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Shipping to Switzerland: what is not allowed

Switzerland is outside the EU with its own customs regime. Most personal parcels are allowed but are cleared through Swiss customs with VAT and possible duty.

Not accepted for Switzerland

  • Counterfeit goods and endangered species products
  • Weapons and certain knives
  • Meat and dairy products without the required permits
  • Narcotics and controlled substances

Allowed, with conditions

  • Medicines — personal quantity with a prescription (Swissmedic rules)
  • Commercially packaged food — declare
  • Supplements and cosmetics — declare

Switzerland is NOT in the EU, so EU thresholds do not apply.

Swiss VAT (around 8.1%) applies; duty can be weight-based; the recipient pays charges before delivery.

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