DHL Express Import Guidelines: Ghana
Shipping guidelines, standard prohibitions and restrictions to consider when sending express shipments to Ghana.
Prohibited Commodities for Ghana
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, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Business cards
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Publications for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Transparencies
Visa applications
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
Cash letters (NI)
Catalogues
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit card blanks (NI)
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diplomatic mail
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Labels
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Personal mail
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Publications 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
Alcoholic beverages
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Communications equipment
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Electronic games
Foodstuffs
Industrial equipment
Measuring apparatus
Medical samples
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Parts, machine & electronic
Perishables
Phones/modems
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Samples, textile
Telecommunications equipment
Televisions, television equipment
Textile articles
Toys
Chemicals, non-hazardous
Communications equipment
Computer components & parts
Computer software
Drugs: non-prescription
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Electronic games
Foodstuffs
Industrial equipment
Measuring apparatus
Medical samples
Medical/dental supplies & equipment
Parts, machine & electronic
Perishables
Phones/modems
Radar equip.-transmitters/receivers
Samples, textile
Telecommunications equipment
Televisions, television equipment
Textile articles
Toys
All other commodities are Non-Document in nature and should be accompanied by a DHL Waybill and an Invoice.