Vanuatu customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Vanuatu. Items allowed to import is 250mL eau de toilette and 100mL of perfume. Prohibited items is Absinthe. Some of restricted items are Firearms and ammunition require a permit from the Vanuatu Police Force.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Vanuatu
Tobacco
- 250 cigarettes;
- 100 cigarillos;
- 25 cigars; or
- 250 grams of tobacco.
Alcohol
- Funds of more than 1,000,000VT or its foreign equivalent must be declared to the customs authorities.
Currency
- Funds of more than 1,000,000VT or its foreign equivalent must be declared to the customs authorities.
Other items
- 250mL eau de toilette and 100mL of perfume.
- All other new or used personal goods, including gifts, not exceeding 50,000VT value in total.
- A reasonable amount of medication for personal use may be imported if accompanied by a prescription.
Prohibited items into Vanuatu
- Absinthe.
- Any beef originating from Europe.
- Copra.
- Any obscene material as described in the Obscenity Act.
- Any offensive weapon as defined in the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1969.
- Any ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases.
Restricted items into Vanuatu
- Firearms and ammunition require a permit from the Vanuatu Police Force.
- Live animals, including pets, require a permit from the Principle Veterinary Officer.
- Dangerous drugs require an import permit from the Minister of Health.
- Explosives require a permit from the Minister of Internal Affairs.
- Fauna and flora require a permit from theMinister of Lands and Natural Resources.
- Food which is considered to be unfit for human consumption requires a permit from the Chief Food Authority.
- Plants and plant products require a permit from theMinister of Agriculture.
- Pets require a permit for import.
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Export Regulations
Free to export items from Vanuatu
No rules presentProhibited items from Vanuatu
- Any explosives.
Restricted items from Vanuatu
- Funds of more than 1,000,000VT or its foreign equivalent must be declared to the customs authorities.
- Cattle.
- Cocoa beans.
- Cocoa, copra, lavender oil, and tea-tree oil.
- Cultural items.
- Fauna and flora.
- Kava.
- Logs and flitches.
- Meat and meat products.
- Sandalwood.
- Turtles embalmed with preservative substances.
- Endangered species and products protected under CITES require a permit for export.
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