Are you carrying with you something not allowed for carry-on baggage in your air shipment?
Well, you should aware of this, there is a list of items that will not allow entering into most of the countries in the world.
There are many reasons behind it. It could be religious, economic, political, harmful to human health, and so forth.
This article will discuss the prohibited and restricted goods, rules and regulations, Dos, and Don’ts, airlines and their prohibited items list, and what are the dangerous goods.
No doubt, It’s plenty of benefits when you move your goods via air. It’s faster, reliable, more secure, and has less transit time.
Air cargo has some rules and restrictions that you need to know more about prohibited and restricted articles when you choose air shipment.
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Some common items that are prohibited which you may consider to be harmful to human health and which may be shipped using proper approval from the relevant Authority or Airline on which it may be flying.
These certain items can’t be imported as personal effects into many countries or may be subject to inspection and/or treatment or obtaining an import license.
With additional restrictions, some restricted items are endangered for the aircraft or passengers’ safety and health.
We are giving you the list of articles that are prohibited by laws and by regulations.
Items Prohibited for Air Transportation By-Laws
Article 1 | Deadly poison infectious materials of all kinds |
Article 2 | Narcotics and psychotropic drugs of all kinds |
Article 3 | arms, imitation arms/ammunition, detonators, and explosives of all kinds; |
Article 4 | newspapers, magazines/pictures, promotional materials/audio, and video products |
Items prohibited for air transportation by regulations
Article 5 | Explosives, such as fireworks and firecrackers, detonating fuses, etc |
Article 6 | Gases, such as compressed gas, dry ice, fire extinguisher, gas cartridge |
Article 7 | Flammable liquid, including paint, gasoline, alcohol, engine oil, camphor oil |
Article 8 | Flammable solid, pyrophoric substances, and substances that emit flammable gases |
Article 9 | Toxic and infectious items, such as pesticides, lithium batteries, etc |
Article 10 | Corrosive items, such as batteries, alkaline battery electrolytes, etc |
Article 11 | Magnetic substance, magnet without degaussing packaging, magnetic steel |
Article 12 | Items that go against public health, such as corpses and bones |
Article 13 | Oxidizers, organic peroxides, radioactive materials, and corrosive items, such as chemical medicines, lab chemicals |
Article 14 | Powder (regardless of color), liquid (regardless of package), paste |
Article 15 | Biochemical products and infectious materials of all kinds, such as bacillus anthracis |
List of the Top Airlines With Their Prohibited items
Apart from the prohibited items, there are some more things to learn about air shipment such as:
How much space each plane has or container sizes?
What kind of costs are charged in airfreight?
What kind of plane is used for cargo?
What are dangerous goods that can’t be exported and imported?
Certain articles and objects that can be harmful to human health and as well as for the environment are called dangerous goods or hazardous material.
It includes Flammable substances, Gasoline/ oil, Batteries, Explosives, pesticide, lab chemicals, radioactive substances, etc.
They are further classified into 9 categories with many sub-divisions.
Class 1: Explosives
Class 2: Gases
Class 3: Flammable liquid
Class 4: Flammable solids
Class 5: Oxidizing Substance
Class 6: Toxic and infectious substance
Class 7: Radioactive
Class 8: Corrosives
Class 9: Other substance and articles
First of all, you need to find if your goods don’t violate any rules or regulations. Many freight forwarders follow different sets of rules when it comes to air shipment restrictions.
There are some standard guidelines that you need to follow to keep your products free from any harm. Along these lines, it will not be harmed during the delivery cycle.
Do’s
Don’ts
Conclusion
When you decide to move your cargo by airline. They must inform you about the regulatory frameworks. But, it would be the most ideal choice when you enlist an accomplished cargo forwarder. Who can guide you correctly and set a high value on reliable and clear contracting terms with no extra cost?
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