Personal correspondence in parcels; raw eggs; honey, pollen, wax, honeycomb; firearms, blade weapons and any types of items that can be used for attack or self-defence (e.g. stilettos, knuckle-dusters etc); electronic and high frequency machines; copier machines, except typewriters; items prohibited in the Letter Post. Coins, banknotes, currency notes or securities of any kind payable to bearer, travellers’ cheques, platinum, gold or silver, whether manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels or other valuable articles cannot be sent in postal items to Armenia. If prohibited items are sent in postal articles, one of the following three procedures is followed:

• Confiscation of the entire article;
• Confiscation of prohibited items only, the reminder being delivered to the addressee; or
• Return of article to country of origin.

• an Advice of Delivery Card (CN07); and/or
• a Green Customs label (CN22) stating the declared value of the contents

• Milk and diary products – includes all products that contain milk ingredients.
• Handicraft and souvenirs that contain or are made from seeds.
• Popping corn and raw unroasted nut – includes raw peanuts and chestnuts.
• Eggs and egg products – includes whole, dried, powdered and uncooked egg products.
• Fresh fruit and vegetables.
• Live animals – includes birds, birds’ eggs, fish, reptiles and insects.
• Meat and all pork products – includes all uncanned or fresh, dried, frozen, smoked or salted meat.
• Salmon and trout products – canned salmon is allowed.
• Live plants – includes cuttings, roots, bulbs, corms, rhizomes and stems.
• Biological materials – including human/animal vaccines and therapeutic goods.
• Deer horn/velvet, edible bird’s nest.
• Soil and sand – includes items filled with soil or sand.

The following items may not be imported into Australia except with permission from the Minister of Customs and Excise:

Items containing valuables that can be imported into Australia such as jewellery, precious metals, precious or semi-precious stones, securities, coins or any form of negotiable financial instrument can only be sent by insurance service.

Essences of wines, liqueurs or beers; goods alleged to produce a therapeutic effect by electric or magnetic influence, opium or heroin; preventives of conception, medicinal or mechanical, or literature advocating it; spirits; sugar, molasses or syrup; certain scientific instruments; bees; plants and parts of plants, including fruits and bulbs; tinned meat; vaccine serum and viruses;

Poisons (toxic) and infectious substances, including drugs and medicines must be packed and carried in accordance with IATA conditions. Narcotic and some psychotropic substance (narcotic pain relievers, sleeping and sedative preparations as well as some cough and cold remedies); anabolic and androgenic substances require prior permission from the Department of Health and human Services.

A full list of prohibitions may be obtained from the Office of the High Commissioner for Australia in Singapore.

Australia has very strict quarantine requirements for:

• animals and animal products;

• plants and plant products, including seeds;

• products containing micro-organisms;

• soil or sand, and products containing or contaminated with soil or sand.

Contact the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)

Where senders wish to post any of the above goods to Australia, they should first be encouraged to check Australia’s import conditions by contacting the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS):

• via the AQIS website at www.aqis.gov.au/icon;
• by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;
• by Tel: (+61 2) 6272 3933; or
• by Fax: (+61 2) 6272 3468.

Essential information

• The relevant customs declaration forms that are required to be attached to small packets and parcels MUST state the details of any animal, plant, food, soil or microbiological products that are present.
• Goods such as used footwear, sporting and camping equipment MUST be thoroughly cleaned to remove any traces of soil and seeds.
• Straw and other plant material MUST NOT be used as packaging material.
• Fruit, vegetable, egg or meat cartons (new or used) MUST NOT be used as packaging.
• Every item of mail entering Australia is screened by AQIS using a very effective combination of advanced X-ray technology and highly trained quarantine detector dogs.
• Individuals who breach Australia’s strict quarantine laws can be subject to fines of up to $66,000 AUD (approximately $45,000 USD) or ten years’ imprisonment.

Quarantine items that will be removed from mail sent to Australia

The following lists provide examples of products that will be removed by AQIS from international mail entering Australia. These items may subsequently be destroyed.

Please note that this is not a comprehensive list. There are other products which may also be removed from international mail entering Australia.

Live animals and insects

• All live animals, including reptiles (for example: snakes, lizards, turtles) and birds (including eggs).
• All live fish and amphibians (for example: frogs), including eggs.
• All live insects and spiders, including all life stages (for example: eggs, larvae, pupae and adult forms).
• All live worms and snails, including eggs.

Meat and meat products

• All meat – fresh, dried (including beef jerky), frozen, cooked, smoked, salted or preserved meat, including salami and sausages. Canned meat may be permitted*.
• Packaged meals (including noodles) containing meat.
• Moon-cakes containing meat (including poultry).
• Remedies and medicines containing animal material.
• Pet food (including canned and dried food and supplements) and pet toys made from animal products (for example: rawhide dog chews).

Dairy, eggs and egg products

• Cheese, milk, butter and other dairy products*.
• Packaged meals and other foods containing more than 10% dairy or egg (whole, dried and powdered, for example cake mix, salad dressing).
• Mayonnaise.
• Moon-cakes containing eggs.

Handicrafts

• Souvenirs, artifacts and goods made of unprocessed animal products such as rawhide, feathers, teeth, bones and other animal parts.
• Dried flower arrangements and pot pourri.
• Handicrafts made from or containing seed, pine cones, bark (including Christmas decorations), moss and straw.

Fruit and vegetables

• All fresh fruit and vegetables.
• Dried fruit and vegetables containing seeds or fruit skin.
• Dried banana fruit (including banana chips).

Plant, seeds and soil

• Plant material including plants, cuttings, roots and bulbs.
• Seeds (including commercially packaged seeds*).
• Soil (including small souvenir or sentimental samples) and sand (including coloured sand).
• Footwear and equipment contaminated with soil manure or plant material (for example: dirty football boots or hiking boots).
• Gifts and toys filled with seeds, sand soil or straw.

Dried plant material

• Tea containing items such as seeds or fruit skin (for example: orange, lemon and apple peel.
• Remedies and medicines containing herbs, seeds, bark, fungi and dried plant material.
• Raw nuts.
• Popping corn.

Laboratory material

• Medical and animal samples.
• Diagnostic kits and micro-organisms*.
• Some special conditions apply – please check with AQIS

For more detailed quarantine information on any items, please contact AQIS using the contact details provided above.