Turkey customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Turkey. Items allowed to import is Personal goods such as clothing, personal electronics, musical instruments, sports equipment, and toys. Prohibited items is All narcotics and their derivatives. Some of restricted items are 2 pets or 10 aquarium fish may be imported per traveller.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Turkey
Tobacco
- 600 cigarettes;
- 100 cigarillos;
- 50 cigars; and
- 250 grams of shredded tobacco (with 200 cigarettes sheets); and
- 250 grams of pipe tobacco.
Alcohol
- There are no restrictions on the importation of currency into Turkey.
Currency
- There are no restrictions on the importation of currency into Turkey.
Other items
- Personal goods such as clothing, personal electronics, musical instruments, sports equipment, and toys.
- 5 bottles up to 120mL each of perfume, cologne, essence, or lotion.
- 1kg each of tea, instant coffee, coffee, chocolate, sugar.
- Personal jewellery not for resale up to a value of US$15,000.
- Gifts of a non-commercial nature worth up to €430 for travellers 15 years and over.
- Gifts of a non-commercial nature worth up to €150 or travellers under 15 years of age.
Prohibited items into Turkey
- All narcotics and their derivatives.
- Organic fertiliser used for agricultural purposes.
- Police speed traps.
- Homemade alcoholic beverages.
Restricted items into Turkey
- 2 pets or 10 aquarium fish may be imported per traveller. The pets must be accompanied by a certificate of vaccination, an official veterinary certificate, and a vet passport or identification card. The pets will then be subject to inspection by a veterinarian upon arrival.
- Products of animal and plant origin may be subject to veterinary inspection at the border, and may require a Certificate of Conformity.
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Export Regulations
Free to export items from Turkey
No rules presentProhibited items from Turkey
- Goods of natural and cultural heritage.
- Hemp.
- Tobacco seeds.
- Timber and products from the following tree and plants: walnut, mulberry, cherry, pear, plum, yew, ash, elm, lime, sweetgum, elder, cretan date palm, olive, fig, and salep.
- Natural flower bulbs.
Restricted items from Turkey
- Funds of more than US$5000 or its equivalent in any other currency must be declared to the customs authorities.
- The value of jewellery being exported may only exceed the value of jewellery imported if it is accompanied by a receipt showing proof of purchase in Turkey.
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