Dismiss alert. Skip to content Skip to primary navigation. Search Search our site. Have you got something potentially difficult or dangerous to send? Check our safety regulations before sending your item. Make sure it's safe to send. Dangerous goods exemptions. There are specific requirements for how these goods are packaged and who they are delivered to. Lithium batteries. What types of lithium batteries can be sent? Regardless of what domestic or international mail service you use, Australia Post can only carry the following types of lithium batteries: Lithium ion rechargeable - 20 watt-hour per cell or watt-hour per battery Lithium metal non-rechargeable - one gram per cell or two grams per battery Lithium batteries can only be sent internationally air or sea , or domestically by air if the battery or cell maximum of two batteries or four individual cells are installed in the device and meet all the packaging requirements.
How to package lithium batteries Make sure that the electronic device you're sending can't be turned on accidentally, and you have used strong internal and external packaging. So once you set the plugin properly, all compliance from your side is almost complete. But before you proceed and start shipping alcoholic beverages, ensure you register for an Australia Post eParcel Account. These two credentials are to be obtained from Australia Post.
The contracted account has a list of special services available to eParcel Account holders. When you enable the contracted rate, all additional services are nulled. After you enable the contracted rate, which enables Shipping Label Contracted , you can print an eParcel label.
Printing of labels is not available without a contracted account. So you can consider that an eParcel account is necessary for shipping alcohol to your domestic and international customers. Besides this, you need to do a product level setting which is specific to Australia Post. This is where you enter the Tariff Code of the product. This also allows setting the country of origin of the product.
And the most important of them all, you can input customized text or instructions that will appear on the order summary or the commercial invoice that you can print from the order page. All of the above settings are enough to print shipping labels and an order summary.
Shipment is created from the orders section after an order is placed. Before creating the shipment, there are three things that you can specify here:. So you can go for generating the label if you chose the correct shipping service from the drop-down. The creation of shipment leads to the generation of the shipment number and the order number. These appear after the successful creation of shipment.
Now you are ready to print a label and a commercial invoice for your shipment that contains alcohol. As you can see in the above screenshot that Printing of Label and an Order summary is one click away. The click of the buttons generate the label and the commercial invoices as shown below. Below that, you have space to write customized instructions. Use 1st Class as the minimum service.
Only low-powered air weapons are accepted by Parcelforce Worldwide and must be sent using express48 via the Post Office. Category A Infectious Substances are prohibited e. Lighters considered to contain residual fuel may be disposed of. Including bees, caterpillars, cockroaches, crickets, destroyers of noxious pests, earthworms, leeches and other parasites, lugworms, maggots, mealworms, pupae and chrysalides, rag worms, silkworms, spiders and stick insects.
Magnetised material with a field strength of 0. Magnetised material with a field strength of less than 0. Additional general advice: Send individually as magnets can damage other items they travel with, i. Outer packaging - use a strong corrugated board box or purpose designed polystyrene pack. Including obscene or extreme pornography as detailed in Part 5 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act and indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child as detailed in section and of the Criminal Justice Act These are substances such as disinfectants that may cause or contribute to combustion of other substances.
They may also be liable to explosive decomposition, react dangerously with other substances and injure health e. Additional general advice: Outer packaging - use a strong corrugated board box or purpose designed polystyrene pack. When sending flowers, arrange in layers separated by tissue paper and use waterproof wrapping if including damp moss or phials of water. Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes - non-toxic and non-flammable including asthma inhalers.
Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes - toxic, flammable or toxic and flammable.
Radioactive materials and samples Radioactive materials and samples that are classified as radioactive using Table of the latest edition of the International Civil Aviation Organization's Technical Instructions e.
Radioactive material and samples that are not classified as dangerous goods in the latest edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air published by the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO such as samples of granite rock. International - Not allowed in the mail UK - Not allowed in the mail.
The vaccines must be securely closed and placed in a leak-proof liner such as a sealed polythene bag for liquids or a sift-proof container for solids. Must be tightly packed in strong outer packaging and must be secured or cushioned to prevent any damage. The sender's name and return address must be clearly visible on the outer packaging. Soil samples sent for analysis are permitted provided they are packaged so that any leaks and spills are contained in the outer packaging.
Skip to main content. Trending searches Where is my nearest branch? Other services. Why are some items prohibited or restricted? Sending items at a branch? International - Not allowed in the mail UK - Allowed in the mail, see restrictions and packaging guidelines below: Valves must be protected by a cap or other suitable means to prevent inadvertent release of the contents during transport.
Volume per item must not exceed ml. No more than two items in any one parcel. Aerosols must be tightly packed in strong outer packaging and must be secured or cushioned to prevent any damage. An ID label must be applied see an example of an ID label. Alcoholic beverages. Wrap in polythene and seal with tape. Surround with absorbent material and cushioning to prevent breakage.
Additional general advice: Place in a suitable rigid outer container. Surround with absorbent material such as newspaper and sufficient cushioning material to protect each item from breakage. Additional general advice : Place in a suitable rigid outer container. Balloons filled with non-flammable gases. Not connected to or posted with the device it is intended to power. International - Not allowed in the mail UK - Not allowed in the mail Batteries, specifically new and used lithium batteries when n ot sent with or connected to an electronic device including power banks International - Not allowed in the mail UK - Not allowed in the mail For more information on lithium batteries please see the IATA Lithium Battery Guidance Document.
Surround with cushioning material e. International - Not allowed in the mail UK - Allowed in the mail, with restrictions and packaging guidelines below: Batteries must comply with Special Provision of the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations please check with the manufacturer or distributor.
No more than one battery in any one parcel. Maximum weight 1. Item must be protected against short circuit by insulation of exposed terminals and securely packaged. Package must be marked. Biological substances Category B. International - Not allowed in the mail UK - Allowed in the mail, with restrictions and packaging guidelines below: Category B UN as classified in the latest edition of the Technical Instructions for Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air published by the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO , may only be sent by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse or a recognised laboratory or institution.
All biological substances must be posted in packaging that complies with Packaging Instruction , such as our Safebox product. Note Frozen water and dry ice are prohibited.
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