Burundi customs regulations for import and export in 2022

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Last updated: January 2, 2022

Get import and export customs regulation before travelling to Burundi. Items allowed to import are Perfume and eau de toilette up to 500mL, of which 125mL may be perfume. Prohibited items are Counterfeit currency and goods. Some of restricted items are Postal franking machines require a permit granted by a competent authority. Burundi is part of Africa with main city at Bujumbura. Its Least Developed country with a population of 10M people. The main currency is Burundi Franc. The languages spoken are French and Kirundi.

👍 Least Developed 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 10M people

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Import Regulations

✅ Free to import items into Burundi

🚬 Tobacco

250 grams total of any tobacco products.

📦 Other items

Perfume and eau de toilette up to 500mL, of which 125mL may be perfume.
Personal goods up to the value of RF500,000.

🚫 Prohibited items into Burundi

Counterfeit currency and goods.

Pornographic and obscene media.

Matches manufactured with white phosphorus.

Any article made without proper authority which bears the Armorial Ensign or Coat of Arms of a partner state.

Distilled beverages containing essential oils or chemical products which are injurious to health.

Narcotic drugs under international control.

Hazardous wastes and their disposal.

Any product containing mercury.

Used tyres for light commercial vehicles and passenger cars.

Some agricultural and industrial chemicals.

❌ Restricted items into Burundi

Postal franking machines require a permit granted by a competent authority.

Traps capable of killing or capturing game animals require a written permit.

Unwrought precious metals and precious stones.

Arms and ammunitionspecified under Chapter 93 of the Customs Nomenclature.

Ossein and bones treated with acid.

Other bones and horn - cores unworked, defatted, simply prepared, and waste of these products.

Ivory, elephant unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape.

Teeth, hippopotamus, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape.

Other ivory unworked or simply prepared but cut to shape.

Ivory powder and waste.

Tortoise shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste of these products.

Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked shells of molasses, crustaceans or echinoderms and cattle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape powder and waste thereof.

Natural sponges of animal origin.

Spent, irradiated fuel elements of nuclear reactors.

Worked ivory and articles of ivory.

Ozone depleting substances.

Genetically modified products.

Non-indigenous species of fish or egg of progeny.

Psychotropic drugs under international control.

Historical artefacts.

Telescope sights or other optical devices suitable for use with arms.

Bows, arrows, fencing foils, or toys under Chapter 95 of the Customs Nomenclature.

Collectors' pieces or antiques guns and ammunition.

Endangered animals, plants, and their derivative products protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) may require protected species permits.

Pets are subject to certain import requirements, and require permission from the relevant authorities.

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