Prohibited Items
Before buying items, please check with us. Not all items are eligible for import in each country. Restrictions apply, hence please check with us.
Restricted & Banned Items
Passport, Currency Notes & Coins, Uncrossed(bearer cheques) drafts/cheques, Precious stones, Precious or Semi-precious Jewelry (imitation jewelry with purchase bills allowed), Arms & ammunition, Dry ice, Firearms, explosives, military equipment, Flammable adhesives, Infectious substances, Magnetized materials.
- Non veg Items
- Ayurveda Medicines – Only churnam powders, leham, jam, liquids of 250ml bottles (5 such bottles in one shipment ) are allowed. No capsules or tablet form allowed
- Allopathy Medicines – only vitamin supplements in powder form, jam form, liquids upto 250ml bottles (5 such in one shipment) are allowed
- Dairy Items except ghee, chocolates, milk powder etc.. please check with us if it is allowed to your country. Exceptions apply.
- Homemade Food to Australia – Not Allowed. Only branded food items with ISI mark allowed to Australia.
- Soapnuts cannot be shipped to Australia.
- Homemade Food to Other Countries – Allowed – minimum shelf life 22 days.
- Oils allowed with following condition – branded with manufacturing label – upto 250ml bottle size, 5 such bottles in one shipment allowed
- Flammable items
- Raw or perishable items – minimum shelf life 15 days
- Liquids allowed with following conditions – branded with manufacturing label – upto 250ml bottle size, 5 such bottles in one shipment allowed
- Liquid, semi-liquid and gases except – face wash, shampoo, body wash, sauces, any gel cosmetics, any liquid cosmetics 250ml, serum 250ml, rose water 250ml etc.
- Perfumes containing alcohol
- Currency
- Aerosol container not allowed
- Acrylic paints, gum not allowed
- Indian Postal Articles and all items that infringe the Indian Postal Act of 1898
- Precious and semi-precious stones, gems, jewelry and equivalent items
- Perishables
- Radioactive or magnetic material
- Negotiable Instruments (Bearer Form)
- Pornographic material
- Sodexo pass
- Firearms, explosives and military equipment
- Flammable Items
- Toxic and infectious Items
- Corrosives
- Powders and chemicals
- Drugs
- Machinery parts containing oil, grease, fuel or batteries
- All restricted items as per guidelines of IATA
Dangerous Goods
Definition: Commodities, which possess potentially hazardous characteristics. These are as the laid out
by IATA in the Dangerous Goods Regulations. The categories of dangerous goods are:
- Class 1: Explosives
- Class 2: Gases
- Class 3: Flammable Liquids
- Class 4: Flammable Solids
- Class 5: Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides
- Class 6: Toxic & Infectious Substances
- Class 7: Radioactive Material
- Class 8: Corrosives
- Class 9: Miscellaneous e.g. Magnets – a danger to airplane equipment
- The guidelines are available in the following links:
- Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) – http://www.iata.org/publications/dgr/Pages/index.aspx
- Live Animals Regulations (LAR) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/live-animals.aspx
- Perishable Cargo Regulations (PCR) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/perishable-cargo.aspx
- Lithium Battery Shipping Guidelines (LBSG) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/lithium-battery-guidelines.aspx
- The Air Cargo Tariff and Rules (TACT) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/air-cargo-tariff.aspx
A. RESTRICTED ITEMS & END USERS
The following list is a non-exclusive sampling description list for items that are restricted, cannot be exported or may require an import license, additional documentation and/or cause problems and delays during the customs review of Customer’s shipment:
- Acidic
- Caustic
- Combustible Communicable
- Compressed Gas
- Corrosive
- Explosive
- Flammable
- Infectious
- Inflammable
- Poison
- Radioactive
- Refrigerated
- Toxic
- Volatile
Additional information on prohibited and restricted items can be retrieved by customs in local country and by Indian government. Customer is responsible for confirming that prohibited and restricted items are not sent to yourDesiCart.com’s facility. Customer must be held responsible for any software and/or date residing on used electronic equipment and must comply with import and export laws and government regulations in India. yourDesiCart.com will not responsible for the loss of any software and/or data.