DHL Express Import Guidelines: Bahamas

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

Prohibited Commodities for Bahamas

The following commodities are not acceptable for transport by DHL under any circumstances.
This is a result of a policy decision, following the full consideration of Operational, Legal and Risk Management implications.
Asbestos
Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
Ivory
Pornography
Property, the carriage of which is prohibited by any law, regulation or statute of any federal, state or local government of any country to or through which the shipment may be carried.

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)

Annual reports
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Cash letters (NI)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Fabrics & fabric samples
Invoices, not blank
Manuscripts
Maps
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa applications

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

Cosmetics
Drugs: prescription
Foodstuffs
Gambling devices
Liquids, non-hazardous
Personal effects
Plants

All other commodities are Non-Document in nature and should be accompanied by a DHL Waybill and an Invoice.

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