Uzbekistan

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

• Pharmaceutical products containing psychotropic and narcotic substances
• Pursuant to article 19 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organisations, the content of all documents of a religious nature arriving in the Republic of Uzbekistan from abroad is subject to examination by experts, in accordance with the established legislative procedure. Religious documents which contravene article 19 of the above-mentioned law will not be delivered to the addressee and will be returned to their point of origin.
• It is prohibited to send the following articles by post to Uzbekistan: press publications, manuscripts, printing plates, drawings, film, negatives, audio and video recordings and disks which undermine the State, social order, territorial integrity, political independence and the foundations of the State, inciting war, terrorism, violence, nationalism, religious hatred and fascism in all its manifestations.
• It is also prohibited to send by post all reproductions of a pornographic nature.
• Coins that are legal tender, banknotes, cheques, postage stamps, currency in circulation on the territory of a foreign country, gold, silver or other valuable articles specified in article 25.5 of the Universal Postal Convention.
• Items containing any form of powder.
• NB: The articles below may be admitted in transit with the authorisation of the Ministry of Foreign and Economic Affairs in agreement with the Cabinet.
• Arms, ammunition and military equipment, including apparatus and parts thereof; instruments and their equipment.
• Machine-tools and machines for manufacturing arms, ammunition and flying machines.
• Explosives.
• Strong poisons.
• Articles prohibited as imports into the Republic of Uzbekistan.
• Marijuana and pharmaceutical products containing psychotropic and narcotic substances.