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.
Good to know
- Every shipment is screened against UN, US, EU and UK sanctions lists; Iraq, Afghanistan and goods that could be re-exported to Russia get a full compliance review.
- Lithium batteries, perfumes, paints, aerosols and many chemicals are dangerous goods: they must be declared with an SDS and carrier approval, never shipped undeclared.
- Certificates such as SABER, ECAS, KUCAS, COSQC and EAC must be ready before the goods sail; without them the cargo is held at the port.
- Goods must be declared exactly as they are, with true values and origin; counterfeit goods and narcotics are prohibited in every destination.
- Rules change often and this checker is a guide, not a ruling; our team confirms the requirements for each shipment by HS code and final city.
Sources
- UAE MOIAT: mandatory regulation for electronic nicotine products
- UAE ICP: GCC customs union
- Dubai Customs: Customs Notice 16/2026
- Oman Ministerial Decree 327/2015 on the import ban of e-cigarettes and e-shisha (Tobacco Control Laws)
- EY: Oman amends Executive Regulations of the GCC Common Customs Law (2026)
- ZATCA: customs customer journey
- SASO SABER platform
- SFDA
- SFDA technical regulation on electronic nicotine delivery systems (Tobacco Control Laws)
- US Trade.gov: Saudi Arabia import requirements and documentation
- Gulf News: Saudi Arabia bans import of used cars older than 5 years
- TUV Rheinland: Kuwait Conformity Assurance Scheme (KUCAS)
- GSTHR: Kuwait e-cigarette profile (secondary)
- Iraq Ministry of Finance: ASYCUDA
- Iraq Business News: Iraq lifts ban on imports of e-cigarettes and tobacco (Jun 2025)
- Kurdistan24: Iraq moves to ban e-cigarettes (May 2025)
- Al-Monitor: Iraq customs ordered to start enforcing alcohol import ban (Mar 2023)
- The New Arab: Kurdish authorities will not follow Iraq's ban on alcohol imports
- Chamber International: Iraq conformity assessment programme updates
- UN Security Council 1988 Sanctions Committee
- US Treasury OFAC: Afghanistan-related sanctions
- Dawn: Afghan agents pour 3,000 litres of liquor into Kabul canal
- RFE/RL: Taliban ban hookah
- Kazakhstan State Revenue Committee: ban on import of vapes from 20 June 2024
- Eurasian Economic Commission: technical regulations and Common Customs Tariff
- Kazakhstan Civil Aviation Committee: drone registration procedure
- Türkiye Ministry of Trade (customs, Import Regime, TAREKS)
- Türkiye Presidential Decision 2149 banning e-cigarette imports (Tobacco Control Laws)
- IMO: IMDG Code
- CFIA: UAE export requirements for meat (pork eligibility)