Mexico airport customs regulations, prohibited items & food

Mexico airport customs regulations, prohibited items & food

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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Mexico. Items allowed to import is Personal goods such as clothing, toiletries, and baby strollers, electronics for personal use, sports equipment, toys, video games, camping equipment, and musical instruments. Prohibited items is Narcotics. Some of restricted items are Pets require a zoosanitary certificate issued by theSecretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.

Import Regulations

Free to import items into Mexico

Tobacco

  • 10 packs of cigarettes;
  • 25 cigars; or
  • 200g loose tobacco.

Alcohol

  • Currency of more than US$10,000 must be declared to customs.

Currency

  • Currency of more than US$10,000 must be declared to customs.

Other items

  • Personal goods such as clothing, toiletries, and baby strollers, electronics for personal use, sports equipment, toys, video games, camping equipment, and musical instruments.
  • Medicine for personal use.
  • Other goods to the value of US$500 if travelling by air or sea.
  • If travelling by land, travellers may import other goods to the value of US$300 during most of the year, and goods to the value of US$500 during the periods corresponding Paisano Program. For further information, please visitMerchandise you can enter in Mexico.

Prohibited items into Mexico

  • Narcotics.
  • Live predator fish.
  • Images that denigrate children.
  • Used clothing or footwear that is not part of your personal luggage.
  • Weapons and ammunition.

Restricted items into Mexico

  • Pets require a zoosanitary certificate issued by theSecretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
  • Plants require a phytosanitary certificate issued by theSecretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food.
  • Food intended for human consumption must meet certain requirements. For further information, please visitKnow the food products that you can or cannot enter into Mexico.

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Export Regulations

Free to export items from Mexico

No rules present

Prohibited items from Mexico

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Restricted items from Mexico

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