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Shipping to Australia: what is not allowed

Australia has some of the world's strictest biosecurity controls. Food, plant, wood, and animal products are heavily restricted and often refused.

Not accepted for Australia

  • Seeds, nuts, fresh food, fruit, and vegetables
  • Honey and bee products
  • Wooden items, bamboo, and untreated plant material
  • Meat, dairy, and egg products
  • Soil, sand, and anything contaminated with it
  • Asbestos-containing goods (strictly banned)

Allowed, with conditions

  • Commercially packaged food — must be declared and may be inspected/held
  • Medicines — personal quantity with a prescription
  • Supplements — declare; some ingredients are prohibited

Declare everything honestly — undeclared biosecurity-risk goods are destroyed and can attract fines.

GST/duty generally applies to goods valued over AUD 1,000.

Never accepted, wherever you are

These are refused by the airlines and by Indian export rules, so they cannot leave our warehouse for any destination.

  • Cash, currency, cheques, bullion, and loose precious stones
  • Narcotics, illegal drugs, and psychotropic substances
  • Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, and weapons (including replicas)
  • Loose lithium batteries and power banks
  • Flammable, corrosive, or pressurised goods — perfumes/deodorant sprays, aerosols, paints, thinners, fuel, gas cylinders, lighters, and matches
  • Live animals, plants, seeds, soil, and products of endangered species (CITES)
  • Pornographic, obscene, or seditious material
  • Counterfeit goods and pirated media
  • Human remains, biological samples, and infectious substances
  • Radioactive and toxic substances

If you are not sure about something, ask on WhatsApp before you order it. We would much rather answer a question than tell you a parcel is stuck.

Rules for other destinations