Forbidden Goods
Forbidden Goods U.S. customs regulations require that certain types of goods cannot be shipped worldwide
Here is the list:
- Prescription drugs, including dental and veterinary drugs
- Prescription medical devices
- Medical devices not approved by the FDA
- Prohormones, human growth hormones, stem cell treatments, steroids or synthetic versions
- Any food, supplement, drug or cosmetic for which a consumer safety notice has been issued
- Laboratory reagents, biological products, cultures, medical samples
- Poisonous substances
- Toxic substances, including those dangerous by inhalation
- Infectious substances
- Explosives, fireworks, gunpowder, rockets or matches
- gasolines, diesel or other fuels
- Lighters containing fuel
- Ready to eat meals (MRE)
- Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides
- Radioactive elements or products
- Self-balancing boards (hoverboard)
- Oxidizing agents
- Fire extinguishers
- Firearms, pistols and accessories therefor, including replicas
- BB guns / pellets / airsoft / paintball, parts and bullets
- Ammunition, magazines and bayonets
- Stun guns and taser Spray tear gas, stinging and pepper / chilli pepper
- Gas masks and filters for gas masks
- Weapons in use by law enforcement agencies including sticks and batons
- Handcuffs of any material, including plastic ties and straitjackets
- Body armor, helmets or items for personal protection with kevlar or ballistic classification
- Military / tactical / police shields
- Governmental, police or military uniforms, identification documents and badges (real or replica)
- Military training equipment
- Military and / or dual-use helmets and flight suits
- Military and contrast equipment
- Devices for thermal, infrared or any other type of night vision
- Rifle sights, laser pointers and firearm pointing devices
- Defense articles controlled by the US Munitions List (USML) according to the definition of the International Traffic in Arms
- Regulations (ITAR)
- Self-propelled vehicles
- Oxidizing agents
- Damaged batteries
- Any dual-use or commercial item controlled by the Commerce Control List (CCL) as defined by the Export Administration Regulations, which requires an export license approved by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
- Counterfeit products
- Smuggling or illegal substances
- Lottery tickets
- Gambling devices and accessories
- Tools for breaking locks
- Rough diamonds
- Live or dead animals or insects
- Human remains
- Coral
- Brazilian rosewood
- Skin or leather of snakes, alligators, crocodiles, stingrays and other reptiles or amphibians
- Leather, fur or leather of wolves, bears, elephants, rhinos and some deer and foxes
- sturgeon caviar or beluga
- Agricultural products, including certain seeds, live or dead plants, unfinished or untreated wood and earth
- Items containing products of animal origin controlled under the Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act or that require an authorization under CITES
- Any unidentifiable material or chemical
- Perishable goods
- Tobacco
If you want to buy something in the United States using our service and you don’t know or are not sure if what you are interested in is exportable, contact us.