DHL Express Import Guidelines: Bahrain

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

Prohibited Commodities for Bahrain

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)
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.

All items offensive to the Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include pork products, religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Worldmail which has sender's address visible is prohibited from posting from Bahrain and will be RTO. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
Antiques
Asbestos
Cash letters (NI)
Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
Furs
Gambling devices
Isopropanol
Ivory
Pornography
Precious metals & stones
Tobacco

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
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa application

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

Alcoholic beverages
Bunker oil sample (for analysis)
Communications equipment
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Eye glasses and contacts
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Laser disc
Phones/modems
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Telecommunications equipment

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

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