Malta customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Malta. Items allowed to import is Medication for personal use during the trip. Prohibited items is Meat and dairy products from non-EU countries. Some of restricted items are Animals, including pets, are subject to certain import restrictions.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Malta
Tobacco
- 200 cigarettes;
- 100 cigarillos;
- 50 cigars;
- 250g of smoking tobacco; or
- A proportional combination of these goods.
Alcohol
- There are no restrictions on the importation of currency into the EU.
- Funds of more than €10,000 must be declared to the customs authorities.
Currency
- There are no restrictions on the importation of currency into the EU.
- Funds of more than €10,000 must be declared to the customs authorities.
Other items
- Medication for personal use during the trip.
Prohibited items into Malta
- Meat and dairy products from non-EU countries.
- Military weapons and goods, unless antiques and part of a collection.
- Narcotics and hallucinogens.
- Pornographic and obscene materials.
- Flick knives and offensive weapons.
- Counterfeit currency.
Restricted items into Malta
- Animals, including pets, are subject to certain import restrictions. For further evidence, please visitTravel with Your Pet to Malta.
- Endangered animals, plants, and their derivative products protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) may require protected species permits.
- Meat, poultry, and other animal products, including leather and ivory.
- Plant and plant products, including fruit, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and seeds.
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Export Regulations
Free to export items from Malta
No rules presentProhibited items from Malta
- Illegal weapons.
- Narcotics and hallucinogens.
Restricted items from Malta
- There are no restrictions on the export of currency if leaving for another EU country. Funds of more than €10,000 must be declared when leaving the EU.
- Protected species and their derivative products protected under CITES require a permit for export.
Malta visa advice
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