What you can't send via Parcel Force

Gosh

I was tracking a package on parcelforce.co.uk and was distracted by pages
containing items that are either prohibited or restricted when sending via
Parcel Force.

Thought I'd share some of the list by country with you, some strange
ones

Algeria - new or used clocks and watches unless they are packed in boxes

Andorra - foreign lottery tickets; playing cards; postcards decorated with
embroidery or 'glitter glass', unless enclosed in sealed envelopes

Argentina - worn clothing unless accompanied by a certificate of disinfection

Afghanistan - chewing gum; fancy postcards; handbags; macaroni

Bahrain - binoculars

Bangladesh - cellophane paper; duplicating ink; electric bulbs; electrical
ceiling fans; torch lights

Benin - gramophone records

Bolivia - knuckledusters of any metal; used garments and other personal
belongings unless accompanied by a disinfection certificate issued by a
competent authority and countersigned by a Bolivian consular official

Bosnia-Herzegovina - spoons, forks; whistles

Bulgaria (Republic) - used clothing of any kind including footwear; linen,
blankets and bed linen

Cameroon - second-hand clothing (apart from gifts to Leper Hospitals, in
which case permission should be obtained from the Minister of Finance,
United Republic of Cameroon)

Cayman Islands - shaving brushes

China (People's Republic) - radio transmitters and receivers; used clothing
or bedding; wrist watches and cameras; funeral urns containing ashes

Christmas Island - blank or partially completed invoices; brushes;
second-hand carpets; cinema films

Cuba - Guantanamo Bay - advertisements relating to lotteries

Ecuador - feeding bottles; straw hats; cigarette paper; footwear of
leather fabric or rubber; preparations for erasing ink or other writings

Egypt - printed matter relating to football and jockey pools

Estonia - uncancelled postage stamps

Finland - almanacs and calendars in the Finnish and Swedish languages;
samples of alcoholic beverages unless addressed to 'Alko OY'

Greece - almanacs; tins of condensed milk; worn clothing

Greenland - powdered milk products; Duty must be paid on goods for which
the Royal Greenland Trade Department holds a monopoly: cider; beer; wine;
spirits, malt, hops; tobacco, cigarette paper; chocolates and sweets;
glucose

Guyana - artificial Christmas trees or flowers; biscuits, bread or cakes;
cereals; curry powder, mixed spices; watches, clocks; bed, kitchen, table
linen of all materials

Hong Kong - football pools coupons and items relating to lotteries; stamps or
objects bearing fictitious stamps or reproductions

Iceland - rags; used sacks

India - Mexican jumping beans; shaving brushes made in Japan; fountain
pens; lead and propelling pencils; spectacles and sunglasses; watches;
picture books, calendars

Iran - games; musical instruments; sugar; toilet articles; wooden artefacts;
radio systems equipped as follows: single sideband; upper sideband; lower
sideband; beat frequency oscillator; continuous wave; air band; police band
or an FM band with a frequency range of 76 to 87 MHz

Iraq - binoculars; films of any kind; coloured pictorial postcards; recording
tape cassettes; rubber balloons

Ireland (Republic) - footwear; light bulbs; rubber tubes for tyres; films

Jamaica - condensed milk; cordage and twine; figurines; shaving brushes

Jersey - hares and rabbits, unless skinned, and/or hare or rabbit skins

Kenya - publications dealing with marriage or birth control

Kiribati - banknote or coin in current use in any country

Korea (S) (Republic) - articles and machines used for the manufacture of
tobacco

Kuwait - binoculars; political publications; rubber balloons

Lebanon - articles and machines used for the manufacture of cigarettes and
tobacco, cigarette papers; contraceptives and publications relating thereto;
inedible material made to look like sweets

Libya - tobacco in any form except when addressed to the Tobacco
Monopoly

Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Rep. of) - spoons, forks; whistles; foreign
military uniforms

Mexico - calendars, prints, loose leaf catalogues; pictorial postcards;
confectionery/preserves containing chocolate

Morocco - lottery advertisements (except those connected with Moroccan
government lotteries); spurious substances designed to adulterate food and
drink

Namibia - printed matter relating to football pools; packets of more than six
pictorial postcards

Nauru - blank invoice forms

Nepal - watches and spare parts; wireless transmitters

Nigeria - articles sent for fraudulent purposes; fortune telling advertisements;
betting circulars; advertisements concerning illegal business; foreign football
pools coupons; photographic printing paper; charms or similar objects; used
tea leaves; meat or vegetables declared unfit for human consumption;
hunting lamps; Japanese brush-ware (except nylon tooth brushes)

Norfolk Island - blank or partially completed invoices; fruit cartons (new,
used, or even for packaging); used jute bags; thermometers

Norway - bristles; used bags

Pakistan - antiques

Papua New Guinea - blank invoice forms; blasphemous works or articles;
preparations purporting to be a remedy for alcoholic or drug habits (tobacco
accepted)

Peru - publications, toys or games for children which might harm the cultural
or historical heritage of Peru

Philippines - advertisements, circulars relating to lotteries; games of chance;
pipes and parts thereof for smoking opium

Poland - labels, empty receptacles having the names of non-Polish firms sent
without goods

Qatar - articles giving off a fetid odour; remote controlled toy aircraft for
children; military or similar clothing; garments bearing the name of the divinity
or verses from the Koran; instruments for weighing and measuring; radiophone
transmitters/receivers; portable long distance telephones

Reunion - chain letters

Romania - radio sets; air condition apparatus; second-hand effects, clothing,
bed linen and shoes

Saudi Arabia - products designed for extinguishing fires; binoculars

Singapore - chewing gum; ivory articles; toy currency; advertisements for
charms and talismans

Slovakia - chain letters

Slovenia - spoons, forks; whistles; foreign military uniforms

Spain - postcards decorated with 'glitter glass'; playing cards

Sri Lanka - ashtrays; bicycle parts; carbon paper; chalk; electric lamps for
household use; torches; envelopes; exercise books; keyrings; pencils, pens,
pen-holders; picnic baskets; flasks; pins; registers; rubbers; sarees; scales;
sunglasses; waste paper; watchstraps; wire clips; account books; albums;
antiques; calendars; cameras and other photographic apparatus; greeting
cards; handbags and cases, travelling cases; illustrated postcards; playing
cards and similar games; radio receivers; tape recorders and tape recorder
parts

Swaziland - packets of pictorial postcards

Turkey - coffee in excess of 1020g per month to the same person

United Arab Emirates - all goods of Israeli origin

USA - goods originating in Cuba, North Korea or Vietnam

Uruguay - privately printed postcards; visiting cards or any coloured
engraving

Yugoslavia - spoons, forks; whistles; foreign military uniforms; cigarette
papers; Serbian money

Zambia - letters; prison-made goods

Dr. Dre

Ireland (Republic) - footwear

Eh, WTF?

Neuro

Gosh wrote:

Yugoslavia - spoons, forks; whistles;

What about sporks, are they legal?

Gosh

Dr. Dre wrote:

Eh, WTF?

Apparently,

There is an EU quota regime in place for three categories of goods i.e. footwear, ceramics and porcelain originating in the People's Republic of China. These goods may not be imported into the EU without an import licence.

ShiverinEskimo

Gosh wrote:

Apparently,

There is an EU quota regime in place for three categories of goods i.e. footwear, ceramics and porcelain originating in the People's Republic of China. These goods may not be imported into the EU without an import licence.

Whats the dealio with Just ireland having that restriction listed? why not the other countries (which do (spain) and dont (many others) appear)?

Mind boggles

Oriel

"Ireland (Northern) - Used/New Northern Bank Notes" :-)

tSubh Dearg

What's the deal with shaving brushes? Especially those made in Japan? Do they carry some deadly disease we know nothing about?

abccormac

"used tea leaves" Why would you want to??

Chinafoot

Lebanon - articles and machines used for the manufacture of cigarettes and tobacco, cigarette papers; contraceptives and publications relating thereto; inedible material made to look like sweets

just a tad strange