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General prohibitions
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Products that are prohibited by law, or that contain substances or ingredients prohibited by the law of the country of destination |
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| Products lacking mandatory permits, registrations or authorizations required by law of the country of destination |
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| Products that do not comply with information, labeling or regulatory requirements mandated by law of the country of destination |
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| Personal documents, including documents, insurance or contracts, certificates, official seals, medals issued by government agencies, identity cards, documents, tickets, seals, government and specialized agency badges, and other identity documents, tools, main materials and methods used to forge or alter relevant documents, etc. |
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| Products that promote illegal or dangerous activities. This includes Items that are harmful to China's politics, economy, culture, and morality, or contain reactionary, ethnic hatred-inciting, undermining national unity, undermining social stability, or promoting cults, religious extremism, or obscene content, such as printed materials, films, photographs, records, movies, audio tapes, video tapes, laser discs, hard disks, computer storage media, and other items containing the above content, as well as tools for illegal purposes (such as theft tools, lock picking tools, and bank card copiers). |
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| Used products |
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| Refurbished products |
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| Expired products |
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| Products that do not comply with international shipping rules or hazardous material regulations. This includes liquids with alcohol and acrylic, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, tung oil, acetone, ether, paint, lacquer, benzene, alcohol, rosin oil, etc. Also, hydrogen, methane, ethane, butane, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, ethylene, propylene, acetylene, etc. |
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| Mystery boxes |
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| Historical, cultural, archaeological, and paleontological heritage |
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| Products made of wood |
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| Binoculars with double night and/or thermal vision |
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| White powders of any kind |
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| Drones of any kind |
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| Liquids without alcohol (i.e. Markers). |
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Unsafe products
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Products that have been recalled by manufacturers or by government authorities from any country, due to consumer safety issues |
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| Magnetic toys with small pieces (balls or cubes) |
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Intellectual Property Infringements
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Products that infringe intellectual property rights, such as counterfeit products, products that infringe patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc. (i.e. printed and audiovisual materials like books, films, photographs, records, movies, audio or video tapes, laser discs, computer storage media, and other items that are harmful to China's politics, economy, culture, and morality). |
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| All products that represent an illegal use of international brands (infringement, unauthorized, without patent and trademark authorization), such as ADIDAS, NIKE, APPLE, car logos, items containing international trademarks, etc. |
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Non-transportable products
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Large lithium batteries. For example, UN3536 energy storage box, UN3171 electric vehicle, casual car, electric skateboard, electric scooter, unicycle, electric twist car, electric baby carriage, electric wheelchair, etc.
It must not contain "Dangerous good" labels or labels stating that lithium batteries are being transported.
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| External batteries, such as extra lithium batteries for power tools, lithium batteries for drones, nickel batteries for toy distribution, solar panels, lithium batteries for toys, etc. |
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| Products with batteries built into the device (built-in batteries), such as electric bicycle batteries, electric wheelchair batteries, small generators, automated external defibrillators, robots with batteries, other external or internal large battery products, etc. |
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| Products with capacitors built into devices (built-in capacitors), which can be transferred to Electric channels and shipped. For example, cameras, mobile phones, laptops, camcorders, e-book readers, watches, electric toothbrushes, electronic clocks, electric shavers, computer motherboards, etc. |
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| Pure electric products, such as chargers, power banks or stations (devices that can charge externally), battery cells, battery packs, battery modules, battery systems, computer batteries, mobile phone batteries, headphone charging boxes (excluding headphones), electronic cigarette charging boxes (excluding electronic cigarettes), mobile phone charging cases, uninterruptible power supplies, button batteries, etc |
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| Cement |
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| Flammable items, like sulfur, aluminum powder, flash powder, solid alcohol, magnesium rods, activated carbon, cigarette cakes, magnetic matches, coal, fire, etc. |
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| Gas cylinders |
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| Strong magnets (magnetic force greater than 0.159 A/m at a distance of 2.1 m or a deviation greater than 0.5 degrees), such as magnetic steel, AlNiCo magnetic steel, SmCo magnetic steel, NdFeB, ferrite magnetic steel, magnet (magnetic core), magnet, magnet, permanent magnet, rare earth permanent magnet, magnetic ring, magnetic rod, iron core, etc. |
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| Weak magnetic products and products containing batteries not exceeding 100Wh. |
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Guns, weapons, and explosives
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Firearms or their parts, pieces, and accessories, such as pistols, rifles, guns, submachine guns, explosion-proof guns, air guns, shotguns, sports guns, anesthesia injection guns, steel ball guns, sights, red dots, zoom lenses, and holographic lenses. |
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| Firearms ammunition, such as bullets, bombs, grenades, rockets, flares, incendiary bombs, smoke bombs, smoke screen bombs, and BB bombs. |
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| Taser guns, or its parts, pieces, accessories, and ammunition. |
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| Airsoft and compressed air guns, or its parts, pieces, and accessories. |
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| Toy guns and replicas that resemble firearms. |
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| Stun guns or electric shock devices which can be used as weapons on humans or animals. |
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| Machines to recharge or manufacture ammunition. |
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| Explosives like gunpowders and prohibited chemical substances, such as ammonium nitrate explosives, TNT, passivated RNT, plastic explosives, TNT black explosives, ammonium TNT explosives, fuses, and detonating cords. |
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| Explosive items, including grenades, compressed gas cylinders, weather bottles, small cylinders, inflatable products, etc. |
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| Products with compression containers, such as aerosols, mousse sprays, diving cylinders, sunscreen sprays, hair sprays, curling irons containing hydrocarbon gases, aerosols, sprayers, compressed gas tanks, etc. |
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| Fireworks of any kind, like firecrackers, throwing firecrackers, pulling firecrackers, smashing firecrackers |
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| Laser pointers |
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| Military, police, or law enforcement uniforms, insignia, weapons, and equipment, including helmets, badges, and police hats. Also, products with military and police logos, flag slices, globes, national flags, maps, products with national logos, etc. |
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| Bulletproof vests |
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| Pepper spray |
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| Argon (gas) capsules |
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Daggers, scrapers, and knives of any kind (single or double-edged), scrapers, and all meeting the criteria to be considered controlled knives. |
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Monitoring equipment, such as hidden eavesdropping equipment, stealth photography equipment, burst transceivers, one-time code books, secret writing tools, electronic monitoring and interception equipment for obtaining intelligence, radio transceivers, communication security machines, unmanned aerial vehicles, etc. |
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| Controlled equipment such as crossbows, tear gas devices, tear gas guns, electric machines, handcuffs, simulated weapons, nunchakus, anti-wolf devices, brass knuckles, military shovels, military shovels, batons, police stun guns, military or police daggers, handcuffs, thumb cuffs, leg shackles, tear gas sprayers, bows and arrows, darts, saws, simulated weapons, harpoons, syringes, bows, arrows (with or without heads), crowbars, drills (including drill bits), bolt guns, nail guns, high-power laser pens, crossbows, batons, simulated weapons, nunchakus, anti-wolf devices, harpoons, swing sticks, etc. |
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Any weapon accessory prohibited by local regulations.
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Narcotics, tobacco, and others
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Drugs, narcotics, psychotropic drugs, and other prohibited or controlled substances, such as opium (including poppy shells, flowers, bracts, and leaves), morphine, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine (ice), ketamine, methcathinone, amphetamine, anthracene, etc. |
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| Any kind of drug precursor chemicals, such as piperonal, safrole, sassafras oil, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, hydroxylamine, o-ketone, phenylacetic acid, bromophenylacetone, acetic anhydride, toluene, acetone, etc. |
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| Drug paraphernalia and drug-making tools. Including items such as curling, pot roast, laughing gas bottles, etc. |
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| Cannabis and CBD products (with or without THC) |
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| Cigars, tobacco, cigarette papers and filters, including tobacco, finished cigarettes, tobacco products, etc. |
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Electronic cigarettes, vapers, and vaping substances, such as
e-cigarette liquid, e-cigarette oil, e-cigarette atomizer, and its accessories, etc. |
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| Products containing mercury. |
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Animals, plants and related products
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Animals (alive or dead), such as endangered and precious animals (including specimens), their breeding materials, ivory and its products, tiger bones and their products, rhino horns and their products, etc. |
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| Taxidermy & animal skins |
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| Plants, including specimens, and seeds. |
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| All non-sterilized plants containing moisture, such as decorative grass, flowers, live wood, unsterilized fumigated wood products, plant seeds, fallen leaves (fallen leaf bookmarks), etc. |
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| Plant pesticides |
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| Fertilizers |
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| Insecticides and repellents |
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| Animal medicine, including flea and tick treatments. |
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| Animal food or consumable products |
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Health related products
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Medicinal products (including OTC or RX drugs) |
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| Medical equipment intended for exclusive use by healthcare professionals and/or hospital institutions. |
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| Health supplies, medical equipment, items related to medicines, and medical consultation or medical services materials, such as medicines, health products, lab knives & scalpels, glucometer, oximeter, stethoscope, medical masks, medical protective clothing, infrared thermometers, forehead thermometers, mercury thermometers, respirators, medical surgical caps, medical goggles, medical and surgiccal gloves, medical shoe covers, patient monitors, medical disinfectant wipes, medical disinfectants, medical devices, medical syringes, or products that are similar in appearance and can be easily identified as medical syringes, etc. |
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| Medical prescriptions |
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| Human remains, ashes, blood, semen, and urine. |
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| Products used to perform abortions |
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| Prescription glasses, contact lenses and intraocular lens implants |
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| Massagers for medical use, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, treatment, etc. |
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Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
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Food and beverages of any kind, such as alcohol, beverages, snacks, tea, tea bricks, pet food, pet medicine, etc. Including perishable items, such as fresh fish, fresh eggs, fruits, vegetables, frozen meat, etc. |
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| Supplements, Multivitamins, Sports Boosters, Blended Vitamin & Mineral Supplements |
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| Perfumes & Fragrances |
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Cosmetics
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Cosmetics containing specific liquids, such as nail gel (except for nail polish), essential oils, toner without alcohol), lotions, face masks, eye masks, eyeliner liquid, makeup primer serum, makeup remover (without alcohol), and other similar products. |
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| Cosmetics containing creams and pastes, such as cleansing foam, sunscreen lotion (not in spray), mascara, face and eye creams, concealers, aloe vera gel, BB cream, foundation, makeup primer, shampoo, shower gel, body lotion, hair conditioner, hair mask, lip gloss, lip stain, and other similar products. |
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| Cosmetics containing powders, including lipstick, lip balm, eyeliner pencil, eyebrow pencil, eyebrow powder, eyeshadow, loose powder, compact powder, highlighter powder, blush, and other similar products. |
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Adult products and prohibited sexual content
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Pornographic content in any of its formats, whether in photos, videos, magazines or hentai (NSFW). |
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| Photographs and/or videos with amateur sexual content. |
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| Child pornography material of any kind, or products that promote abuse or exploitation of children, or that contain any sort of child nudity |
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| Inflatable dolls, vibrators, jumping eggs, essential oils with obvious delay, enlargement, boldness, and tightening words, and exposed sexually suggestive underwear, etc. |
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| Prostitution, escort services, zoophilia, necrophilia, and incest, among others. |
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| Toxic substances |
Toxic industrial waste |
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| Radioactive substances and materials. For example, uranium, cobalt, radium, plutonium, and other items and products. |
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| Any toxic substances, such as arsenic, arsenic trioxide, mercury, thallium, cyanide, selenium powder, phenol, highly toxic pesticides, permanganate, perchlorate, hydrogen peroxide, sodium peroxide, potassium peroxide, lead peroxide, chlorate, bromate, nitrate, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, batteries, hydrogen peroxide, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, mercury thermometer, mercury thermometer, mercury barometer, dental amalgam, mercury, etc. |
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| Infectious substances, such as bacteria, anthrax, parasites, excrement, medical waste, bones, animal organs, limbs, untanned animal skins, unmedicated animal bones, etc. |
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Personal information and documents
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Personal documents (e.g. passport, diploma of higher education), professional license, diploma and property titles |
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| Databases with personal information (e.g. Telephone list, email list, commercial contacts or similar) |
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Programs or services for hacking electronic devices, antennas, and signals
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Decoders, receivers, IPTV devices and any equipment that allows access to paid content or signals for free. |
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| Lists of paid television signals (e.g. IPTV lists, M3U lists or similar). |
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| Equipment that allows duplicating or cloning access signals to closed systems (e.g. automatic car key cloners, electric gate cloners, SIM cards, or similar.) |
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| Devices, services, or software designed to block or hack communications (e.g., jamming equipment, cell phone jammers, signal blockers, Flipper Zero) |
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| Signal inhibitors |
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Money & financial products or services
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Money, cash, coins, traveler checks, etc., including foreign currency, securities, stamps, counterfeit or altered currency, commemorative coins, imitation banknotes, etc. |
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| Gold, silver & platinum bullion bars |
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| High-priced items, such as gold bricks, silver bars, cash, platinum, jewelry, 999 gold, gold, obsidian, crystal, 18K gold, sapphire, Hetian jade, diamond, jade, 925 sterling silver, 18K gold, ruby, 24K gold, 14k gold, 114K gold, sterling silver, gold foil and other high-value items. |
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| Fake money that seems real |
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| Cryptocurrencies (e.g. Petro, Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Litecoin or similar) |
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| Bank & Financial services (e.g bank draft, money transfer, loans or similar) |
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| Equipment and materials for the development of payment cards |
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| Automated Teller Machine (ATM) |
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| Casino games and gambling machines and lotteries, including casino chips, dice, gambling tools, dice, chips, etc. |
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Electronic products |
Electric water heater & electric shower |
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| Electrical products that are shaped or decorated as toys |
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Violence and discrimination
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Any kind of material or product that, according to Mercado Libre's criteria is hate speech, advocates terrorism or paramilitary groups, and other material we deem inappropriate or offensive. |
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| Mechanisms of torture |
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Leisure services
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Tickets for shows or sports events |
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| Benefits granted by airlines to reward customer loyalty |
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