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Can I ship this? Restricted and prohibited goods by country

Choose a product and a destination to see whether it can be imported, which licence or certificate it needs, and what to prepare.

General guidance checked against official sources; rules change and depend on the exact product. Every shipment is screened before we accept it, and our customs team confirms the requirements for yours.

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Sources

  1. UAE MOIAT: mandatory regulation for electronic nicotine products
  2. UAE ICP: GCC customs union
  3. Dubai Customs: Customs Notice 16/2026
  4. Oman Ministerial Decree 327/2015 on the import ban of e-cigarettes and e-shisha (Tobacco Control Laws)
  5. EY: Oman amends Executive Regulations of the GCC Common Customs Law (2026)
  6. ZATCA: customs customer journey
  7. SASO SABER platform
  8. SFDA
  9. SFDA technical regulation on electronic nicotine delivery systems (Tobacco Control Laws)
  10. US Trade.gov: Saudi Arabia import requirements and documentation
  11. Gulf News: Saudi Arabia bans import of used cars older than 5 years
  12. TUV Rheinland: Kuwait Conformity Assurance Scheme (KUCAS)
  13. GSTHR: Kuwait e-cigarette profile (secondary)
  14. Iraq Ministry of Finance: ASYCUDA
  15. Iraq Business News: Iraq lifts ban on imports of e-cigarettes and tobacco (Jun 2025)
  16. Kurdistan24: Iraq moves to ban e-cigarettes (May 2025)
  17. Al-Monitor: Iraq customs ordered to start enforcing alcohol import ban (Mar 2023)
  18. The New Arab: Kurdish authorities will not follow Iraq's ban on alcohol imports
  19. Chamber International: Iraq conformity assessment programme updates
  20. UN Security Council 1988 Sanctions Committee
  21. US Treasury OFAC: Afghanistan-related sanctions
  22. Dawn: Afghan agents pour 3,000 litres of liquor into Kabul canal
  23. RFE/RL: Taliban ban hookah
  24. Kazakhstan State Revenue Committee: ban on import of vapes from 20 June 2024
  25. Eurasian Economic Commission: technical regulations and Common Customs Tariff
  26. Kazakhstan Civil Aviation Committee: drone registration procedure
  27. Türkiye Ministry of Trade (customs, Import Regime, TAREKS)
  28. Türkiye Presidential Decision 2149 banning e-cigarette imports (Tobacco Control Laws)
  29. IMO: IMDG Code
  30. CFIA: UAE export requirements for meat (pork eligibility)