Tuvalu customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Tuvalu. Prohibited items is Counterfeit currency. Some of restricted items are Arms and ammunition require written permission of the proper authority.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Tuvalu
Prohibited items into Tuvalu
- Counterfeit currency.
- Food unfit for consumption.
- Indecent or obscene media.
- Infected animals and their derivative products.
- Matches containing white or yellow phosphorus.
- Products with misleading or incorrect country of origin labels.
- Opium and utensils intended for the preparation and consumption of opium.
- Goods bearing the Royal Arms of Great Britain without Her Majesty's authority to use them.
- Shaving brushes manufactured or exported from Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Ceylon, or the Philippines, and all goods packed in the same inner container as such shaving brushes.
- Fictitious stamps and any instrument or materials capable of making fictitious stamps.
- Knives with a spring blade, and solid contraptions made to be gripped in a fist or fitted over fingers made or adapted for injuring a person.
- Imitation firearms calculated to deceive.
- Gaming machines.
Restricted items into Tuvalu
- Arms and ammunition require written permission of the proper authority.
- Brandy and whisky may only be imported if they have been matured by storage in wood for not less than 3 years.
- Rum may only be imported if it has been matured by storage in wood for not less than 2 years.
- Cannabis in any form may only be imported be under licence of the Senior Medical Office.
- Soil, clay, and similar substances may only be imported from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, or Hawaii, and must be accompanied by a certificate from the relevant authority in the country of origin confirming that the soil is free from disease.
- Tear gas and instruments for firing tear gas may only be imported with the licence of the Commissioner of Police.
- Honey and its derivative products require written permission of the Agricultural Officer.
Tuvalu travel details
Export Regulations
Free to export items from Tuvalu
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No rules presentTuvalu visa advice
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