Latvia 	LV 	

Prohibited commodities	

Standard DHL prohibitions plus: 	
Drugs: prescription
Jewellery
Military equipment
Money orders (NI)
Precious metals & stones

DOCUMENTS	

General correspondence (business or private), plus: 	
Advertising brochures/pamphlets			Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)		
Airline tickets, issued/validated			Annual reports		
Blank forms			Blueprints		
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)			Books: hardbound/paperbound/ non-commercial. use		
Business cards			Calendars		
Cash letters (NI)			Catalogues		
Charts/graphs			Cheques, blank (NI)		
Cheques, cancelled (NI)			Cheques, cashier (NI)		
Computer printouts			Credit card blanks (NI)		
Credit cards (NI)			Deeds		
Diaries			Diskettes		
Documents, general business			Drawings, technical/architect/engineering.		
Invoices, blank			Invoices, not blank		
Labels			Magazines, periodicals, journals		
Manuals, technical			Manuscripts		
Maps			Music, printed or manuscript		
Negatives, including x-rays, films			Newspapers		
Pamphlets			Passports		
Personal mail			Photographs		
Photos as part of business reports			Plans/drawings-architectural/industrial/
engineering. purpose		
Playing cards			Postal envelopes		
Price lists			Price tickets for garments		
Publications for public resale			Ship manifest-computer generated		
Shipping schedules			Slides		
Visa applications					

WORLDWIDE PACKAGE EXPRESS	

Original invoice advisable stating consignor, consignee name, address, phone number, country of origin, description of each item, consignor signature & stamp, Incoterms, HS codes. Value & currency on AWB & invoice must be identical. If no Incoterms on invoice, EXW procedure applies, i.e. shipment customs value is transport. charges + shipment value per invoice. Duties/taxes from customs value. If customs consider shipment undervalued, same procedure applies. Note following WPX restrictions: 	
Alcoholic beverages 	[1]		Animal skins 	[2]	
Antiques 	[3]		Computer software 	[4]	
Diplomatic mail 	[5]		Drugs: non-prescription 	[6]	
Foodstuffs 	[7]		Furs 	[2]	
Grain samples 	[8]		Seeds 	[8]	
Tobacco 	[9]		Works of art 	[10]	
	
1. For private individuals max. quantity 1l, for legal persons (companies) import licence is required.
2. Veterinary Certificate required. For raw hides additionally Sanitary Border control's permission needed.
3. Licence from Committee of Cultural Monuments and Herritage required.
4. Software licences should be sent as WPX even if on paper. Invoice must state licence costs, programme details and usage.
5. No Customs clearance is required for diplomatic post.
6. Import licence required from the State Drug's Agency. Allowed only for companies, prohibited for private persons.
7. Veterinary permit (certificate) required. Customs clearance is up to Consignee. It is compulsory to state the reason for export on invoice.
8. Phytosanitary Certificate required.
9. Permitted quantity : Tobacco - 200 gms, cigarettes - 200 pieces, cigars - 20 pieces.
10. Approval from Ministry of Culture required.

Service Impact Notes	
n/a 

Operation Notes	
Door-to-Door service available.