Dominica customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Dominica. Prohibited items is Gold and silver articles not at the standard indicated by their marks. Some of restricted items are Arms and ammunition require written permission of the Commission of Police.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Dominica
Prohibited items into Dominica
- Gold and silver articles not at the standard indicated by their marks.
- Counterfeit currency.
- Food unfit for human consumption.
- Indecent or obscene prints, paintings, books, or other media.
- Infected animals and their derivative products which may spread communicable disease.
- Pistols and other firing apparatus disguised as a pen.
- Any goods bearing the Coat of Arms of any country without the appropriate government's permission.
- Fictitious stamps and instruments capable of making such stamps.
Restricted items into Dominica
- Arms and ammunition require written permission of the Commission of Police.
- Cannabis and its derivative products require a licence from the Chief Medical Officer.
- Gunpowder and explosives may only be imported for use of the Government.
- Kerosene oil and other similar products require permission to import.
- Cigarette making appliances.
- Tobacco and its derivative products require a permit from the Comptroller.
- Alcohol requires the permission of the Comptroller.
- Pets require an Import Permit from the Veterinary Department of the Division of Agriculture, and a Health Permit from the exporting country. For further information, please visitAnimal Importation.
- Plants require an Import Permit from the office of the Plant Protection of Quarantine Service of the Division of Agriculture. For further information, please visitPlant Importation.
Dominica travel details
Export Regulations
Free to export items from Dominica
No rules presentProhibited items from Dominica
- Same as prohibited to import list.
Restricted items from Dominica
- Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances require a licence from the Chief Medical Officer.
- Ginger and dry coconuts require a licence from the Minister of Agriculture.
- Protected species and products protected under CITES require a licence for export.
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