (prepared in compliance with applicable regulations), commonwealth government articles and diplomatic bags. The approved last ports of call are: Dubai; Abu Dhabi; Doha; Singapore; Kuala Lumpur; Bangkok; Hong Kong; or Guangzhou.

(a) Shipments from multiple suppliers to one consignee that is consolidated into a single shipment.

(b) Accepted BSO only.

(c) Any form, except shipments from New Zealand.

The above information is for informational purposes only.  Please consult with the appropriate authorities when deciding to ship internationally.