Unacceptable Items for Carriage
Advance Baggage Service will not ship any item that is prohibited by any law, regulation, state, or local government. Below is a general list of materials that are strictly prohibited.
Prohibited Items
Live or dead animals Prescription drugs Illegal narcotic substances Firearms (including parts) and Ammunition Fake/dummy/game/toy weapons Paint ball guns, BB guns, antique weapons, swords, knives, etc Items that could be used as weapons. Human remains (including ashes) Furs and skins (untreated) Indecent goods pornography Any noxious substance Plants/Seeds Any unsolicited indecent item Foodstuff Perishable goods Any inadequately packaged item
Valuable Items
Bullion Cash or currency Payment cards, traveler cheques, etc. Jewelry Precious metals & stones Works of Art Antiques Items of a fragile nature Packages that are wet, leaking or emit any odor of any kind
Dangerous Goods
All items, irrespective of packaging, listed in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations are not to be sent by courier. These include:
Acid Adhesive products (containing flammable liquid) Aerosol cans (e.g. Hair spray) Alarm devices (gas or battery powered) Alcohol (more than 5 liters) Alcohol (more than 70% by volume) Alkaline Aluminum powder Ammonial products Ammunition Anti-freeze Appliances (containing batteries) Asbestos Batteries (contained in any appliance) Batteries (made from lithium) Batteries (car or wet cell) Battery fluid Blasting caps Bleach Brake fluid Bullets Butane Camphor Caps for starting guns Caps for toy guns Caustic soda Charcoal Chemicals Chlorates Chlorine Christmas crackers Cigarette lighters Corrosives (e.g. nail polish) Deodorant (aerosols) Disinfectants Drugs (unless in prescription quantities) Dyes Explosives Electronic items (containing batteries) Essential oils (e.g. Eucalyptus, tea tree) Fertilizers Fire extinguishers Fire lighters Firearms Fireworks (e.g. Skyrockets, sparklers, crackers) Flammable liquids and flammable solids (e.g. perfume) Flares Flint lighters Gas (e.g. Propane, butane, hydrogen, helium) Gas cylinders (e.g. Camping gas cylinders ? full or empty) Glue (e.g. Flammable, quick drying) Grenades Hair coloring/bleaches Hairspray (aerosol) Highly magnetic, polymerizable goods Igniters Insecticides Kerosene Laundry detergents Lighter fluid Liquid nitrogen Lithium batteries Magnetic material Magnets Matches Mercury Mobile phones (unless battery separately wrapped) Motor fuels Nail polish Nail polish remover Narcotics Oven cleaners (which include caustic soda) Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides (e.g. hair dye) Oxygen cylinders Paint (oil based) Party poppers Perfume Perfumery products Peroxides Petrol Phosphorus Plastic solvent Poisons (e.g. Cyanide, lead, arsenic) Propane Radioactive materials Shock absorbers (gas or compressed air) Signals, distress Signals, smoke Sodium Solvents Sparklers Sulphuric acid Swimming pool chemicals Tea tree oil Textile dyes Theatrical flares Thermometers (mercury) Toner (e.g. Photocopier) Toxic (poisonous) and infectious substances. Toy caps Toys (containing batteries) Turpentine Varnish (e.g. Removers, thinners) Weed killers Zinc powder