DHL Express Import Guidelines: Jordan

Shipping guidelines, standard prohibitions and restrictions to consider when sending express shipments to Jordan.

Prohibited Commodities for Jordan

The following commodities are not acceptable for transport by DHL under any circumstances.
This is a result of a policy decision, following the full consideration of Operational, Legal and Risk Management implications.
Animals
Antiques (breakable and/or fragile)
Asbestos
Bullion
Currency
Firearms, parts thereof and ammunition
Furs
Hazardous or combustible materials (as defined in IATA Regulations)
Human remains, including ashes
Jewelry, precious metals and stones
Narcotics (illegal)
Antiques
Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
Gambling devices
Ivory
Playing cards
Pornography
Property, the carriage of which is prohibited by any law, regulation or statute of any federal, state or local government of any country to or through which the shipment may be carried.

Shipping Commodities – What You Need to Know

Certain commodities are considered as “Non-Document” and need to be accompanied by an invoice and, in some cases, additional customs documentation. Other commodities are considered simply as a “Document” and only require a DHL Waybill to be completed. The following list explains what you need to do in order to ship various commodities.

Document Commodities (Require only DHL Waybill)

Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Calendars
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, blank (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, blank
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Postal envelopes
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa applications
Wallpaper

Commodities where you should contact your local Customer Service advisor to clarify shipping requirements

Ceramic products
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Cosmetics
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Foodstuffs
Measuring apparatus
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Military equipment
Passports
Personal effects
Phones/modems
Publications for public resale
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Seeds
Shoes
Soil samples
Telecommunications equipment
Televisions, television equipment
Textile articles
Toys

All other commodities are Non-Document in nature and should be accompanied by a DHL Waybill and an Invoice.

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