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Uzbekistan
Check our destination guide for postal restrictions and requirements
Prohibitions
The following items are prohibited from importation, meaning they won't be allowed to enter the destination country, territory or region.
To check which items are considered dangerous and prohibited for sending from Australia, download our dangerous goods guide (1.2MB).
- Antiques
- Arms and ammunition
- Animals and animal products
- Asbestos
- Batteries
- Bullion and currency
- Cash
- Cheques
- Coins
- Dangerous goods, haz or comb materials
- Eggs, raw
- Electronic and high-frequency machines
- Furs
- Films, negatives, audio/visual recordings undermining the state or social order
- Honey and honeycomb
- Items containing powder
- Jewellery
- Military equipment
- Money orders
- Press publications, manuscripts- offensive by nature
- Pornography
- Powder
- Postage stamps
- Precious metals and stones
- Strong poisons
- Viagra
- Weapons.
Perfume is prohibited under International Express.
Ordinary and registered Letters
Uzbekistan does not accept ordinary and registered letters containing articles subject to customs duty.
Batteries
All types of batteries and devices containing them are prohibited from being sent via International Express.
Import restrictions
If an item is subject to import restrictions, it means that provisions must be met before it will be released from customs in the destination country, territory or region.
We recommend you confirm import restrictions with local authorities before posting:
- Animal products
- Alcoholic beverages
- Arms and military equipment
- Animal skins
- Bees
- Bunker oil sample (for anlysis)
- Chemicals, non hazardous
- Coffee and samples
- Compact disc
- Cotton and cotton seed
- Dairy products
- Drugs: prescription and non-prescription
- Fish products
- Fabric and fabric samples
- Foodstuffs
- Fruit
- Grain samples
- Isopropanol
- Laser disc
- Liquids, non-hazardous
- Leeches
- Medicines
- Medical samples
- Military equipment
- Narcotics
- Oil products
- Poisons
- Phone/modems
- Plants and plant products
- Precious metals, pearls, jewellery and stones
Radar equipment - transmitters and receivers - Silkworms
- Seeds
- Soil samples
- Stamps
- Stone - mineral samples for analysis
- Subs, cont’g sodium/ calc. cyclamate
- Tea
- Tobacco
- Vegetables
- Weapons, hunting
- Weapons and parts of weapons
Personal use items
Uzbekistan admits items for the exclusive personal use of the addressee, subject to the payment of customs duty andsubject to certain items not exceeding the quantities shown.
| Item | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Coffee | Quantity 2 kg |
| Tea | Quantity 3 kg |
| Animal and vegetable oils | Quantity 10 kg |
| Sturgeon caviar | Quantity 0.5 kg |
| Caviar substitutes | Quantity 1 kg |
| Sugar | Quantity 10 kg |
| Sugar confectionary | Quantity 5 kg |
| Chocolate in bars or clocks | Quantity 5 kg |
| Preparations; wheat, fruit, vegetables etc | Quantity 5 kg |
| Beer | Quantity 2 L |
| Alcoholic products | Quantity 2 L |
| Tobacco products | Quantity 10 packets |
| Leather products | Quantity 1 unit of each type, up to 3 units |
| Jewellery made of precious metals/stones | Quantity 5 articles: max weight 30 grams |
| Imitation Jewellery | Quantity Up to 0.5 grams |
| Sound/video recording devices | Quantity 1 unit of each type. Up to 3 units |
| Clocks and watches | Quantity Two units |
Other restrictions may apply. Please contact Uzbekistan authorities for more information.
EDN’s and export permits are required for:
- Kangaroo skins
- Crocodile skins
- Emu oil
- Fish oil
- Bunker oil
- Coal
- Petroleum bases products
- Tobacco and tobacco products
- Any other alcohol including beer and spirits all volumes.
Okay to send? Send responsibly.
As the sender, it's your responsibility to make sure your items don't break any laws or rules – both within Australia and in the destination country.
Restrictions and conditions can change at short notice so the information on this page should be used as a guide only. For the latest information, you should check the UPU prohibitions & restrictions (PDF 3.2MB) or contact the destination country's customs, postal trade or government authority.
It's also your responsibility to check if the destination country imposes any duties, taxes, brokerage fees or any other fees on the item you're sending. If you're unsure, please contact the consulate office of the destination country.
Special documentation
In addition to our customs forms, authorities in the destination country, territory or region require further documentation for some items.
Commercial goods must include an invoice.
Inherited goods require a certificate, endorsed by a consul, which confirms the right of inheritance.
The sender and receiver details must be addressed with a valid street address in English. A Post Office Box address is not acceptable.
The sender is responsible for finding if the destination country may impose duties, taxes, brokerage fees or any other fees that may be applied on the item that is being sent. Please contact the consulate office of the country you are sending to or contact the Australia Post Customer Contact Centre on 13 76 78.
Delivery locations & exclusions
Before sending to this destination, it’s worth noting a few more details about our international delivery services.
Delivery locations & exclusions data (Personal)
- International Express (carried via the EMS network) - Parcels delivers only to Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand
International Express - Parcels does not deliver to a Post Office Box or Poste Restante. - International Express - Letters service available on a non-guaranteed basis
For more information from the overseas carrier, check the O'zbekiston Pochtasi website.
Make sure it's safe to send
Some items are considered dangerous and unsuitable for sending from Australia, even if they’re not prohibited by the destination country.
