Kenya

Here is an indication of restricted items for mailing to Kenya. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the Kenyan Post website

Please also refer 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 above 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

Restricted items

• Live animals; animal products
• Live animals
• Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
• Vegetable products
• Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
• Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
• Cereals
• Products of the chemical or allied industries
• Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
• Miscellaneous chemical products
• Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
• Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
• Ships, boats and floating structures
• Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
   

For more information about posting an item to Kenya please refer to the Kenyan Post website