Tunisia 	TN 	

Prohibited commodities	

Standard DHL prohibitions plus: 	
Animal skins
Antiques
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: entertainment
Films: promotional, training
Furs
Gambling devices
Ivory
Jewellery
Military equipment
Playing cards
Precious metals & stones
Publications for public resale
Radar equipment-transmitters/receivers

DOCUMENTS	

General correspondence (business or private), plus: 	
Advertising brochures/pamphlets			Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)		
Airline tickets, issued/validated			Annual reports		
Artwork including.drawings/proofs/layouts			Blank forms		
Blueprints			Booklets, brochures (non-advertising.)		
Business cards			Calendars		
Cash letters (NI)			Catalogues		
Charts/graphs			Cheques, cancelled (NI)		
Cheques, cashier (NI)			Computer printouts		
Credit card blanks (NI)			Credit cards (NI)		
Deeds			Diaries		
Documents, general business			Invoices, not blank		
Labels			Magazines, periodicals, journals		
Manuals, technical			Manuscripts		
Microfiche & microfilm			Money orders (NI)		
Music, printed or manuscript			Negatives, including x-rays, films		
Newspapers			Pamphlets		
Photographs			Photos as part of business reports		
Plans/drawings-architectural/industrial/
engineering. purpose			Price lists		
Price tickets for garments			Publication not for public resale		
Ship manifest-computer generated			Shipping schedules		
Slides			Transparencies		
Visa applications					

WORLDWIDE PACKAGE EXPRESS	

Invoice descriptions must be in French or English. Note following WPX restrictions: 	
Alcoholic beverages 	[1]		Books: hardbound/paperbound non-
commercial. use 	[2]	
Communications equipment 	[2]		Compact disc 	[3]	
Computer components & parts 	[3]		Computer software 	[3]	
Cosmetics 	[4]		Diskettes 	[3]	
Drugs: non-prescription 	[5]		Drugs: prescription 	[5]	
Foodstuffs 	[6]		Grain samples 	[7]	
Perishables 	[8]		Personal effects 	[9]	
Phones/modems 	[2]		Plant products 	[10]	
Plants 	[10]		Radio equipment 	[2]	
Radios or parts thereof 	[2]		Seeds 	[7]	
Tapes: computer 	[3]		Tapes: video cassettes 	[11]	
Telecommunications equipment 	[2]		Textile articles 	[12]	
Tobacco 	[13]				
	
1. Maximum 2 bottles.
2. Consignee must provide approval from Ministry of Communication
3. Delivery delays: 2-3 days.
4. Requires approval from fraud desk
5. Consignee must provide authorisation from Ministry of Health
6. Any goods destined for human comsumption or susceptible to bear germs require a Health Certificate of Origin. Consignee needs to obtain approval from Customs Fraud Desk in TUNISIA.
7. Requires original Phytosanitary certificate from origin and authorisation from local grain and seed bureau.
8. Send pre-alert to TUNISIA.
9. Consignee must provide clearance.
10. Consignee must provide authorisation from Ministry of Agriculture.
11. Less than 5 items and total value below 30 USD are viewed by customs and cleared without duties. Additional delay: minimum 1 day. More than 5 items are treated as high value shipments. Power Of Attorney is delivered to consignee for self-clearance, .
12. Reference prices will be applied by Customs regardless of declared value, except for mutilated samples (must be clearly marked on invoice). Must specify composition of fabric.
13. Can only be sent when the consignee is "Regie des Tabacs".

Service Impact Notes	
Muslim festivals are respected as National Holidays. 

Operation Notes	

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