Brunei Darussalam customs
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Free import
• For travelers aged 17 or older: personal used items, up to 60 ml of perfume and up to 250 ml of eau de toilette or scented water.
• There is no duty-free allowance for cigarettes or other tobacco. All cigarettes must be declared and are charged excise duty of BND 0.50 per stick.
• Non-Muslim travelers aged 17 or older may bring in 2 bottles of liquor (up to 1 L per bottle) or up to 12 cans of beer (330 ml per can). All alcohol must be declared to customs on arrival, and a new import is allowed only 48 hours after your last one.
• Imported alcohol is for your own use only: it may not be given, transferred or sold to anyone, and must be stored and drunk only at your private residence (for example, your hotel room).
• Food for personal use: up to 3 pieces of each item, less than 5 kg in total and worth less than BND 100 per trip.
• Fruits, vegetables, spices, legumes, cereals, tubers and rhizomes: up to 6 kg per category per person, plus 1 flower bouquet. No import permit or phytosanitary certificate is needed, but the items must be declared for inspection by biosecurity officers.
• Cosmetics for personal use worth up to BND 200 per declaration.
• You can declare goods on the Customs.BN mobile app before arrival (a QR code is shown at the control post) or at the customs counter.
Currency
• There is no limit on the amount of Brunei dollars (BND) or foreign currency you may bring in.
• Cash and bearer negotiable instruments (such as traveler's cheques) worth BND 15,000 or more, or the equivalent in foreign currency, must be declared to the Customs Officer at the checkpoint on a CBNI report. Failure to declare, or a false or incomplete report, is punishable by a fine of up to BND 50,000, up to 3 years in prison, or both.
Prohibited
• Illegal drugs, including opium
• Firecrackers
• Cigarettes without health warnings on the packet
• Publications banned under the Sedition Act or the Undesirable Publications Act
• Pornographic material
• Pencil-like syringes
• Pigs bred in or exported from Thailand
• Java sparrows
• Hatching eggs and fresh eggs not stamped "IMPORTED" on the shell
• Fabrics and other items printed with images of banknotes or coins
Restricted
• Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks and dangerous weapons need a permit from the Royal Brunei Police Force. Brunei has very strict laws on firearms, ammunition (including blanks) and explosives; do not bring them, or replicas, without a permit.
• Tobacco and tobacco products, smoking pipes, e-cigarettes (vapes) and e-liquids are restricted imports and must be declared.
• Beef and poultry (fresh, chilled or frozen) are allowed only from abattoirs approved in writing by the Minister of Religious Affairs (halal).
• Medicines, herbal products and poisons are controlled by the Ministry of Health.
• Religious publications, recitations of the Quran or hadith, religious books, talismans and publications, films or recordings with dubious content need clearance from the Royal Brunei Police Force, the Islamic Dakwah Centre and the Internal Security Department.
• Radio transmitters and other communications equipment need approval from the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI).
• Souvenirs bearing government flags, emblems or royal regalia need approval from the Royal Custom and Tradition Department.
• Rhinoceros horn and other rhinoceros products, radioactive materials, and gaming machines (pin tables, fruit and slot machines) are restricted.
• Live plants and planting material, live animals and birds need an import permit from the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood (except personal plant products within the concession above).
• Cats and dogs need an import permit from the Biosecurity Division, Department of Agriculture and Agrifood ([email protected]), obtained before travel, together with an official veterinary health certificate and proof of rabies vaccination. Quarantine may apply depending on the country of origin; confirm the current conditions with the Biosecurity Division before travel.
• For travelers aged 17 or older: personal used items, up to 60 ml of perfume and up to 250 ml of eau de toilette or scented water.
• There is no duty-free allowance for cigarettes or other tobacco. All cigarettes must be declared and are charged excise duty of BND 0.50 per stick.
• Non-Muslim travelers aged 17 or older may bring in 2 bottles of liquor (up to 1 L per bottle) or up to 12 cans of beer (330 ml per can). All alcohol must be declared to customs on arrival, and a new import is allowed only 48 hours after your last one.
• Imported alcohol is for your own use only: it may not be given, transferred or sold to anyone, and must be stored and drunk only at your private residence (for example, your hotel room).
• Food for personal use: up to 3 pieces of each item, less than 5 kg in total and worth less than BND 100 per trip.
• Fruits, vegetables, spices, legumes, cereals, tubers and rhizomes: up to 6 kg per category per person, plus 1 flower bouquet. No import permit or phytosanitary certificate is needed, but the items must be declared for inspection by biosecurity officers.
• Cosmetics for personal use worth up to BND 200 per declaration.
• You can declare goods on the Customs.BN mobile app before arrival (a QR code is shown at the control post) or at the customs counter.
Currency
• There is no limit on the amount of Brunei dollars (BND) or foreign currency you may bring in.
• Cash and bearer negotiable instruments (such as traveler's cheques) worth BND 15,000 or more, or the equivalent in foreign currency, must be declared to the Customs Officer at the checkpoint on a CBNI report. Failure to declare, or a false or incomplete report, is punishable by a fine of up to BND 50,000, up to 3 years in prison, or both.
Prohibited
• Illegal drugs, including opium
• Firecrackers
• Cigarettes without health warnings on the packet
• Publications banned under the Sedition Act or the Undesirable Publications Act
• Pornographic material
• Pencil-like syringes
• Pigs bred in or exported from Thailand
• Java sparrows
• Hatching eggs and fresh eggs not stamped "IMPORTED" on the shell
• Fabrics and other items printed with images of banknotes or coins
Restricted
• Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks and dangerous weapons need a permit from the Royal Brunei Police Force. Brunei has very strict laws on firearms, ammunition (including blanks) and explosives; do not bring them, or replicas, without a permit.
• Tobacco and tobacco products, smoking pipes, e-cigarettes (vapes) and e-liquids are restricted imports and must be declared.
• Beef and poultry (fresh, chilled or frozen) are allowed only from abattoirs approved in writing by the Minister of Religious Affairs (halal).
• Medicines, herbal products and poisons are controlled by the Ministry of Health.
• Religious publications, recitations of the Quran or hadith, religious books, talismans and publications, films or recordings with dubious content need clearance from the Royal Brunei Police Force, the Islamic Dakwah Centre and the Internal Security Department.
• Radio transmitters and other communications equipment need approval from the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI).
• Souvenirs bearing government flags, emblems or royal regalia need approval from the Royal Custom and Tradition Department.
• Rhinoceros horn and other rhinoceros products, radioactive materials, and gaming machines (pin tables, fruit and slot machines) are restricted.
• Live plants and planting material, live animals and birds need an import permit from the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood (except personal plant products within the concession above).
• Cats and dogs need an import permit from the Biosecurity Division, Department of Agriculture and Agrifood ([email protected]), obtained before travel, together with an official veterinary health certificate and proof of rabies vaccination. Quarantine may apply depending on the country of origin; confirm the current conditions with the Biosecurity Division before travel.