Restricted & Banned Items
- Liquid, semi-liquid and gases
- Currency
- Indian Postal Articles and all items that infringe the Indian Postal Act of 1898
- Precious and semi-precious stones, gems, jewellery and equivalent items
- Perishables
- Radioactive or magnetic material
- Negotiable Instruments (Bearer Form)
- Pornographic material
- Sodexho pass
- Firearms, explosives and military equipment
- Flammable Items
- Toxic and infectious Items
- Corrosives
- Powders and chemicals
- Drugs
- Machinery parts containing oil, grease, fuel or batteries
- All restricted items as per guidelines of IATA
Dangerous Goods
Definition: Commodities, which possess potentially hazardous characteristics.These are as the laid out by IATA in the Dangerous Goods Regulations.
The categories of dangerous goods are:
- Class 1: Explosives
- Class 2: Gases
- Class 3: Flammable Liquids
- Class 4: Flammable Solids
- Class 5: Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides
- Class 6: Toxic & Infectious Substances
- Class 7: Radioactive Material
- Class 8: Corrosives
- Class 9: Miscellaneous e.g. Magnets – a danger to airplane equipment
The guidelines are available in the following links:
- Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) – http://www.iata.org/publications/dgr/Pages/index.aspx
- Live Animals Regulations (LAR) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/live-animals.aspx
- Perishable Cargo Regulations (PCR) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/perishable-cargo.aspx
- Lithium Battery Shipping Guidelines (LBSG) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/lithium-battery-guidelines.aspx
- The Air Cargo Tariff and Rules (TACT) – http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/air-cargo-tariff.aspx