Bladed items (knives, axes, swords, machetes, open razors) · International mail to the United Kingdom (UPU list)

What is the restriction type for Bladed items (knives, axes, swords, machetes, open razors) · International mail to the United Kingdom (UPU list)?

For Bladed items (knives, axes, swords, machetes, open razors), carrier is International mail to the United Kingdom (UPU list); restriction type is prohibited; scope is inbound international mail to the United Kingdom; conditions is Any knife or knife blade, cutlery and bread knives, gardening, camping and farming tools with a blade, butcher knives (including meat cleavers), felling axes and razor blades, open razors where the blade is exposed, any axe, any sword, survival knives, or machete, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

antique knives, handmade and bespoke knives, open razors (where the blade is exposed), any axe, any sword, survival knives, or machete. Any knife or knife blade, including cutlery knives, bread knives, knives that can be used for hobbies and trades (for instance, utility knives and snap-off cutters, gardening, camping, lock knives, bushcraft and farming tools with a blade or any other trade tool that could commonly be described as a knife), butcher knives (including meat cleavers), felling axes and razor blades.

— upu.int, retrieved 2026-08-10