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Benin Country Profile

• Benin Import Prohibitions
• General Import Restrictions
• Benin Import Restrictions

• Benin Export Prohibitions
• General Export Restrictions
• Benin Export Restrictions

Acids
Batteries, Haz
Bearer Documents
Bio Products, Haz
Chemicals, Haz
Corrosives
Cosmetics, Haz
Flammables
Gases
Ice, Blue
Ice, Dry
Ice, Wet
Infectious Substance
Knives
Liquor, Haz
Magnetized Materials
Oxidizers
Paints, Haz
Perfume, Haz
Personal Effects
Poisons
Precious Stones
Radioactives
Toiletries, Haz

The following items are not acceptable for carriage to any international destinations unless otherwise indicated.  (Additional restrictions may apply depending on destination.  Various regulatory clearances in addition to customs clearance may be required for certain commodities, thereby extending the transit time.)

• APO/FPO addresses.
  
  
• C.O.D. shipments.
  
  
• Human corpses, human organs or body parts, human and animal embryos, or cremated or disinterred human remains.
  
  
• Explosives (Class 1.4 explosives are acceptable for carriage to Canada, Germany, Japan, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.  Note:  United Arab Emirates only allows Class 1.4 explosives to be shipped hold- for- pick-up to the FedEx Express facility in Dubai.)
  
  
• Firearms, weaponry, and their parts (acceptable between the U.S. and Puerto Rico).
  
  
• Perishable foodstuffs and foods and beverages requiring refrigeration or other environmental control.
  
  
• Live animals (including insects) except via our Live Animal Desk (1.800.405.9052).
  
  
• Plants and plant material, including cut flowers (cut flowers are acceptable from the U.S. to selected points in Canada and from Colombia and Ecuador to the U.S.).
  
  
• Lottery tickets and gambling devices where prohibited by local, state, provincial or national law.
  
  
• Money (coins, cash, currency, paper money and negotiable instruments equivalent to cash such as endorsed stocks, bonds and cash letters).
  
  
• Collectible coins and stamps.
  
  
• Pornography.
  
  
• Hazardous waste, including, but not limited to, used hypodermic needles or syringes or other medical waste.
  
  
• Shipments that may cause damage to, or delay of, equipment, personnel or other shipments.
  
  
• Shipments that require us to obtain any special license or permit for transportation, importation or exportation.
  
  
• Shipments whose carriage, importation or exportation is prohibited by any law, statute or regulation.
  
  
• Shipments with a declared value for customs in excess of that permitted for a specific destination. 
  
  
• Dangerous goods except as permitted under the Dangerous Goods section of these terms and conditions.
  
  
• Dead animals (including insects) or animals that have been mounted. 
  
  
• Packages that are wet, leaking or emit an odor of any kind.
  
  
• Shipments* being processed under:
  
  

Duty drawback claims unless advance arrangements are made.

Temporary Import Bonds - acceptable under the FedEx International Broker Select option, for initial import only.

U.S. State Department licenses.

Carnets.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration export permit.

Shipments destined to or being withdrawn from a Foreign Trade Zone.

Letters of Credit (however, shipments covered by a Letter of Credit calling for a "Courier Receipt" as defined by Article 29 of UCP 500 may move via FedEx International Priority).

Certificate of Registration shipments (CF4455).

Shipments moving into or out of Foreign Trade Zones or bonded warehouses.

Benin Restrictions

N/A

N/A

The following items are not acceptable for carriage to any international destinations unless otherwise indicated.  (Additional restrictions may apply depending on destination.  Various regulatory clearances in addition to customs clearance may be required for certain commodities, thereby extending the transit time.)

• APO/FPO addresses.
  
  
• C.O.D. shipments.
  
  
• Human corpses, human organs or body parts, human and animal embryos, or cremated or disinterred human remains.
  
  
• Explosives (Class 1.4 explosives are acceptable for carriage to Canada, Germany, Japan, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.  Note:  United Arab Emirates only allows Class 1.4 explosives to be shipped hold- for- pick-up to the FedEx Express facility in Dubai.)
  
  
• Firearms, weaponry, and their parts (acceptable between the U.S. and Puerto Rico).
  
  
• Perishable foodstuffs and foods and beverages requiring refrigeration or other environmental control.
  
  
• Live animals (including insects) except via our Live Animal Desk (1.800.405.9052).
  
  
• Plants and plant material, including cut flowers (cut flowers are acceptable from the U.S. to selected points in Canada and from Colombia and Ecuador to the U.S.).
  
  
• Lottery tickets and gambling devices where prohibited by local, state, provincial or national law.
  
  
• Money (coins, cash, currency, paper money and negotiable instruments equivalent to cash such as endorsed stocks, bonds and cash letters).
  
  
• Collectible coins and stamps.
  
  
• Pornography.
  
  
• Hazardous waste, including, but not limited to, used hypodermic needles or syringes or other medical waste.
  
  
• Shipments that may cause damage to, or delay of, equipment, personnel or other shipments.
  
  
• Shipments that require us to obtain any special license or permit for transportation, importation or exportation.
  
  
• Shipments whose carriage, importation or exportation is prohibited by any law, statute or regulation.
  
  
• Shipments with a declared value for customs in excess of that permitted for a specific destination. 
  
  
• Dangerous goods except as permitted under the Dangerous Goods section of these terms and conditions.
  
  
• Dead animals (including insects) or animals that have been mounted. 
  
  
• Packages that are wet, leaking or emit an odor of any kind.
  
  
• Shipments* being processed under:
  
  

Duty drawback claims unless advance arrangements are made.

Temporary Import Bonds - acceptable under the FedEx International Broker Select option, for initial import only.

U.S. State Department licenses.

Carnets.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration export permit.

Shipments destined to or being withdrawn from a Foreign Trade Zone.

Letters of Credit (however, shipments covered by a Letter of Credit calling for a "Courier Receipt" as defined by Article 29 of UCP 500 may move via FedEx International Priority).

Certificate of Registration shipments (CF4455).

Shipments moving into or out of Foreign Trade Zones or bonded warehouses.

Benin Restrictions

N/A

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