Switzerland customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Switzerland. Items allowed to import is Personal effects such as clothing, sports gear, and personal electronic equipment. Prohibited items is Daggers and knives with one-handed opening systems (such as flick-knives). Some of restricted items are Vehicles imported by those intending to remain in Switzerland must be declared, and are subject to regulations.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Switzerland
Tobacco
- 250 cigarettes; or
- 250 grams other tobacco products.
Other items
- Personal effects such as clothing, sports gear, and personal electronic equipment. These goods must leave Switzerland when the traveller leaves.
- 30 days' worth of medicinal products for personal use only.
- Safe to handle fireworks up to 2.5kg.
- Vehicles for personal use may be imported without declaration by visitors.
- VAT will be levied on goods where the total value exceeds CHF 300. For further information, please visit the Federal Customs AdministrationValue of goods exceeds CHF 300.
Prohibited items into Switzerland
- Daggers and knives with one-handed opening systems (such as flick-knives).
- Weapons disguised as other objects.
- Electric-shock devices.
- Automatic and semiautomatic firearms.
- Beating weapons, throwing weapons and slings.
- Silencers and laser and night-vision devices.
- Fireworks not considered safe to handle, such as those that explode on the ground.
- Stolen cultural property.
- Pirated and counterfeited goods. For further information, please visitStop Piracy.
- Radar equipment.
- Products considered to be doping substances.
- Narcotics for unlawful use.
- Certain plants are prohibited. For further information, please visit Federal Customs AdministrationPlants, cut flowers and protection of species (CITES).
- Animal products from outside the EU are generally prohibited, with some exceptions. For further information, please visit Federal Customs AdministrationPlants, cut flowers and protection of species (CITES).
- Most animal and plant species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) are prohibited from importation, with some exceptions which instead require permits. For further information, please visit Federal Customs AdministrationPlants, cut flowers and protection of species (CITES).
Restricted items into Switzerland
- Vehicles imported by those intending to remain in Switzerland must be declared, and are subject to regulations. For further information, please visit Federal Customs AdministrationVehicle importation into Switzerland.
- Weapons not classified as 'prohibited' require a permit.
- Cultural property imported from particular countries requires an official export permit from those countries. For further information, please visit Federal Customs AdministrationTransfer of Cultural Property.
- CB radios intended to remain in Switzerland must be declared and assessed for clearance.
- All pets are subject to importation requirements, and some are prohibited. For further information, please visit Federal Customs AdministrationDogs, cats, domestic animals.
- Permits are required for animal hunting products, including live fish and spawn. For further information, please visit Federal Customs AdministrationHunting (wildlife) and fisheries.
Switzerland travel details
Export Regulations
Free to export items from Switzerland
No rules presentProhibited items from Switzerland
- Prohibited weapons as described in 'Prohibited from Import'.
- Pirated and counterfeited goods.
Restricted items from Switzerland
- Weapons not classified as 'prohibited'.
- Cultural property.
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