Gabon customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Gabon. Items allowed to import is 500g jewellery. Prohibited items is Illegal narcotics. Some of restricted items are Cats, dogs, and other live animals require a veterinary certificate.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Gabon
Tobacco
- 400 cigarettes;
- 125 cigars; and
- 500 grams tobacco.
Alcohol
- Travellers who are arriving from an Economic Community of Central African State (CEMAC) country may carry an unlimited amount of CEMAC currency.
- Travellers who are arriving from outside CEMAC may import a maximum of 4,000,000FCFA. Any amount over 1,000,000FCFA must be declared.
- Travellers may import an unlimited amount of foreign currency, however it must be declared to customs upon arrival.
Currency
- Travellers who are arriving from an Economic Community of Central African State (CEMAC) country may carry an unlimited amount of CEMAC currency.
- Travellers who are arriving from outside CEMAC may import a maximum of 4,000,000FCFA. Any amount over 1,000,000FCFA must be declared.
- Travellers may import an unlimited amount of foreign currency, however it must be declared to customs upon arrival.
Other items
- 500g jewellery.
- Goods for personal use, including toiletries, clothing, electronics, sporting equipment, and musical instruments.
Prohibited items into Gabon
- Illegal narcotics.
- National treasures.
- Organs and tissue from the human body.
- Waste and radioactive waste.
- Counterfeit goods.
- Any media portraying child pornography.
- Gris-gris or other voodoo talismans.
Restricted items into Gabon
- Cats, dogs, and other live animals require a veterinary certificate.
- Plants and their derivative products such as fruit, flowers, and vegetables require a phytosanitary certificate.
- Relics of any kind require special authorisation.
- Cultural property requires a certificate issued by the Ministry of Culture and Communication.
- Certain medicines, narcotic and psychotropic substances require a medical certificate.
- War materials, weapons, and ammunition require a licence for import.
Gabon travel details
Export Regulations
Free to export items from Gabon
No rules presentProhibited items from Gabon
- Same as prohibited to import list.
Restricted items from Gabon
- Foreign currency must be declared, and must not exceed the amount the traveller declared upon arrival.
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