Prohibited Items | Parcel Monkey

All items listed below (or any item similar in content or description) cannot be carried under any circumstances (unless exceptions are specifically noted). Any person sending such an item may have their order cancelled without notice or refund.

Items specified as 'carried on a no-compensation basis' can be carried at your own risk, but will not be compensated whatsoever in the event of loss or damage.

Items specified as 'restricted for international shipments only' cannot be shipped internationally under any cirucmstances, but are not restricted for UK domestic shipments.

IMPORTANT: This list is not exhaustive, it exists as a rough guide only. Please check our terms and conditions for more accuracy.

Aerosols

Any Items Containing Batteries

Batteries (Not carried via any air service provided)

Nail Varnish

Perfume

Aerosols

After Shave

Aftershave

Air Bags

Airbags

Alcohol

Ammunition

Amp(carried on a no-compensation basis)

Amplifier(carried on a no-compensation basis)

Animals

Antiques (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Any Item Containing Liquids

Any Item With Glass Components (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Any Items Containing Batteries

Apple IMac (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Apple IPad (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Apple IPhone (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Apple Mac Desktops (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Apple Mac Mini (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Apple Mac Pro (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Apple Macbook (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Apple Macbook Pro (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Apple Powermac (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Apple Watch (Not carried via any air service provided)

Apple Watch Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis) (Not carried via any air service provided)

Archery Equipment

Arms And Ammunition

Arrows

Artworks (Inc Both The Canvas And Frame) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Assembled Units Or Furniture (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Batteries (Not carried via any air service provided)

Beer

Bidets (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Birds

Boat Engines

Bodily Fluids

Boiler

Bomb

Bonds

Books (Not allowed to China)

Bottled Liquids

Bouquets

Bow And Arrow

Bullion

CRT Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Camera (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Camera Lenses (SLR) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Canned Liquids

Carbon Fibre Products (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Cash

Ceramics (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Champagne

Charcoal

Cheques

China (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Chocolate

Christmas Crackers

Clay (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Coal

Coffee

Coke (coal)

Cologne

Compressed Gas

Computer Server (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Computer Servers (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Corrosive Materials

Cosmetics (prohibited for international shipments only)

Counterfeit Items

Credit/Debit/Cash Cards

Crossbow

Cupboards (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Currency (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Damaged Goods (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Dangerous Goods

Deceased Animals

Deodorant

Diesel

Dog Food

Doll House ( Only Carried If Flat Packed )

Drawers (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Driving License (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Drones (prohibited for international shipments only)

Drugs

Drums (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Dry Ice

E-cigarette

E-liquids

Electronic Cigarettes

Empty Aerosols

Empty Gas Cylinders

Empty Pressure Cylinders

Explosive Materials

Fax Machines (prohibited for international shipments only)

Firearms (including Replica)

Fireworks

Fish

Flammable Materials

Flowers

Fluid

Food

Foreign Currency (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Fossils (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Freestanding Furniture (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Fur Coats Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Fur Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Gas Cylinders

Gasses

Glass (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Glass Substitute (such As Perspex Or Acrylic) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Granite (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Guitar Amp(carried on a no-compensation basis)

Guitar Amplifier(carried on a no-compensation basis)

Guitars (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Guns

Hazardous Goods

Hover Board

Hoverboard

Illegal Substances

Imitation Firearms

Individual Magnets (prohibited for international shipments only)

Jewellery Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Juice

Keyboards (musical Instrument) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Knives

LCD Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)

LCD TVs (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Laminate Flooring (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Laptops (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Lenses (glass)

License (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Lighter

Liquid

Liquids

Live Animals

Livestock

Lottery Tickets

Magnum

Make Up (prohibited for international shipments only)

Make-up (prohibited for international shipments only)

Marble (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Medical Samples

Memorabilia Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Milk Powder

Mirrors (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Mobile Phones (Not carried via any air service provided)

Mobile Phones Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Model

Money (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Monitors (LCD/CRT/TFT/LED) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Munitions

Musical Instruments (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Nail Polish

Nail Varnish

Netbooks (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Notebook Computers (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Oil

Outboard Motors

Oxidising Materials

PC Tower/Desktop (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Paint

Paintings (Inc Both The Canvas And Frame) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Passports (Only allowed via DX)

Perfume

Perishable Goods

Personal Effects (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Personal Protection Equipment (only Export If You Have A Valid License For Export)’

Perspex (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Pet Food

Petrol

Pharmaceutical Products

Photocopiers (prohibited for international shipments only)

Pianos (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Pills

Pistols

Plants

Plasma Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Plasma TVs (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Plastic Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Poorly Packaged Goods

Porcelain (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Posters (Inc Framed Or Canvas)(carried on a no-compensation basis)

Pots (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Pottery (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Precious Metals Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Precious Stones Valued Over £100 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Pressurised Containers

Pressurised Cylinders

Printer Cartridges (prohibited for international shipments only)

Printers (prohibited for international shipments only)

Pyrotechnics

Radioactive Materials

Replica Guns

Replica Items

Replica Weapons

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Segway

Server (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Servers (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Settees

Sheet Metals (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Sheet Plastics (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Shoe Polish (prohibited for international shipments only)

Shrubs

Sofas

Solar Panels

Spray Cans

Stamps (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Stolen Goods

Sunglasses ( Not Allowed Via ETrak )

Synthesizer

TFT Screens (carried on a no-compensation basis)

TVs (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Tables (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Tablet Computers (carried on a no-compensation basis)(Not carried via any air service provided)

Tablets (pills)

Televisions (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Terracotta (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Tiles (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Tissue Samples

Toiletries ( Please Contact The Customer Support Team For Specifics )

Toilets (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Toner Cartridges (prohibited for international shipments only)

Toxic Materials

Toy Guns

Trading Cards Valued Over £50 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Trees

Trumpets (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Tyres

Un-boxed Furniture

Un-packaged Goods

Unboxed Bicycles

Vape

Vape Pens

Vases (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Vodka

Vouchers (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Wardrobes (freestanding) (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Watches Valued Over £250 (carried on a no-compensation basis)

Water

Weapons

Wheels

Whiskey

Wine

Wood (Not to be sent via DPD international services)

Please check our terms and conditions for the legal definition of goods suitable for carriage.

Prohibited and Restricted Items