Australia airport customs regulations, prohibited items & food in 2024

Australia customs 🇦🇺

Last updated: April 3, 2024

Get import and export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Australia. Items allowed to import are Travellers 18 years or older may bring in AUD$900 of general goods for personal use. Prohibited items are All firearms, including imitation firearms, paintball firearms, and soft air firearms. Some of restricted items are Hormones must be accompanied by a prescription written in English, with a supply of 3 months or less. Australia is part of Oceania with main city at Canberra. Its Developed country with a population of 24M people. The main currency is Australian Dollar. The languages spoken are English.

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Import Regulations

✅ Free to import items into Australia

🚬 Tobacco

50 cigarettes; or
50 grams of other tobacco products.

🍺 Alcohol

There are no restrictions on the importation of funds into Australia.
Funds of AUD$10,000 or more must be declared.

💵 Currency

There are no restrictions on the importation of funds into Australia.
Funds of AUD$10,000 or more must be declared.

📦 Other items

Travellers 18 years or older may bring in AUD$900 of general goods for personal use.
Travellers younger than 18 years may bring in AUD$450 of general goods for personal use.
Most prescription medications are free to import provided they are accompanied by a prescription written in English, with a supply of 3 months or less.
Travellers 18 years of age or older may import up to 5 lighters.
The following may be imported into Australia, subject to airline rules: fixed blade knives, swords including katanas and samurai swords, multi-tool knives, and bayonets.

🚫 Prohibited items into Australia

All firearms, including imitation firearms, paintball firearms, and soft air firearms.

Meat products.

Fruit and vegetables.

Illicit drugs.

Terrorism materials.

Steroids.

The following weapons are prohibited: automatic knives, blowguns, concealed blades, daggers, electric shock devices, extendable batons, knuckle dusters, nunchakus, pepper spray, throwing blades, slingshots with an arm brace, and laser pointers with a strength greater than 1mW.

Pirated and counterfeited goods, such as counterfeit cosmetics or shoes, and pirated DVDs.

Fireworks.

Obscene materials, such as child pornography.

Raw hide drums.

Insect zappers without a protective grid and a higher battery capacity than 6 volts.

❌ Restricted items into Australia

Hormones must be accompanied by a prescription written in English, with a supply of 3 months or less.

Some medications require a permit for import. For further information, please visit the DIBPBringing medicine into Australia.

Animal items such as leather, fur, horns, teeth and bones must be clean and in new packaging. These items must be declared and will be inspected.

Wooden items must be free from bark, signs of insect damage, and contamination. These items must be declared and will be inspected.

All pets are subject to importation requirements, and some are prohibited. For further information, please visit Department of Agriculture and Water ResourcesBringing cats and dogs (and other pets) to Australia.

Assistance dogs must meet different requirements from pets. For further information, please visit Department of Agriculture and Water ResourcesAssistance dogs.

Heritage-listed goods such as works of art, minerals and archaeological objects require a permit.

All veterinary drugs and medicines must be declared and may be prohibited.

Food, plants, animals and biological goods. For further information, please visitDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources.

Defence and Strategic goods. For further information, please contact the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

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