Egypt customs regulations for import and export in 2021

Egypt 🇪🇬

Last updated: November 15, 2021

Get import and export customs regulation before travelling to Egypt. Items allowed to import are Personal goods, including jewellery, electronics, sports equipment, and musical instruments. Prohibited items are Firearms and ammunition, as well as toys in the shape of firearms. Some of restricted items are Endangered animals, plants, and their derivative products protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) may require protected species permits. Egypt is part of Africa with main city at Cairo. Its Developing country with a population of 91M people. The main currency is Egyptian Pound. The languages spoken are Arabic.

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✅ Free to import items into Egypt

🚬 Tobacco

200 grams of cigarettes;

25 cigars; or

200 grams of tobacco.

🍺 Alcohol

Funds of US$10,000 (or its foreign equivalent) or more must be declared to the customs authorities.

A maximum of E£5000 may be brought into Egypt.

💵 Currency

Funds of US$10,000 (or its foreign equivalent) or more must be declared to the customs authorities.

A maximum of E£5000 may be brought into Egypt.

📦 Other items

Personal goods, including jewellery, electronics, sports equipment, and musical instruments.

New goods up to a value of E£1500.

Medicines for personal use accompanied by a doctor's prescription.

🚫 Prohibited items into Egypt

Firearms and ammunition, as well as toys in the shape of firearms.

Explosives and fireworks.

Drugs.

Coral reefs.

The following plants and their derivative products: mangos, citrus fruits, palm trees, fruit seeds, cotton seeds, and soil.

Honey and its derivative products.

❌ Restricted items into Egypt

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

✅ Free to export items from Egypt

🚫 Prohibited items from Egypt

Egyptian raw leather goods.

All items on prohibited to import list.

❌ Restricted items from Egypt

A maximum of E£5000 may be taken out of Egypt.