Qatar

Here is an indication of restricted items for mailing to Qatar. For further information, or further clarification please refer to the Qatar 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
• Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
• Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• Beverages, spirits and vinegar
• Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• Products of the chemical or allied industries
• Pharmaceutical products
• Miscellaneous chemical products
• 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
• 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
• Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof
• Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; 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
   

Addressing

Delivery is to PO Boxes only.

There is no mail delivery to street addresses in Quatar. All mail goes to PO Boxes at various post office locations or to business addresses for delivery to employees.

Please make sure you have the correct PO box address and include it on the item you are sending. 

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