Bolivia

Here is an indication of prohibited items for mailing to Bolivia. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the Bolivian Post Office website

Please also refer to Universal Postal Union - online prohibitions search tool

You must not send any item addressed to a country in which the item is unlawful or prohibited. When an item is restricted you must comply with the restriction. Prohibitions and restrictions vary from country to country, and can sometimes apply to items which you may think are ordinary. The information below is provided in good faith, but Royal Mail is not responsible for it, and it should be viewed as a guide only. Specific restrictions and changes may be enforced at short notice, so for clarification please contact the destination country's trade, postal, and customs authorities as appropriate. Business customers are strongly recommended to do this.

Please remember that Royal Mail also prohibits and restricts certain categories of items. For more information read our guidelines on international prohibited goods and international restricted goods

Prohibited items

Prohibited products are not permitted in the mail under any circumstances.

• Live animals; animal products
• Live animals
• Meat and edible meat offal
• Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
• Vegetable products
• Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
• Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
• Products of the chemical or allied industries
• Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
• Organic chemicals
• Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
• Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
• Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
• Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
• Goods which are dangerous for the environment, health, animals, human beings and plant species.
• Agricultural chemicals and products (pesticides and veterinary medicines) which are not registered with SENASAG (Bolivia's National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service).
• Pharmaceutical products and medicines whose composition is not registered with the Ministry of Health and Sport.
• Second-hand clothing, including accessories, footwear, household linen (bed, bathroom, table and kitchen linen), blankets, mats and rugs.