DHL Express Import Guidelines: Oman
Shipping guidelines, standard prohibitions and restrictions to consider when sending express shipments to Oman.
Prohibited Commodities for Oman:
All items offensive to the Muslim culture or sensitive to the Middle East security situation are prohibited. These include pork products, religious publications/figures, imitation firearms/paraphernalia, military uniforms. Standard DHL prohibitions plus:
Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
Gambling devices
Ivory
Perishables
Plants
Playing cards
Pornography
Precious metals & stones
Tobacco
Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
Gambling devices
Ivory
Perishables
Plants
Playing cards
Pornography
Precious metals & stones
Tobacco
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, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Publication not for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa applications
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, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Publication not 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
Clocks/watches
Coffee
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Electronic games
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: promotional, training
Foodstuffs
Laser disc
Medical samples
Parts, machine & electronic
Phones/modems
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Seeds
Telecommunications equipment
Toys
Coffee
Communications equipment
Compact disc
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Electronic games
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: promotional, training
Foodstuffs
Laser disc
Medical samples
Parts, machine & electronic
Phones/modems
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Seeds
Telecommunications equipment
Toys
All other commodities are Non-Document in nature and should be accompanied by a DHL Waybill and an Invoice.
