When sending items overseas it's important to know which service best meets your needs as well as checking whether the item you are sending is allowed in the destination country. You'll also find other helpful information here to ensure your item arrives quickly and safely.
| Service | Compensation | Delivery aim | Weight up to |
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International Signed |
up to £50 up to £250 for an additional fee |
5-7 working days |
2kg Buy now |
| International Standard | up to £20 | 6-7 working days |
2kg Buy now |
| International Economy | up to £20 | Up to 8 weeks |
2kg Buy now |
If you are sending books and pamphlets the weight limit goes up to 5kg.
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Prohibitions
Here is an indication of prohibited items for mailing to Mauritius. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the Mauritius Post 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.
- Cash / money
- Live animals; animal products
- Live animals
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
- Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
- Vegetable products
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices
- Cereals
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
- Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
- Sugars and sugar confectionery
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
- Miscellaneous edible preparations
- Mineral products
- Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
- Products of the chemical or allied industries
- Pharmaceutical products
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
- Miscellaneous chemical products
- Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
- Plastics and articles thereof
- Rubber and articles thereof
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
- Riding crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
- Headgear and parts thereof
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
- 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
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers and parts and accessories of such articles
- 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
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
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Restrictions
Here is an indication of restricted items for mailing to Mauritius. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the Mauritius Post 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 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
- Meat and edible meat offal
- Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
- Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
- Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
- Vegetable products
- Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
- Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
- Coffee, tea, maté and spices
- Cereals
- Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
- Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
- Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
- Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
- Sugars and sugar confectionery
- Cocoa and cocoa preparations
- Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
- Preparations of vegetables, fruits, nuts or other parts of plants
- Miscellaneous edible preparations
- Beverages, spirits and vinegar
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
- Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
- Mineral products
- Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement
- Ores, slag and ash
- Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
- 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
- Pharmaceutical products
- Fertilisers
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
- Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes; polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
- Photographic or cinematographic products
- Miscellaneous chemical products
- Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof
- Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
- Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
- Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
- Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
- Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
- Cork and articles of cork
- Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
- Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
- Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
- Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
- Headgear and parts thereof
- Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
- Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair
- Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware
- Ceramic products
- Glass and glassware
- Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
- Base metals and articles of base metal
- Iron and steel
- Articles of iron and steel
- Copper and articles thereof
- Nickel and articles thereof
- Aluminium and articles thereof
- Lead and articles thereof
- Zinc and articles thereof
- Tin and articles thereof
- Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
- Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
- Miscellaneous articles of base metal
- 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
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers and parts and accessories of such articles
- Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment
- Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic
- Signalling equipment of all kinds
- Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
- Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof
- Ships, boats and floating structures Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
- Clocks and watches and parts thereof
- Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
- Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles
- Furniture, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
- Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
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Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques
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More information
For more information about posting an item to Mauritius please refer to the Mauritius Post website
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