Items/articles prohibited in the international mail flow:
● All kinds of weapons, ammunition such as firearms, ammunitions, artillery shells, grenades, mines, bombs and so forth.
● All kinds of easy explosive items, such as detonators, explosives, gunpowder, firecrackers and so forth.
● All kinds of flammable materials, including liquids, gases and solids, such as gasoline, kerosene, oil, tung oil, alcohol, raw, lacquer, diesel, aerosols, gas lighters, gas cylinders, phosphorus, sulfur, matches and so forth.
● Oxidizing substances, organic peroxides and products containing them. Example: Ammonium nitrate fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, calcium chlorate, bleaches, hydrogen peroxide, some hardeners, and so on.
● Toxic (poisonous) substances and products containing them. Example: arsenic, nicotine, cyanide, pesticides, strychnine, bromoacetone.
● All kinds of easy corrosive substances, such as fiery sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, organic solvents, pesticides, hydrogen peroxide, dangerous chemicals and so forth.
● Various types of radioactive elements and containers, such as uranium, cobalt, radium, and plutonium and so forth.
● All kinds of deadly poison. Such as thallium, cyanide, arsenic and so forth.
● All kinds of narcotic drugs. Such as opium (papaveries, Poppy, poppy bud, poppy leaf), morphine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, ephedrine, and other products and so forth.
● All kinds of biochemical products and infectious materials, such as anthrax, hazardous bacteria, pharmaceutical waste.
● All kinds of items endangering national security and social and political stability, as well as obscene publications, publicity materials, prints and so forth.
● All kinds of articles harmful to public health, such as bones, animal organs, limbs, undressed animal skins, medically unprocessed animal bones.
● Articles are expressly prohibited from circulation, mailing or import/export by national laws, regulations, administrative rules, such as :
● national confidential documents and materials, national currency, Cashier Cheques, Travelers Cheques, Money Orders, Negotiable Instruments (bearer form), Precious Metals, Precious Stones, Works of Art, Antiques, counterfeited currency and securities,
● imitation arms, controlled knives, precious relics, species of wildlife as well as the products thereof and so forth, Pharmaceuticals, Firearms, Animals, Plants, Perishables, Explosives, Drugs, Liquor, Tobacco, Passports, Identity Documents, Pornographic Material, E-Cigarettes, Light Battery Powered Vehicles, Hover boards, Counterfeit Goods.
● Additionally for the UAE, the following are also prohibited along with the above :
● Animal Fur, Animals, fish, birds (live), Gambling device (incl. Playing card), Counterfeit Goods, Human remains, including ashes, Hunting trophies, animal part/remain, Ivory, Imitation explosive devices, ammunition, fire arms, weapons, Plant Products, Plants.
● Restricted Items:
● Medicines, Jewelry, Importing veterinary products (veterinary vaccine & medicines) – Approval is required from Ministry of Climate Change and Environment.
● Articles that are inappropriately packed and probably endanger personal safety or contaminate or damage other mailed articles or equipment and so forth.
● Articles whose import prohibited by each destination country (region).
● Counterfeits products
● Other articles prohibited from mailing. Subject to legislation restrictions of the country of origin, transit and destination.

● The following audio-visual or print materials: material that attracts extremists or terrorists, or who considers terrorism to be publicly justified; are pornographic in nature; have been produced or distributed in violation of the laws relating to elections and referendums in the countries of the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Community; use meanings and symbols associated with the Nazi movement and meanings and symbols that are confusingly similar to the meanings and symbols associated with the Nazi movement; Contains other information that may harm the political or economic interests of the Russian Federation, its national security, public health and the morality of its citizens;
● All types of arms (including parts thereof), ammunition (including parts thereof), structures similar to civil or service weapons;
● Dangerous waste;
● Specific technical means for the acquisition of classified information;
● Toxic substances which are not precursors of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances;
● Narcotics, psychotropic substances and their precursors, including pharmaceutical substances and their precursors;
● Human organs and/or tissues, blood and blood components;
● Plants of all kinds and conditions, seeds of plants;
● Live animals excluding bees, leeches, and silkworms
● Ozone-depleting substances;
● Plant protection products the import of which is prohibited under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants of 22 May 2001;
● Fishing tackle:
● Made-up fishing nets, made manually or mechanically, of synthetic nylon or other polyamide-monofilament with a diameter of less than 0,5 mm and a mesh size of less than 100 mm (knot to node less than 50 mm); 14. certain electronic fishing system and gear;
● Alcoholic products, ethyl alcohol, beer;
● Tobacco products of all kinds and herbs;
● Radioactive materials;
● Valuable cultural objects;
● Perishable supplies;
● Gemstones of all kinds and precious stones (except jewelry).

(subject to restrictions stipulated by the Applicable Laws and national legislation of the Exporting Country, Transit Country and Destination Country)

● Firearms, signal, pneumatic, gas weapons, components of firearms, signal, pneumatic, gas arms, ammunition, models of such items, including unfilled grenades, shells and other similar items, cold weapons (including throwing), all kinds of knives, electroshock devices
● Narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors.
● Explosives and articles containing them. Example: TNT, nitro glycerine, ammonal, granitol, dynamite, hand grenades, rockets, shells, ammunition, detonators, detonators, gunpowder, fireworks, pyrotechnic compositions, rifle cartridges.
● Flammable, toxic and non-flammable and nontoxic gases and their products containing. Example: gas lighters, compressed and liquefied gases in cylinders, hydrogen, propane, butane, varnishes and deodorants in aerosol packaging, carbon dioxide, fire extinguishers, chlorine, mustard gas.
● Flammable liquids and products containing them. Example: Gasoline, kerosene, solvents, acetone, varnishes, paints oil, nitro enamels, primers, washes, sealants, esters, glues on the basis of organic solvents, lotions cosmetic, colognes, perfume, eau-de-toilette, lipsticks, cosmetic oil.
● Flammable solids and products containing them. Example: matches, sulphur, any metallic powders, aluminium coated powder, magnesium, "Bengal Lights", white and yellow phosphorus, napalm, coal, calcium carbide, sodium.
● Oxidizing substances, organic peroxides and products containing them. Example: Ammonium nitrate fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, calcium chlorate, bleaches, hydrogen peroxide, some hardeners, and so on.
● Toxic (poisonous) substances and products containing them. Example: arsenic, nicotine, cyanide, pesticides, strychnine, bromoacetone.
● Infectious substances and products containing them. Example: Diagnostic samples, biological products, rabies virus, clinical and medical waste.
● Radioactive substances and products containing them. Example: Radionuclides, isotopes.
● Corrosive substances and products containing them. Example: Electrolyte for accumulators, Mercury, sulfuric, hydrochloric, acetic and other acids, caustic soda.
● Other hazardous substances and products containing them. Example: Lithium batteries, dry ice.


It is forbidden to use metal boxes and boxes, foil, metallized paper and fabrics for packing.