• National e-Commerce Extension Initiative
• Module Homepage
• General Overview
• Facilitation Tools
• Learning Lesson
• Introduction
• Phase One
• Phase Two
• Phase Three
  • Introduction
  • The Four Stages
  • Searching
  • Searching Cont.
  • Ordering
  • Payment
  • Payment Cont.
  • Delivery
  • Deilvery Cont.
• Phase Four
• Final Thoughts

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Prohibited and Restricted Items

Listed below are resources for finding information about prohibited and restricted items:

• United States Postal Service (USPS)

  http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/immctry.htm
  Offers information about restricted items and prohibited items as well as certain customs forms associated with countries throughout the world.
  
  

• United Parcel Service (UPS)

  http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/select/sending/customs/prohibited.html
  Provides information about their policies regarding restricted items.
  
  Lists of country-specific regulations at: http://www.ups.com/globaladvisor?srch_pos=8&srch_phr=prohibited+items.
  Note: Select the country of origin and the destination country from the drop-down menus provided on this webpage and click on the box labeled ‘Prohibited or Restricted Commodities’.
  
  

• Australian Post

  http://www.auspost.com.au
  This Web site offers country-specific information for prohibited and restricted items – it is worth checking out other country’s postal Web sites because they should have similar country-specific import information available – visit http://www1.auspost.com.au/international/ to conduct a search.
  
  

• Export.gov

  http://www.export.gov/
  This Web site is an excellent resource for finding information about exporting goods from the United States to countries overseas. Visit the following page to access a list of resources available on this site.
  
  Note: For country-specific information, click on ‘country information’ and you will be directed to a page where you can choose a geographical region. Click on a country from the list on the following page and you will find information about prohibited and restricted items as well as links to the country’s customs Web site. You can access the country information page from export.gov directly at: http://web.ita.doc.gov/ticWeb site/tic.nsf/All/Country%20Information?OpenDocument.
  
  

• Fed Ex

  FedEx offers country-specific information in the form of country profiles that can be accessed directly at: http://www.fedex.com/us/international/irc/profiles/?link=2. Click on ‘Import Restrictions’ after choosing a country and you will be directed to information about any restricted or prohibited items.
  
  

Customs Forms

Information about customs forms for your target international markets can be found at the following links:

• The United States Postal Service (USPS)

  http://www.usps.com/international/customs.htm
  USPS lists information about customs.
  
  You can view sample customs forms at http://webapps.usps.com/customsforms.
  
  Customs forms are also offered free of charge at the Postal Service Store at http://shop.usps.com.
  
  Note: Once you click on this link, enter ‘customs forms’ in the ‘Store Search’ box located in the upper right-hand corner of the webpage. You will then be brought to a new page where you can view and order customs forms – click on a form to read about the shipping service that corresponds to each a particular form. Ordering customs forms online can save small business owners the time of having to fill these forms out at the post office.
  
  

• Export.gov

  http://export.gov/logistics/country_tariff_info.asp
  Visit the following link to estimate any tariffs or import fees that your international customers can expect to pay. This link provides information about the taxes and tariffs for 97 countries.
  
  

Web site and all contents © Copyright Southern Rural Development Center 2009, All rights reserved. These materials were developed as part of the Southern Rural Development Center’s National e-Commerce Extension Initiative. They are based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Award No. 2005-45064-03212

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Southern Rural Development Center.