Are you shipping personal goods to Dubai – UAE? or just a few boxes? Or maybe a full container load. If you require affordable shipping to the UAE, remember that used household goods and personal effects are usually treated as duty-free but are subject to you obtaining and producing a Residence Permit. All new household goods are subject to duty, determined by the customs officials.
Shipping furniture from the UK to Dubai should arrive with an ETA of 6 -10 weeks. We custom-clear the goods, and most shipments are subject to a physical inspection.
Personal use and used household items brought into the country will be exempt from customs tax and duties after being checked by customs inspectors. However, a 5% customs tax will be imposed on goods if customs inspectors find them in commercial quantities.
Read our guide to importing personal effects into the UAE here
- Unaccompanied baggage & luggage shipping
- International sea freight or air freight for individuals
- Unaccompanied baggage shipped to Dubai, UAE, Kuwait
- Personal effects shipments from the UK to anywhere in the Middle East
- Overweight baggage big savings on airline costs
- Household goods – ship by air freight or sea freight
- Excess luggage & boxes shipped to Dubai, UAE, and Kuwait.
Cost of Shipping Boxes to Dubai
The cost of moving boxes internationally solely depends on how many boxes you send when using our box shipping to Dubai service. At Pick&Move, we offer low costs: the more boxes you send, the cheaper your quote will be.
If you’re considering shipping a box to Dubai, get your instant quote today or call us on 0800 781 9629. For more information on sending a tea chest to Dubai from the UK, read our Shipping Boxes to Dubai.
For removals to Dubai and other emirates, you may be asked to provide sales receipts, invoices or insurance papers for dutiable items to ascertain your ownership of the goods, a period of ownership or their value. All cartons containing books, CDs, videos, DVDs and magazines must be marked so customs can identify them quickly.
Travel guide on banned items & Guidelines for bringing medicines & drugs to the UAE
Banned items by Dubai Customs include.
- All kinds of Narcotic drugs (Hashish, Cocaine, Heroin, Poppy Seeds, Hallucination Pills, etc.).
2. Goods intended to be imported from boycotted countries.
3. Goods of Israeli origin or bearing Israeli trademarks or logos
4. Crude Ivory and Rhinoceros horn.
5. Gambling tools and types of machinery.
6. Three layers of fishing nets.
7. Original engravings, prints, lithographs, sculptures and statues in any material.
8. Used reconditioned and inlaid tyres.
9. Radiation polluted substances.
10. Printed publications, oil paintings, photographs, pictures, cards, books, magazines, stony sculptures, and mannequins contradicting Islamic teachings, decencies, or deliberately implying immorality or turmoil.
11. Any other goods, the importation of which is prohibited under the authority of U.A.E. customs laws or any other laws in the country.
12. Forged and duplicate currency.
13. Cooked and homemade foods.
Source: Dubai Customs.
Guidelines for bringing medicines & drugs to UAE
1. Certain chemicals and drugs are banned in the UAE, so it is essential to check and ensure that the medicine that someone carries does not contain a prohibited or restricted substance. A list of drugs and medicines banned in the UAE is available on the website: www.uaeinteract.com/travel/drug.asp
2. If one needs to carry any medicines for medical or emergency reasons, one should ensure they have a medical prescription from a UAE-licensed doctor. If treatment is undertaken outside the UAE, one must carry a doctor’s prescription and a detailed medical report, which should be suitably attested.
3. Residents and non-resident patients can bring into the UAE a maximum of a three-month supply of prescription medicine for their personal use.
4. Non-residents can bring psychotropic medicines to cover their consumption for a maximum of 3 3-month period.
5. Residents may bring psychotropic medications for one month’s supply. However, residents can get a maximum 3 month supply if the medicine is not available in the UAE, provided that they obtain the prior approval of the Drug Control Department
6. Resident and non-resident patients should not bring narcotic medicines into the country without prior approval from the Ministry of Health. Each case will be studied and approved. A valid prescription and medical report from the concerned hospital or department will be required.
7. Medicines that arrive in the country via postal courier cannot be released to the patient unless the above requirements are fulfilled.
8. For more information about restrictions on carrying medicines, drugs, and chemicals into the UAE, one must check the Dubai Customs website or
9. Be careful when carrying poppy seeds, which are banned, so avoid accidentally carrying bakery products that might contain such seeds. Also forbidden is qat leaf, betel leaf or nuts, his war, gutkha, which, while admissible in some countries, is not permitted in the UAE
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