BoxIt Prohibited Products
- We will/may not accept any materials and products that may be dangerous or hazardous to handling staff
- We will/may not carry any substances classified as dangerous in the latest edition of the IATA publication
- If prohibited or restricted items are found in any of the parcels, penalties may be imposed
- All of the items listed below are/may be strictly prohibited from shipment and must never be shipped through our services:
- All living animals and/or creatures of every description
- Human or animal remains or ashes
- Illegal goods (contraband)
- Firearms, weapons, or any item that could be used as a weapon, explosive devices, ammunition, or any parts hereof
- Ammunition, gunpowder, mace, tear gas, or pepper sprays
- Imitation (replica) or toy firearms
- Aerosol cans/sprays
- Dangerous Goods of every description
- Dry ice
- Engines, generators, and gearboxes
- Fire extinguishers
- Life jackets and self-inflating life vests
- Food products of every description (whether perishable or not perishable)
- Perishable goods such as, but without limitation, pharmaceutical products
- Lithium batteries or products containing such batteries
- Lithium or lithium-ion batteries (we do not send any items containing batteries, these will be removed)
- Consumer Electronic Devices containing Lithium metal or Lithium-ion cells or batteries such as watches, calculating machines, cameras, cellular phones, laptop computers, camcorders, etc.
- Alcoholic beverages of every description
- Furs and/or ivory or items made here from
- Tobacco and tobacco products of every description
- Automotive panels
- Antiques
- Fine Art (includes paintings, etchings, pictures, tapestries and other bona fide works of art, valuable rugs, statuary, marbles, bronzes, rare books, antique silver, manuscripts, porcelains, rare glass and bric-a-brac, collections of books, mixed periodicals, photographs, slides, clippings and other articles of a similar nature including furnishings)
- Deeds and/or securities and/or treasury notes and/or any other cash equivalents and/or tickets and/or vouchers and/or stamps and/or duty stamps and the like.
- Designs and/or patterns and/or plans and/or manuscripts and all other documents.
- Jewellery and/or watches of every description
- Money and/or coins of every description.
- Precious Metals. “Precious Metals” means silver, gold, platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, and ruthenium.
- Precious Stones. “Precious Stones” means diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires.
- Semi-precious Stones. “Semi-precious Stones” means amethyst, aquamarine, aventurine, carnelian, garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, pearls, rose quartz, topaz, and tourmaline
- Camping fuel containers
- Surfboard repair kits (the resin in these kits is highly flammable)
- Corrosives such as acids, alkalis, and mercury.
- Security attached cases incorporating explosives and dye cartridges
- Machines with petrol-powered engines (lawnmowers, whipper snippers, chain saws)
- Fireworks, signal flares, sparklers, or explosives
- Fuel, paints, lighter refills, matches
- Drain cleaners and solvents
- Spray cans
- Butane fuel, scuba tanks, propane tanks, CO2 cartridges
- Dry ice, gasoline-powered tools, wet cell batteries, and camping gear with fuel
- Radioactive materials
- Poisons
- Infectious substances
- Non-radioactive medicinal or toilet articles (including aerosols) such as hairsprays, perfumes, colognes, and medicines containing alcohol.
- What are dangerous goods?
- Dangerous Goods are articles or substances which are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety, or to property when transported by air.
- A few examples of the more common types of items would include pesticides, petrol, acids, aerosols, bleaches, etc.
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