Mongolia customs
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Get import & export customs regulations, restricted items and food restrictions before travelling to Mongolia. Items allowed to import is Personal clothing and goods, including electronic devices, wheelchairs, and sports equipment. Prohibited items is Counterfeit goods. Some of restricted items are Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes require an import licence, which are issued on a case-by-case basis by the Central Government Office.
Import Regulations
Free to import items into Mongolia
Tobacco
- 200 cigarettes;
- 50 cigars; and
- 250 grams tobacco.
Other items
- Personal clothing and goods, including electronic devices, wheelchairs, and sports equipment.
- Medication may be imported for personal use.
Prohibited items into Mongolia
- Counterfeit goods.
- Historical and cultural monuments.
- Medication that requires injections, antibiotic injections, narcotics, blood and plasma, and immunologic preparations.
- Narcotics and illegal drugs, and equipment for their use and production.
- Firearms and weapons.
- Devices for using drugs and distilling alcoholic drinks.
- Hazardous chemicals.
Restricted items into Mongolia
- Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes require an import licence, which are issued on a case-by-case basis by the Central Government Office. For further information, please visit Mongolian CustomsNarcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
- Animals, plants, and their derivative products require permission from theMinistry of Environment and Tourism.
- Animal and plant species and their derivative products as outlined by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will require permissions from CITES.
- Passengers must declare and register upon arrival any combination of Mongolian national currency or foreign currency.
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Export Regulations
Free to export items from Mongolia
No rules presentProhibited items from Mongolia
- Narcotics and illegal drugs.
Restricted items from Mongolia
- Currency exported must match or be less than the amount declared on arrival.
- Antiques and items of cultural importance may not be exported without express permission from the Mongolian authorities.
- Unprocessed animal carcasses.
- Hunting trophies.
- Fossils may not be exported without express permission from Mongolian authorities.
- Firearms and weapons.
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