Shipping & courier
What you can't ship to Venezuela: prohibited and restricted items
Official from an official text we read (Gazette or regulation). Reported from press, law firms or companies, with its date. Unconfirmed no reliable source: ask before acting.
By U.S. mail you can’t send coffee, cash or securities, credit or debit cards, jewelry, lottery tickets or radioactive materials to Venezuela; medicines and most foods need prior authorization. For formal imports, the legal regime of each tariff line decides. Private couriers may have stricter rules.
USPS rules for Venezuela
From the USPS International Mail Manual Official (U.S. official source): prohibited — coffee and its preparations, currency and securities, credit and debit cards, jewelry, lottery tickets, radioactive materials, vaping advertising; restricted — medicines (Ministry of Health authorization) and most foods (prior authorization).
The Venezuelan tariff
Each tariff line carries a legal regime: import may be prohibited (code 1), reserved to the government (code 2) or subject to a permit, such as health permits (art. 21 of the Tariff as reformed in 2025) Official. Check any product in the tariff search.
Reported by the trade
Drones prohibited since August 18, 2025, according to a forwarder Reported; weapons, narcotics and counterfeit goods prohibited Reported; loose lithium batteries and aerosols often refused by couriers for air safety Unconfirmed.
Before sealing the box, get your courier’s list in writing, never put cash in it, and declare the full contents at real value. Sending money instead? Compare the real cost with FinanzasVE’s remittance calculator.
Questions people ask
Can I mail coffee to Venezuela?
Not through USPS: its International Mail Manual for Venezuela lists coffee and coffee preparations as prohibited.
Can I send medicines to Venezuela?
Through USPS, medicines require authorization from Venezuela's Ministry of Health. Ask private couriers for their own rules: we found no public official rule for that case.
Sources checked on November 8, 2026
- USPS — International Mail Manual, Venezuela
- Customs Tariff reform (art. 21, legal regime) — Official Gazette 6,890 Extraordinary, Mar 6, 2025 (KPMG copy)
- AB Group — shipping boxes to Venezuela (Oct 13, 2026)
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