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DHL Express Import Guidelines: Hong Kong

Shipping guidelines, standard prohibitions and restrictions to consider when sending express shipments to Hong Kong.

Prohibited Commodities for Hong Kong

Dangerous goods, Hazardous or combustible materials (as defined in IATA Regulations)
Ivory
Military equipment
Pornography
Precious metals & stones
Soil samples

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.

Document Commodities (Require only DHL Waybill)

Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Calendars
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, blank (NI)
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Drawings, technical/architect/eng.
Invoices, blank
Invoices, not blank
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Paper patterns for wearing apparel
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Publications for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa applications

Commodities where you should contact your local Customer Service advisor to clarify shipping requirements

Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Circuits & circuit boards
Computer software
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Fabrics & fabric samples
Foodstuffs
Grain samples
Labels
Leather goods
Medical samples
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Perishables
Plant products
Plants
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Seeds
Telecommunications equipment
Textile articles
Tobacco
Yarn
All other commodities are Non-Document in nature and should be accompanied by a DHL Waybill and an Invoice.