Porhibited And Restricted Items

UPS International (Maldives)

Additional Import Documentation
Goods under IATA Special Provisions A67 require a MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet).

It is not required for all, however shipments can be held by local authority in United Arab Emirates after screening due to lack of MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) or NON DG (Dangerous Goods) declaration letter from the shipper resulting to misconnections and impacting end-to-end service.

It would be advisable for all shipments originating, transiting and terminating for UAE to have MSDS or NON DG declaration from shipper enclosed in the shipment and copies to be uploaded in IDIS.

Additional Export Documentation
No Information found on this topic for the selected country or territory.
Additional Clearance Information
UPS cannot deliver to a P.O. Box address. All packages require a consignee's contact name and complete street address including apartment or suite name, and unit number if applicable. The consignee's telephone number should be provided if known.

Areas Served
Service is provided to certain cities.

For cities not listed, the service partner will contact consignee for pick up.

UPS cannot deliver to a P.O. Box address. All packages require a consignee's contact name and complete street address including apartment or suite name, and unit number if applicable. The consignee's telephone number should be provided if known.

Friday, and official holidays.
Spring +0500/ Fall +0500
English
Rufiyaa(MVR)
Billing Options
  • Shipping charges can be billed to the shipper, receiver or a third party.
  • When billing the receiver, either the shipper or receiver's account number is required.
  • When billing to a third party, the third party's name, country or territory and account number are required.
  • Duties and taxes can be billed to the shipper, receiver or a third party.
  • When billing a third party, the third party's name, country or territory and account number are required.
  • If the duties and taxes are billed to an account outside of the destination country or territory, a "Duty and Tax Forwarding" surcharge will be applied.
  • Please note the following third party billing exceptions:
    • Shipments to and from the same country or territory (domestic shipments) cannot be billed to third party payors in other countries or territories. For example, shipments from Mexico to Mexico or Canada to Canada cannot be billed to a third party payor in the U.S. This rule does not apply to UPS domestic services in European Union countries or territories. For example, shipments from Germany to Germany can be billed to a third party payor in the U.S. (as long as the payor is a business and has a VAT or Tax/EIN ID on file with UPS).
  • When paying by credit card, check, or cash, only the shipper can be billed the shipping charges
Commodity Specific Stipulations
No Information found on this topic for the selected country or territory.
Gift Exemptions
0.00 Rufiyaa MVR
no gift exemption
no gift exemption
Invoice Requirements
Non-document shipments to Maldives must include 1 original and 2 copies of an invoice.

The country or territory of origin must be stated on the invoices.

The consignee's telephone number, if available, should appear on the invoice.


Items Classified as Documents

Shipments are classified as documents if the weight does not exceed 5 kgs.

Blank airline tickets only.
Blank, cancelled, payroll and personal checks only.
Diskettes including data are classified as documents. New diskettes are classified as non-documents and require an invoice.
Shipments of medicine in commercial quantities are dutiable.
In order to ship intercompany data on diskette in the UPS letter envelope the following guidelines must be followed:
  1. The content must not be sold commercially or have commercial value.
  2. The data cannot be software.
  3. CD ROM's are not considered diskettes and CD ROM's are not acceptable.
  4. Specifically write "intercompany data on diskette" in the description of goods field of the UPS waybill.
  5. Mark an "X" in the documents only box on the UPS waybill.

    Intercompany data on CD ROM is classified as a non-document shipment and requires an invoice.

Shipments of medicine in commercial quantities are dutiable.

UPS can recommend which forms you need based on a few simple criteria. Forms can be completed online or printed. See which forms you need.
Prohibited or Restricted Commodities

In addition to the prohibited commodities listed here, it is prohibited to ship the following commodities to Maldives.

Includes the following (this is not all inclusive and only a guideline): Military Aircraft parts, Military Motor vehicles, Tanks, night vision goggles', weapons, firearms, Artillery, Ammunition, Missiles, Explosives, military training equipment and protective personnel equipment, military electronics, space systems, Nuclear Weapons, Submersible vessels.
  • The export or import of defense articles which fall under the US State Department (DDTC) or ITAR control require special care to ensure shipments are presented to US Customs at the time of exportation or importation.
  • Failure to do so may result in penalties, seizure of the shipment.
  • Shippers who fail to provide the proper documentation and export details will have shipments returned to the shipper immediately.

UPS has compliance responsibilities under Export Administrator Regulations (EAR) and must know their customers and be aware of suspicious circumstances that may be present in an export transaction.

State Department Controlled shipments are those shipments which require either a State Department License (SDL) or SDL Exemption, also referred to as ITAR shipments.)

UPS (small package) State Department License (SDL) or State Department License Exemption (SDL Exemption) controlled shipments are prohibited to and from this country or territory.

Please note that UPS Freight Forwarding can address the customer's delivery needs by transporting these restricted shipments via alternate routes that bypass China.

Personal effects cannot be shipped between these countries or territories.
Saturday Delivery Available

Saturday Delivery Available: No

Service Options

Always check Calculate Time and Cost for details of service availability and guarantee information within a country or territory. All Service Levels may not be available to or from every address within a country or territory.

  • UPS Worldwide Expedited
  • UPS Worldwide Express
  • UPS Worldwide Express Saver
Special Clearance Requirements
New requirements have been implemented for small package shipments and are based on the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 15, which is entitled "Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade". ISPM 15 was adopted internationally in 2002, and is gradually being introduced by countries or territories worldwide. Wood or wood products covered by ISPM 15 include items such as packing cases, boxes, crates, drums or similar packing, pallets, box pallets and other load boards, pallet collars and skids, but exclude such processed woods as orientated strand board, particle board, plywood or veneer, created using glue, heat and pressure or a combinations thereof, and, raw wood which is 6mm or less thick. It is recommended that if a question arises on this issue, please check with the authority that issues the Phytosanitary certificates in your country or territory.
Value Limits

Private Shipments

  • 0.00 Rufiyaa (MVR)
      • No low value limit for dutiable shipments. No duty levied on goods of no commercial value or trade samples.

    Commercial Shipments

  • 0.00 Rufiyaa (MVR)
      • No low value limit for dutiable shipments. No duty levied on goods of no commercial value or trade samples.

    Weight and Size Limits
    31.50 kg (69.4 lbs.)  per package
    274.00 cm (107.9 in.)  per package
    400.00 cm (157.5 in.)  per package
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