DHL Express Import Guidelines: Bolivia
Shipping guidelines, standard prohibitions and restrictions to consider when sending express shipments to Bolivia
Prohibited Commodities for Bolivia
- Dangerous goods, haz. or comb. mats
- Drugs: non-prescription
- Ivory
- Pornography
Shipping Commodities – What You Need to Know
Certain commodities are considered as “Non-Document” and need to be accompanied by an invoice and, in some cases, additional customs documentation. Other commodities are considered simply as a “Document” and only require a DHL Waybill to be completed. The following list explains what you need to do in order to ship various commodities.
Document Commodities (Require only DHL Waybill)
Advertising brochures/pamphlets
Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Business cards
Calendars
Cash letters (NI)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Diskettes
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Publications for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Slides
Transparencies
Visa applications
Airline tickets, blank stock (NI)
Airline tickets, issued/validated
Annual reports
Artwork inc.drawings/proofs/layouts
Blank forms
Blueprints
Booklets, brochures (non-adv.)
Business cards
Calendars
Cash letters (NI)
Charts/graphs
Cheques, cancelled (NI)
Cheques, cashier (NI)
Computer printouts
Credit cards (NI)
Deeds
Diaries
Diplomatic mail
Diskettes
Documents, general business
Invoices, not blank
Magazines, periodicals, journals
Manuals, technical
Manuscripts
Maps
Microfiche & microfilm
Money orders (NI)
Music, printed or manuscript
Negatives, including x-rays, films
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Passports
Photographs
Photos as part of business reports
Plans/drawings-arch/indust/eng. pur
Price lists
Price tickets for garments
Publication not for public resale
Publications for public resale
Ship manifest-computer generated
Shipping schedules
Slides
Transparencies
Visa applications
Commodities where you should contact your local Customer Service advisor to clarify shipping requirements
Alcoholic beverages
Animal products
Animal skins
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Catalogues
Coffee
Coffee samples
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Eye glasses and contacts
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: promotional, training
Foodstuffs
Grain samples
Labels
Personal effects
Plant products
Plants
Textile articles
Tobacco
Animal products
Animal skins
Books: hardbk/paperbk non-comm. use
Catalogues
Coffee
Coffee samples
Drugs: prescription
Electronic equipment
Eye glasses and contacts
Films: 8mm, 16mm & 35mm
Films: promotional, training
Foodstuffs
Grain samples
Labels
Personal effects
Plant products
Plants
Textile articles
Tobacco
All other commodities are Non-Document in nature and should be accompanied by a DHL Waybill and an Invoice.
Customs Charges
To DHL Express Customers and Importers:
DHL (BOLIVIA) S.R.L.
For Informal Clearance arrangements, the charge will be
Bs. 300.- if declared value is between dollars 0.1 and 300.-
Bs. 370.- if declared value is between dollars 301 and 999.99.-
For Formal Clearance arrangements, the charge will be
Bs. 530.- if declared value is between dollars 1,000 and 5,000.-
Bs. 580.- if declared value is between dollar 5,001 in advance
Bs. 600.- if declared weight is between Kg 100 in advance*
* Independent of value
DHL (BOLIVIA) S.R.L.