Kazakhstan

Here is an indication of prohibited items for mailing to Kazakhstan. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the KazPost website

Please refer also to the 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 visit royalmail.com/prohibitedgoods

Prohibited items

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

• Military weapons, firearms and bladed weapons for civilian service, ammunition, special dual purpose (civilian and military) technical devices, and parts and accessories thereof, electroshock weapons
• Nuclear materials and equipment; radioactive materials, fuels and corrosive materials. Explosives and explosive or inflammable substances, pyrotechnic articles (fireworks, etc.) and other dangerous materials
• Narcotics, psychotropic substances and precursors
• Poisons, toxic substances of animal origin
• Live animals, except bees, leeches and silkworms
• Rare animal and vegetable products and endangered animals and plants
• Perishable foodstuffs
• Publications, printed matter, plastic audio-visual materials (video, etc.) containing propaganda against the political regime and liable to threaten the integrity and security of the State or aimed at undermining its authority. Materials that promote war, cruelty, violence, social, racial, national, religious, genetic or caste superiority and any other immoral article (pornography)
• Articles which, by their nature or packaging, may present a danger to the life or health of postal officials, or may soil or damage other postal items or postal equipment
• Foreign currency
• Coins, banknotes, letters of credit or securities payable to bearer, cheques
• Precious metals, whether manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels or other valuable articles (in uninsured letter-post and parcel-post items)
• Vaporizers (electronic cigarettes, electronic pipes, electronic cigars and the like)
• Lithium batteries
• Any other article the importation or circulation of which is prohibited in the country of destination