DHL Express Import Guidelines: Italy
Shipping guidelines, standard prohibitions and restrictions to consider when sending express shipments to Italy.
Prohibited Commodities for Italy
- Antiques (breakable and/or fragile)
- Asbestos
- Furs
- Hazardous or combustible materials (as defined in IATA Regulations)
- Ivory
- Flowers
- Military goods (gears and components)
- Worn-out lubricating oil
- Animals (including beneficial insects)
- Airline tickets, train tickets and event tickets
- Demijohns (wine, olive oil)
- Personal Effects (not evaluable)
- Hard-shell boats
- Sheet metal
- Furniture from removals
- Military goods (gears and components)
- Antiques (furniture included) / Work of art /artistic glass works
- Currency and negotiable instruments in any form (nominal and cash-like) credit cards, telephone cards
- Hazardous or combustible materials as defined in ADR Regulations (Restricted in ADR LQ limited quantities: i.e. parfumes)
- Perishables
- Means of transport ( i.e. cars, motorcycles, etc.)
- Worn-out lubricating oil
- Plants and Flowers.
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.