# Explosives — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Explosives, carrier is Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers); restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK; conditions is Any chemical compound, mixture or device capable of producing an explosive or pyrotechnic effect, e.g. ammunition, blasting caps, fireworks, flares, fuses, igniters and nitro-glycerine, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Explosives _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail Wholesale (Access customers) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Any chemical compound, mixture or device capable of producing an explosive or pyrotechnic effect, e.g. ammunition, blasting caps, fireworks, flares, fuses, igniters and nitro-glycerine. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Any chemical compound, mixture or device capable of producing an explosive or pyrotechnic effect with substantial instantaneous release of heat and gas is prohibited e.g. ammunition, blasting caps, fireworks, flares, fuses, igniters and nitro-glycerine.

## Source

- https://www.royalmailwholesale.com/mint-project/uploads/233157117.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).